After driveing 1 mile frome cold start van just revs but wont accelerate

If you floor it on acelleratuion dioes it seem to have normal power?

I have a 1997 ford E 150 customize mark 3 van have driven back and forth to work 5 years ran great Christmas Day drove down to the garage and back up to house and now it will not start turns over has spark will not fire

i had the same problem with my olds. van it was a cv joint & a tie rod end

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It sounds like the coolant level is getting very low. Only check it when it is cold! Check the level in the radiator and in the overflow bottle. Chances are you have a leak somewhere, these vans had problems with intake manifold gaskets. A big job.

i would change the tremostat and see what it does

If you are adding anti-freeze every time this happens, you are still loosing coolant some were. I assume there are no puddles on the garage floor or where you park the van? Check the oil dipstick and make sure the oil is not a "milky"color. Check the passenger side carpet for wetness, you may have to pull it back.
If all of that is OK, you are still burning the coolant by way of the intake gasket or head gasket.
Good luck, let me know.
Regards,

Almost sounds like the same symptons as my van. Turns out the guage was not the problem. The van was in fact running hot because the electric radiator fans were not kicking in when the engine was hot. I replaced the relay switches for the fans. There are two of these in the fuse panel under the hood. There has been no problem with overheating since

sounds like your low in coolant. this will cause an air pocket in engine and cause erratic temp readings/loss of heat check coolant in radiator when cold. and add

2000 chevy venture run good but my lights flickers and have to jump. After I jump the van and put my meeter on the battery its reading 14.volts at idle. I can drive around to store cut the van off come out it starts fine leave it overnite and it don't started.