I don't even know where to start..

[Ws6islife]

I'm crusing down the road going about 40 and my gas light comes on, but I know I gave gas in the tank. I still pull in to a station fill up and go on. Then about 2 miles down my gas light cones on again then my ac stops cooling, and my engine starts reving but does not pick up speed.I pull to the side get out and can hear the car bogging. I turn it off, start it put it in drive and it takes off fine , then again a little later same thing, ac stops cooling and no speed pick up. I'm clueless. :/

[az gt eater]

How can your engine rev up and you don't gain speed? It sounds like your electrical system is surging. Could be a bad battery. Could be a bad wire on your alternator. Could be overtightened bolts on your PCM wire harenesses. I would start with the battery and alt. The alts are weak in these cars, and the wire that tells it to turn on is fragile. Buy the lifetime replacement alt if you have to replace. If the wire is bad, you can disassemble the plug and rewire it easily. Prob gonna break it if/when you pull the alt. I did. Twice.

[Ws6islife]

I'm really confused especially cus the a/c

[Ws6islife]

i dunno how much this video explains, basically i drove around so you guys saw what the problem was, when i turn the car of and start it i can put it in drive hit the has and it will go put as soon as i ease of it it starts to bog and the rpms go up but no acceleration, at the same time this occurs my gas light comes on and my ac no longer cools, i know its not the transmission. Please help.

[Z28_Driver]

It looks like in the video your speedometer is dead too.
I'm asumming that was a driving video.

I would check the ac compressor to start with. Does it spin freely?

[Ws6islife]

oh yea my speedometer has been off. its no calibrated lol but ac compressor? would that make my whole engine bog? and to not be able to accelerate?.

[JayTA98]

I see a SES light on have you scan it?

[Ws6islife]

light is on cus i deleted my cats. but havent scanned it since. Problem is getting it somewhere to scan it.

[JayTA98]

light is on cus i deleted my cats. but havent scanned it since. Problem is getting it somewhere to scan it.

I undertstand. I will try to get a scanner and look at the codes that you have beside the emissions. Clear them all and run the car again. then check codes again. Does it happens with the A/C off as well?

[SMWS6TA]

Umm you also have no oil pressure.

Car sounds like crap. Scan codes if possible, but check your oil 1st.

whens the last time you filled up prior to the one you posted?


Also your battery gauge show you way low. Should be around 13.5 the lowest, as high as 15.

[JayTA98]

Umm you also have no oil pressure.

Car sounds like crap. Scan codes if possible, but check your oil 1st.

whens the last time you filled up prior to the one you posted?


Also your battery gauge show you way low. Should be around 13.5 the lowest, as high as 15.

very good point about the oil pressure... has your car been leaking oil?

If i recall correctly i had a friend that had something similar but not on an F body and it turned out to be a PCM.

[Ws6islife]

yes and as soon as i turn it on it revs up and back down and shuts off..

[Ws6islife]

just did an oil change about a month ago. no oil leak. my whole cluster is off i believe did a led change and messed up...

[KMdef9]

I'm with the other guys on this as well, check the codes. The battery as well if your bored.

What kind of work has been done to your car?

[Ws6islife]

battery is new. just bought it a week ago. car has actually been sitting on my driveway for a month, just got it out from a wreck about 3 months ago. didn't drive it for about 3 months. all i have installed on it performance wise was a tranny cooler, new radiator, and battery.

[SMWS6TA]

you might have shorted out a harness. go back over it again.


I had shorted out my wire harness in my column in an old truck I used to have while installing a radio. Gauges worked fine until I turned the lights on, killed all of the gauges and truck ran like crap.

[JayTA98]

the only other thing that i know it causes the car to shut off is the crankshaft sensor but not like yours. I will throw a code if it was bad anyway.

[KMdef9]

battery is new. just bought it a week ago. car has actually been sitting on my driveway for a month, just got it out from a wreck about 3 months ago. didn't drive it for about 3 months. all i have installed on it performance wise was a tranny cooler, new radiator, and battery.

Where was the impact, you may have lead yourself to something like mentioned below.

you might have shorted out a harness. go back over it again.


I had shorted out my wire harness in my column in an old truck I used to have while installing a radio. Gauges worked fine until I turned the lights on, killed all of the gauges and truck ran like crap.

[SMWS6TA]

How far a way is an Autozone or Advance from you? they have code readers

Do you think it will make it there?

[Ws6islife]

i mean i can make it. the car gets in drive and rolls just fine. i can make it rolling with my hazards on.