Fuel vs electrical problems

bwmegee · #1 11-03-2009, 10:35 PM

Hi, I'm new to the site and I could use a little help

I have a 93 F150 Supercab 4X4 with a 5.0 liter engine. Today when I drove home from work, the engine was cutting out and had no power. When I was driving it seems like a fuel problem.

When I first had the problem I notice that the alternate gauge was not working. I can rev the engine in park, and it does just fine. It just doesn't want to go while it is being driven

I checked the battery and it appears that the alternator was charging the battery. Another thing I notice that the fuel tank selector switch does not appear to be working. The rest of the electrical system works fine. I checked the fuses and they appear to be fine.

Are these problems related? Does anyone have suggestions?

Thanks

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Matts ford · #2 11-04-2009, 03:06 PM

check the battery cables and connections.

theaxe · #3 11-20-2009, 12:07 AM

I have a 93 f 250 5.8 l and it has exactly the same issues.

FordGuy24 · #4 Yesterday, 07:55 PM

I have a 1990 F-250 with the 5.8. Awhile back I had issues like you said with the motor cutting out. Ended up being carbon build up in the throttle body and the vaccuum hoses were junk. Ford had a recall years ago on that fuel switch between tanks. The unit would fail and when you went to switch tanks the fuel would spew out. Hope this helps!