I have an '89 LX 5.0, basically stock besides exhaust, filter & pulleys. Haven't had any trouble till yesterday. Drove for 20 min and car died instantly. Turns over great, won't even try to start. Looks like no spark. 45 min later it starts and runs for a few minutes and dies (Runs completely smooth and normal). I let it cool for 3+ hours and then it ran great for my 20 min drive home and died in the driveway!whew. Pulled a code 18 off computer (SPOUT circuit open or spark angle word failure AND IDM circuit failure or SPOUT circuit grounded) but that's in the KOEO mode, haven't tried KOER yet. Maybe this code is unrelated to my current problem.
Thinking it's the coil or a related component shutting down when it gets hot, any ideas? I don't know anyone local with a stang I can trade parts with to narrow down the problem so hoping someone can help before I go buy 3 things to fix 1! Thanks for any help.
Thinking it's the coil or a related component shutting down when it gets hot, any ideas? I don't know anyone local with a stang I can trade parts with to narrow down the problem so hoping someone can help before I go buy 3 things to fix 1! Thanks for any help.