20 Most Recent 2002 Ford Mustang - Page 6 Questions & Answers

No power to fuel pump? Hook fuel pump to car battery to make sure it's good an comes on if it dose not replace it, if it dose you have a bad fuel pump relay under hood in fuse or relay box, or a short in wireing

Its on the top right side of the engine as you face it from the front on the car. All of the spark plug wires go into it.

Possible bad motor mount(s) --only thumps or rattles when power is going to the wheels.

You should be able to use a long piece of rubber hose to listen around the engine and find the source of the noise. I am assuming you have checked oil pressure.

The 4.6L 4V aluminum block engine uses 6 bolt main bearing caps.

leaky tank or fuel lines or bad gas cap.

Was the fuel pump recently replaced? If so, the smell is coming from the seal where the fuel pump seals to the gas tank. It's a large o-ring and if not put in properly you get the gas odor.

when you say ALL parts new does that include the coil pack(s) ? Have you had the OBD codes read ? as this could point to a sensor which you would probably not know which one without the code

they may have blowen or the stereo settings may be wrong

This could be the harmonic balancer or the torque converter.

just use the wire to the backup lights

There is a part called an Inertia switch. It has a Reset button on it and will be fine once it is reset. Look at a photo on the Web at autoparts stores. Most of the time the switch is located by the front floor kick panels. On a few models it is in the trunk on a side and behind the trunk carpet. When you reset it, power will be restored to the fuelpump.

Adding an octane booster will not cause this issue. They are designed to go into the tank. You need to check and see if the computer has any stored codes. Best guess at this point in time are cloged catalytic convertors, bad mass air flow sensor, bad map sensor, bad egr.

do you have power in and out of the brake light switch ?

have fire at coils no fuses burnt check fire could be crank sensor cuts fire and fuel do you have a reset on this model near kick pad pass side or in the trunk pass side near rear lights in trunk a safty switch you push on it it could be popped

Use a bottle of yellow HEET dry gas to remove any moisture problem in the fuel. Clean / replace air filter. Top off ATF to MAX level.