MustangJake88
Registered User
Figured I would hop on here and see if maybe you guys would have an idea of what the hell is going on with my new DD. Picked up a '96 3.8 Mustang a few months back, very nice car, great gas mileage, seeing as there were NO Super Coupes in my area for sale, at least ones in good shape. I still kick myself for selling my '89, but anyways. I picked up this car, it ran well when I first got it. Then ran into some sputtering issues and a rough idle. Changed plugs, wires, coil pack, fuel filter, O2's, and swapped out to a K&N. Also checked around for vacuum leaks as well. Still doing the same crap. It does it off and on. Car will hesitate and sputter extremely badly, and even have intake backfire, until I put the pedal to the floor and it kicks out of it and spins the tires. I have no other ideas on what it could be besides maybe a clogged cat or injector. Any ideas? Been tracing this problem for months and still no luck.