Whats ck5 coming to? Non gm builds in the driveway and ford tech in the garage
But seriously some of the greatest automotive techs I know of (not just gm) are here so this is the best place to ask for help in my opinion.
My brother has a 92 ford f150 with 300 6cyl, drove it home one day left the window cracked, it rained a bunch, next day wouldn't start.
I checked all the usual stuff and found a no fire problem. First checked the control module, actually checked two both were good neither had any affect. Then checked the coil, fired good. I did some searching and found some issues with those models and the distributor pickup. After doing a test I found online I couldn't decide if it was good or bad but a new one was $15 so I grabbed one along with a new cap and rotor and thought I had it fixed but still no fire.
The only other thing I could figure had anything to do with ignition was the ecm. Pulled it out and though it didn't seem bad it had evidence of water, which is when my brother revealed he left the wing window open. I figure water ran down the dash and firewall dripping right on top of the ecm. Picked up a reman unit today and plugged it in, fired right up which brings me to my issue.
when cranking, initial startup, and at certain rpms unloaded everything is fine. but at idle and when the engine is under a load number 5 and 6 cylinders quit firing. I traced it all the way back to the cap which eliminates the plugs and wires. Everything I search says its got to be cap, plugs or wires since it only occurs on two cylinders and always the same ones but Im not getting fire straight out of the cap terminal from 3 different caps that I tried.
Im completely stumped and any help would be appreciated, especially by my 16 year old brother who just got is license and has no wheels.
But seriously some of the greatest automotive techs I know of (not just gm) are here so this is the best place to ask for help in my opinion.
My brother has a 92 ford f150 with 300 6cyl, drove it home one day left the window cracked, it rained a bunch, next day wouldn't start.
I checked all the usual stuff and found a no fire problem. First checked the control module, actually checked two both were good neither had any affect. Then checked the coil, fired good. I did some searching and found some issues with those models and the distributor pickup. After doing a test I found online I couldn't decide if it was good or bad but a new one was $15 so I grabbed one along with a new cap and rotor and thought I had it fixed but still no fire.
The only other thing I could figure had anything to do with ignition was the ecm. Pulled it out and though it didn't seem bad it had evidence of water, which is when my brother revealed he left the wing window open. I figure water ran down the dash and firewall dripping right on top of the ecm. Picked up a reman unit today and plugged it in, fired right up which brings me to my issue.
when cranking, initial startup, and at certain rpms unloaded everything is fine. but at idle and when the engine is under a load number 5 and 6 cylinders quit firing. I traced it all the way back to the cap which eliminates the plugs and wires. Everything I search says its got to be cap, plugs or wires since it only occurs on two cylinders and always the same ones but Im not getting fire straight out of the cap terminal from 3 different caps that I tried.
Im completely stumped and any help would be appreciated, especially by my 16 year old brother who just got is license and has no wheels.
Got a new distributor coming.
