FESTIVA IN TROUBLE

[scitzz]

I haven't used a festiva manual in probably 10 years lol

They have a manual for a six cylinder swap?

[Zcallicutt7]

Pulled the Air Flow Meter connector out. Had a bad connection. Issue has been fixed

[1990new]

Great to hear all is working...
Welcome to the Forum.

[defprun]

They have a manual for a six cylinder swap?

My parts Probe came with a Haynes manual lol...but his swap is all in his head!

[Zcallicutt7]

Yeah I plan on getting a repair manual. Waiting till payday haha! Yeah I've been working on my all my cars/truck since I was 16 years old with my first car (1966 Ford Mustang Coupe Inline 6 & 3speed in the floor)

[TheNewAmericanSpirit]

Plus he's been using my manual when needed Glad it got fixed!!!

[Damkid]

FESTIVA IN TROUBLE

....Because it's all in your head.

you have no idea how right you actually are

[scitzz]

My parts Probe came with a Haynes manual lol...but his swap is all in his head!

Is there anything else in there?

Good to hear you got the problem fixed!

[Zcallicutt7]

Ok y'all. Car still isn't right. It's running, but when you first take off it studders really bad. It acts like it's not getting enough fuel or something. Decided to check a few things. Pulled off the PCV. It was all clogged up with this light brown junk that looked like baby poop (fyi I have a 10week old son so I know what baby poop looks like hahahaha). Also the hose from the PCV to intake had the same junk in it. Could see it going into the intake. I also saw it down into the crank case through were the PCV goes. I am going to attached a few pictures I took. Sorry if they aren't the best pictures. None the less. I have an issue and I have no idea what the heck it is (which is driving me insane:bull_head..... So does anyone know what the heck is going on?

One of these pictures is of a dirty rag from where I used an air hose to blow out all the junk out of the PCV & PCV/INTAKE Hose

*Also - Haven't changed the oil in the car since I purchased it a couple weeks ago. Need to know if you guys know the best way to clean the crank case out when I change the oil. I plan on running Full Syn Oil 5w30 in it. Anyone have another suggestion on oil?2013-02-12 19.20.44.jpg2013-02-12 19.21.04.jpg

[Zcallicutt7]

Oh, first two pictures our the port were the PCV goes

[Zcallicutt7]

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These pictures are were the other end of the Hose from the PCV connects into the Intake & the dirty rag after blowing out the PCV & Hose

[Prafeston]

Looks like your car has diarrhea!!

[FestYboy]

ok that's called "chocolate milkshake". one of 2 ways to get that: 1) coolant leak into the crank case (verify by inspecting dipstick for sililar fluid condition), 2) heavy condensation buildup in the crankcase, usually from short tripping the car and not allowing the oil to get hot enough to boil off the built up condensation.

first thing to do is drain the oil in the car and inspect it. if it comes out looking like oil and not chocolate milk, then put in some cheap oil and an engine flush additive, get the engine up to temp and flog it down the highway for a few miles, then do a regular oil change.

if the oil comes out all lookin like chocolate milk, you have an internal leak issue... which could get exspensive.

[Zcallicutt7]

Dip stick looks nothing like that chocolate milk color. Just black oil... I do know that My temperature gauge doesn't come off of the C which is leading me to believe that I have a Thermostat that is stuck open. My heat isn't working ether. Which was the first reason that lead me to believe it was stuck open and with it not getting up to temperature my heat isn't going to be warm at all.

[Zcallicutt7]

List of things I will be changing this weekend.....

- Oil Change And Crank Case Clean Out
- Spark Plugs
- Valve Cover Gasket
- Thermostat (Motor Craft Part #RT1073)
- Exhaust Manifold Gasket

Oh and FYI to all you reading. I work at a Fluid Sealing company in Kernersville NC. We cut all kinds of gaskets. If you run into a problem with trying to find a gasket for something. Send me a message with application information and I'll let you know what I can do.

Thanks!