Hello, I am working on a 2002 Mustang 3.8LV6. It was hit in the front right and busted the rad. The serpentine belt also fell off somehow. I can not get the car to run. It will start and miss and sputter and go on as long as you pump the gas pedal, then die. It acts like it is flooded but the plugs look good, and I have tried to start it a few times this month. I put some fuel conditioner in and that did not help. The fuel shut off switch is not tripped. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you.

 

Not the safety switch eh?

 

i woulda thoguht it was the safety switch too...happened to my thunderbird when i got hit...dunno, but good luck ne ways

 

I remember on mine that would happen, and it had to do with the EGR valve and being stuck at wide open. Check the vacuum on it. It will probably have a high pitched sound with it but its not too loud.

 

If the air bags deployed I bet the computer has to be reset the saftey switch had to have been activated. It could be that the computer got messed up and your timing is off to. Call your local ford dealer service department and tell them what you told us. They will probably want you to bring it in for a diagnostic check. A cost of about eighty bucks to solve the mistery.