[SEL] OFF TOPIC: Read at your own risk. Old Ford 5.8 liter 351 Windsor Engine Problems

[Steve W.]

STRAIGHT from SanFran wrote:
> I'll have to do some digging for my copy, but Ford put out a bulletin
> saying to ignore the 33 code if all else checks out in the system. The
> stumbling means something is wrong, but probably not in the EGR valve. If
> you hold a steady RPM of about 1500+, the valve should open - that's just a
> 'guess test"
> 
> My first guess is one of the hard vacuum lines has developed a crack.
> Unfortunately, the process of doing a through  check requires a manual and
> can't be summarized in an e-mail.
> ALSO - do an engine running code check, something may come up there.
> 
> Paul - 300,000+ on a Ranger
> 

Easy way to check for vac leaks is to run an unlit propane torch along 
the lines and listen for the engine to speed up.

Didn't the 351W have a problem wit sloppy timing chains? I seem to 
remember there was something in one of the trades about chain stretch 
causing timing shift.

-- 
Steve W.