Hey guys, I just bought a 1999 cobra about a week ago for 4000, which is a pretty decent price. It has 163k on the chassis and the motor was rebuilt and has about 60k on it. It's completely stock. Of course with a car that cheap its gonna have some problems.
1. ABS light is on and I'm not really sure how to get rid of it.
2. Sometimes the odometer just dies out while driving and reappear when it feels like. Sometimes it won't even come back at all.
3. When I start it up it shoots out some gray smoke out of the exhausts
4. This didn't start up until this afternoon, but when I'm idling, I lose all oil pressure but it goes back up when i give it a little gas.
5. The idle is almost never steady


That's all i could think of right now any help I can get will be greatly appreciated

Here's some pictures of the problem child.

 

Sounds like you need a new gauge cluster to me.
1. Do you have a tuner? The ABS could be a few things. Did you check all the usual things (fluid level, fuse, pads)
2. No idea. Bad gauge cluster would be my guess.
3. Do you only get smoke when you start up or does it smoke while driving too? I have never heard of gray smoke but blue smoke is burning oil.
4. Could again be a bad gauge or bad ground. The oil pressure gauge is basically a on/off switch. It doesnt really tell you what the actual oil pressure is.
5. Bad idle could just be a dirty TB, MAF, or bad spark plug/wire. A good tune up might fix that.

Matthew

 

Hey Matt,

1. I replaced every single fuse in the car because about 90% of them were burnt out but that didn't change anything.I messed up, I sold my diablo with my six banger. I didn't think I was gonna get another new edge, so I'm gonna have to buy another one. Pads also need to be changed, but fluid levels are good.
2.I hope its just a bad gauge cluster, cause that and the oil pressure were bothering me quite a bit
3.The oil is good, it actually looks like the previous owner put too much. Actually now that I think about it, could that be why its shooting smoke out when it starts?
4. I was actually thinking of doing a tune up on it monday, so hopefully that goes well

Thanks!

 

Abs light is likely a wheel sensor, but you are going to need a code reader to find out. The odometer is a ford thing, I have had two F150s and a mustang do it to me. I think on the mustang it was the dimmer switch acting up. Grey smoke, could be water or running slightly too rich. Oil pressure could be the sender, it could be actually losing oil pressure, or it could be the gauge cluster. IAC, or a vacuum leak on the idle.

 

I have seen the question on a couple of forums, this is a great answer^^^^^^