Intermittant dying- put in reverse and driving around town

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SMOKEY_PSD

Discussion Starter · Jul 17, 2005

Hello all- Hope this is in the correct forum-

I just purchased a 99psd (auto) and it dies every once in awhile, most times once its warmed up and i back up into my driveway. It will die, kinda acts like the convertor tries to lock when i put it into reverse and it dies abruptly. Put into park and it fires right up and backs up fine... doesnt do it all the time, just seems convertor related?

It will also shift into 4th around 40MPH and i need to press the button on the shifter to keep it from dogging in that gear, or sometimes it will die going down the highway if i let off the pedal at 40mph... put in neutral and it fires right back up and motors right on down the Highway.. Is there a way to control TCC lockup of the convertor? It seems to lock at WOT and runs out AOK.

Thanks in advance
BW

PS truck is down on power, seems to have a bad injector... it smoked alot of white smoke, ive been adding cetane and trans fluid to the fuel and the smoke is 1/10th it used to be and idles alot better now.... power is back up to where it should be...

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TheHammer69

· #5 · Jul 17, 2005

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PS truck is down on power, seems to have a bad injector... it smoked alot of white smoke, ive been adding cetane and trans fluid to the fuel and the smoke is 1/10th it used to be and idles alot better now.... power is back up to where it should be...

[/ QUOTE ] You may want to put some of that transmission fluid your putting in your fuel tank in your transmission. Check your transmission fluid level. Low fluid level will cause stalling concerns like this. If the fluid level is ok drop the pan and see if the correct filter is installed and that it hasn't fallen out of the pump inlet.
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Trans level is fine, but i guess i will have to drop the pan to see if it has the correct filter. i assume i can just purchase it from napa and use TYPE F FLUID??? Do you know of a part number i can cross it to?
Thank you for your help, i do appreciate it.
As for adding lube to the fuel, this truck has had a white smoke problem for awhile and always idled really really bad. Ford deamed it as a dead hole, ive been adding oil and trans fluid to it and the smoke will go away, and the power comes back.
I assume its a bad injector because it will idle good, then bad, then good, then bad and once it has more lube, it will idle fine and not blow any smoke at all..

Seems that the extra lube in the fuel will keep the smoke down...
any thoughts on my issues?
thanks
BW
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Use fluid rated MERCON

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