mmissing aerostar
fordaero
06-23-2002, 11:49 AM
! have a 86 ford arostar. Ugly but runs great, until last week while heading home, doing 65 mph down the hiway when it started to run rough. I replaced wires, cap, rotor, front four spark plugs. lookig for cheap fix. Any help?
TerminalVelocity
07-01-2002, 01:58 AM
fuel filter?
Cbass
09-24-2002, 07:25 AM
I've got an 86 too... do you have the 2.8 or 3.0? They also had the 2.3 I think...
hawkeye2100
10-10-2003, 02:59 AM
2.3l FI 140 CID VIN A O.H.C.- SOHC,
2.8l 2BBL 171 CID VIN S O.H.V,
3.0l FI 182 CID VIN U O.H.V. which one do you have??
2.8l 2BBL 171 CID VIN S O.H.V,
3.0l FI 182 CID VIN U O.H.V. which one do you have??
ace_mechanic71
11-16-2003, 07:56 PM
Try changing the last 2 spark plugs, if that doesnt work then unsnap all 6 sparkplug wires from the plugs but let them still touch and start the van. One by one with a set of plastic pliers pull off each plug wire until all 6 are done. You are listening for a change each time. If it doesnt change then you have a bad wire, or posibly a bad plug, or cap. And yes I have done this before, I never said it was going to be easy. Those back 2 plugs are hard to get to. Good luck!
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