can anyone tell me what the common problems are in the 88 5l,such as what sensors go most often etc....etc...

 

I'm the original owner of my '88 and the only problem i've had was with the MAF burnoff relay. Just recently I have discovered it may not have been bad relays,but bad contacts in the weatherpack plugs to the relays. Only sensor I've changed is the fan switch sensor ,and is because I went to a cooler one. Of course now that I've said this I'll probably have something go out.

 

thanks iroc,as i stated in my first post im new to these sensor type motors and will need all the help i can get.

 

Every car is a little differant,kinda' like snowflackes I don't think any one car has the same problems as the next,which is not to say you won't have a problem here or there. When you do have a problem do a searce over at TGO.com and most of the problems have been covered(with write-ups)and are ussually easy to fix. When I first got my car I was pretty scared to even look under the hood with all this fancy new faggled computer stuff,but with some reading and some basic testing stuff you'll learn it's not that hard at all.

 

The only common problem is the cars are over 16yrs old. Also depending on the maintance by previous owners the problems could be small or major.

 

I would check all the weatherpak connectors like fuel injector connectors, KS, fan, etc, etc

 

everything is pretty clean under the hood i have a envolope full of recipts from the past four years....the guy just put a brand new $300 rad in a new bosh alt....some new sensors so on and so on.

thanks for the responce guys ill look a bit closer at some of my connectors.