Engine pulsing, dies at idle… HELP!!
The car is an ’88 bird with the 5.0 V8. It ran fine Saturday, got in it Sunday to go to the store and it ran like crap.
At idle the RPMs drop till it just about stalls then they it revs back up again then drops, it does this a few times then it dies. If I give it a little gas, it will pulse faster and not die, the more gas I give the faster and smoother the pulsing becomes.
When I put it in drive it is OK, as long as I am accelerating. If I try to coast or accelerate lightly the engine pulses and the car bucks (Between 30 and 55 MPH it bucks violently.) If I just coast its fine, but it seems to feels as if there is a more drag from the engine than normal.
Any ideas what is up? What should I check? I have to drive this car for the next 2 weeks in traffic before I can afford to have my mechanic look at it, so any help that will let me fix this myself, if only for the short term, is much needed.
Thanks a ton in advance!
Gunther.
The car is an ’88 bird with the 5.0 V8. It ran fine Saturday, got in it Sunday to go to the store and it ran like crap.
At idle the RPMs drop till it just about stalls then they it revs back up again then drops, it does this a few times then it dies. If I give it a little gas, it will pulse faster and not die, the more gas I give the faster and smoother the pulsing becomes.
When I put it in drive it is OK, as long as I am accelerating. If I try to coast or accelerate lightly the engine pulses and the car bucks (Between 30 and 55 MPH it bucks violently.) If I just coast its fine, but it seems to feels as if there is a more drag from the engine than normal.
Any ideas what is up? What should I check? I have to drive this car for the next 2 weeks in traffic before I can afford to have my mechanic look at it, so any help that will let me fix this myself, if only for the short term, is much needed.
Thanks a ton in advance!
Gunther.