I figured this was as good a place as any to seek a solution.
Our 1990 E150 van starts and runs great. When we stop after driving maybe an hour the van will start, but will die either shortly after or inconveniently 5 miles down the road on the highway.
Now if we stop and don’t turn the engine off we have no problems at all, matter of fact we drove her all the way back from Colorado to Kansas City without turning her off and she was fine.
We took her in to the shop on Friday and they replaced 2 of the 3 fuel pumps, the filter and a switch.
On Saturday morning we decided to take a test run about 3 hours from the house. After starting her and barely going half a block she died, which she’s never done in the past. She started up again after just a few minutes and we figured it was just a fluke, air in the fuel line or something. Needless to say we get about 100 miles down the road, stop to use the restroom, she starts no problem, get on the highway and about 5 miles downbeat the road she died.
It took about 35 minutes of trying and a jumpstart and she started back up and we took her back home and to the shop.
The mechanic can’t recreate what is happening.
Has anyone else had a similar issue with a ford van or truck and found a solution? I’ve found plenty of people online posting similar issues with the same era vehicle, but no hardfast solution.
Any help would be appreciated...we can’t just keep throwing money and never find the solution.
Our 1990 E150 van starts and runs great. When we stop after driving maybe an hour the van will start, but will die either shortly after or inconveniently 5 miles down the road on the highway.
Now if we stop and don’t turn the engine off we have no problems at all, matter of fact we drove her all the way back from Colorado to Kansas City without turning her off and she was fine.
We took her in to the shop on Friday and they replaced 2 of the 3 fuel pumps, the filter and a switch.
On Saturday morning we decided to take a test run about 3 hours from the house. After starting her and barely going half a block she died, which she’s never done in the past. She started up again after just a few minutes and we figured it was just a fluke, air in the fuel line or something. Needless to say we get about 100 miles down the road, stop to use the restroom, she starts no problem, get on the highway and about 5 miles downbeat the road she died.
It took about 35 minutes of trying and a jumpstart and she started back up and we took her back home and to the shop.
The mechanic can’t recreate what is happening.
Has anyone else had a similar issue with a ford van or truck and found a solution? I’ve found plenty of people online posting similar issues with the same era vehicle, but no hardfast solution.
Any help would be appreciated...we can’t just keep throwing money and never find the solution.