95 ford e 150 - rain problems
rickj007
07-12-2009, 07:19 AM
1995 ford e 150 approx. 218,000 mi. (body)
4.9L 6 cylinder engine approx. 68,000 mi.
A couple of weeks ago I was taking my son to work. We had a slightly heavy rain and the van stalled. When I tried to restart it would not crank over. Someone from my work pushed the van near my home. Approx. 7 hours later I went to try and start the van and it was OK.
Yesterday (7-11-09) we were coming from Hartville flea market and ran into a very intense storm. The van was doing OK when it suddenly stalled out again. I was lucky enough to pull into a parking lot. The rains had stopped about ½ hour later. We sat in the lot for approx. 3 hours trying to start the van. The van finally started up and we took off when it started to sputter and stalled out again. Someone help us push the van into another parking lot. It was hard to start the van again, but eventually it started up, but again it started to sputter. It will run OK when it’s in park, but runs rough or stalls when I put it in drive.
The van is still in another city about 45 minutes from home. I’m going to try to see if the van will start and run ok to get it home.
I have driven the van in rain before with no problems. We took the inside cover out yesterday to see how much of the engine was wet. It didn’t look bad from the distributor up. If anyone can give me an idea I would be grateful.
The only common denominator is my son has been with me both times. LOL
Hello again all.
New update to this rain problem. I had a tuneup on the van on Sat. (7-25-9) new plugs, wires, dist. cap, rotor and air cleaner. Also oil change. Well a slight rain hit yesterday (7-29-9) and after I dropped my son off at work (8:00am) it stalled out in the Walgreens parking lot. Ended up walking home. I had hoped that the tuneup would fix the problem, but I guess not. After it stalls out it seems that there is no spark or fuel. I can't say for sure. I went back at 6:30 pm and it started up and has run ok with no problem. Knock on wood, rain in the forecast for tomorrow.
And the same common denominator again was my son was with me LOL
Any help grateful as always.
Thanks in advance
Rick
4.9L 6 cylinder engine approx. 68,000 mi.
A couple of weeks ago I was taking my son to work. We had a slightly heavy rain and the van stalled. When I tried to restart it would not crank over. Someone from my work pushed the van near my home. Approx. 7 hours later I went to try and start the van and it was OK.
Yesterday (7-11-09) we were coming from Hartville flea market and ran into a very intense storm. The van was doing OK when it suddenly stalled out again. I was lucky enough to pull into a parking lot. The rains had stopped about ½ hour later. We sat in the lot for approx. 3 hours trying to start the van. The van finally started up and we took off when it started to sputter and stalled out again. Someone help us push the van into another parking lot. It was hard to start the van again, but eventually it started up, but again it started to sputter. It will run OK when it’s in park, but runs rough or stalls when I put it in drive.
The van is still in another city about 45 minutes from home. I’m going to try to see if the van will start and run ok to get it home.
I have driven the van in rain before with no problems. We took the inside cover out yesterday to see how much of the engine was wet. It didn’t look bad from the distributor up. If anyone can give me an idea I would be grateful.
The only common denominator is my son has been with me both times. LOL
Hello again all.
New update to this rain problem. I had a tuneup on the van on Sat. (7-25-9) new plugs, wires, dist. cap, rotor and air cleaner. Also oil change. Well a slight rain hit yesterday (7-29-9) and after I dropped my son off at work (8:00am) it stalled out in the Walgreens parking lot. Ended up walking home. I had hoped that the tuneup would fix the problem, but I guess not. After it stalls out it seems that there is no spark or fuel. I can't say for sure. I went back at 6:30 pm and it started up and has run ok with no problem. Knock on wood, rain in the forecast for tomorrow.
And the same common denominator again was my son was with me LOL
Any help grateful as always.
Thanks in advance
Rick
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