Engine runs rough?

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PEGGY SPAULDING
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  • 1993 FORD F-150
  • 5.0L
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 98,000 MILES
Driving in a parking lot and truck started high idle had to put it in neutral and hit the gas to idle down. It did this three times then it wanted to flood and die shut it off. Restarted it twenty minutes later it ran fine for a week then went to go shopping and got three miles and stopped at a stop sign and went to go again and it died did not want to restart. It flooded waited about ten minutes started and had to keep feathering gas to get it home changed the fuel filter cap, rotor, plugs, wires. Now it only starts and idles rough and dies then does not want to start again wait about ten minutes and it does it all over again as soon as I shift it dies and smells flooded.
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 AT 3:46 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Try cleaning throttle plate on both sides and IAC hole with choke cleaner, check for vacuum leak like a hose off broken etc. finally check fuel pressure with a gauge. see link
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-fuel-system-pressure-and-regulator
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ERNIE98
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  • 1993 FORD F-150
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 191,000 MILES
Ihave a 93 f150 with a 5.8 in it and I have a problem with it when you get it on a load it runs lean and starts run bad temp starts rising I replaced comp, map, injectors, fuel reg, one way vavles on the tanks, fuel filter, tps, plugs, wires, coil, had ingtion module check, I ran it with the scanner on it and when it does it my timing retards its self down to 12 degrees and im running out of options anybody know anything else to try
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 AT 3:46 PM (Merged)
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Have you checked for vacuum leaks? Also, have you checked the knock sensor? (You do mean 12 ° BTDC, correct?)
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 AT 3:46 PM (Merged)
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ERNIE98
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I tried unpluging the knock sensor and that didnt change any thing I also checked fuel pessure and it is good
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 AT 3:46 PM (Merged)
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ERNIE98
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I put a vacuum gauge on and the vacuum is good
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Have you checked the crank sensor?
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ERNIE98
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Its a 93 it dont have a crank sensor does it it has a pickup sensor in the distibritor is that what your talking about?
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DREESMIKE
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  • 1994 FORD F-150
  • V8
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 107,000 MILES
I replaced the plugs, wires, rotor, and cap and now it runs rough. It starts ok and seems to idle ok but when I start driving it, it acts like it's missing? Could I have mixed up the plug wires or is there something I'm missing?
Thank You
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 AT 3:46 PM (Merged)
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What size V8 is it so I can get you the firing order. Also, make sure you didn't bump off vacuum hoses.

Let me know.
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 AT 3:46 PM (Merged)
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DREESMIKE
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Thanks for the reply but I found a sparkplug wire not firmly set and all is ok
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 AT 3:46 PM (Merged)
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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That is an easy fix. I'm glad you found the problem. Let us know if you have qustions in the future.

Joe
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