Muck Fondays!

"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo) 04/14/2014 at 09:57 • Filed to: mondays suck.

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It's cloudy, windy, raining, getting colder, and my car died while I was parking it this morning.

Started stumbling at idle as I was trying to straighten up into a space, then finally died so I let it coast to finish parking.

I have not been back out to see if it will start again. I'm hopeful it will.

2002 SVT Focus; these have a known idle issue, and I have not gotten mine tuned to fix it. It normally doesn't have problems, and really only with the compressor running (AC/defrost). Neither of which was on this morning.

Ducky > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 04/14/2014 at 10:08

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As someone with a 2000 Mustang, I am qualified to say the real issue here is that you own a turn of the century Ford product.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Ducky 04/14/2014 at 10:10

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Well...You're not wrong.

jdubs1668 > Ducky 04/14/2014 at 13:50

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as someone who once owned a 1999 mustang, i can officially confirm Ducky's diagnosis

SVTyler > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 04/14/2014 at 15:44

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I've noticed the idle issue gets worse with cold weather, maybe it's just a fluke? My car's "died" twice on me while in neutral but it started right back up, have you had a chance to fire it up again?

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > SVTyler 04/14/2014 at 16:41

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Nope, been at work, and I packed lunch. I'll find out once I leave.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > SVTyler 04/14/2014 at 18:23

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Car started right up, and ran fine the whole way home.

SVTyler > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 04/14/2014 at 21:32

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That's great to hear, hopefully that's the last time it happens. You never know with these stupid cars...

Slow4o > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 04/15/2014 at 02:06

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Ha my buddy just bought an 02 2 days ago, and I gave it a test drive. It was making a lopey, almost big cam like sound at stop lights, and the brakes were really hard. Some other SVT friends suggested checking for a vacuum leak where the brake booster vacuum tube connects from the intake manifold, but just wanted to see if you have an opinion.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Slow4o 04/15/2014 at 09:16

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forums.focaljet.com

The best resource for SVT info. Sounds like a good place to start. The timing on these is also hard to do right if you dont know what you're doing.

Slow4o > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 04/15/2014 at 18:21

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O yea I'm already on there and focus fanatics. I've also done the timing on my svt, or at least I'm in the middle of doing it.