i started a thread a while ago and posted an update but i have had no new views or responses... please do me a favor and read the thread and give me some ideas after reading the update....

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...igure-out.html

for those who dont wanna read the whole thread this is what i had posted:
So i was driving my 89 Formula 305 TBI the other day, when I went to get on the freeway i hit some snow and started to fishtail, not a big deal i know how to drive in the snow. Well after i recovered from the fishtail the SES light came on and the car started acting up, almost like it was misfiring, RPMs jumping around, sputtering, very sluggish acceleration. Usually if i put the car in park and turn it off it starts back up just fine...this time it didnt start back up, had to have it towed to a shop and as soon as it was parked it started back up. Had the shop look at it and they didnt really test much because they couldnt get the problem to happen.

This car has about 123K miles, new spark plugs, wires, distributor cap/ rotor. Before i picked it up it sat for about 7 years without much running.

I know the sending unit is probably bad because the fuel gauge doesnt work, a buddy of mine thinks it might be the fuel filter, i dont know when it was changed last but i dont know what to try next.

please someone help me

ok so here is a slight update, I have had this issue only once since I have gotten the car back from the shop, seems it only happens when i try to push the car a little bit more than normal ie going up hill and pushing the gas to keep speed up or going around turns too fast. I dont know if this helps anyone,

I recently drove it from La Crosse WI to Milwaukee WI and it made the trip with no issues but i stopped about 110 miles into the trip to clean my windshield due to my wiper fluid freezing and i topped off the tank and it only took 3.1 gallons, i did the calculations and it turned out to be 35 MPG, i continued the trip and another 95 miles later i did the same thing this time the gas mileage was about 20 MPG....now idk if this is part of the issue or what but the only thing i did was put some SeaFoam fuel additive in the tank... any help is welcome

also the battery gauge was fluctuating between 13 and 15.5 volts and the lights where getting brighter and dimming as the gauge was fluctuating. IMPORTANT: When i park the car and it wont start, it doesnt even crank, i can hear the fuel pump wind up no cranking or anything from the engine so i am thinking that it is prolly electrical under the hood.

 

you might a have a short in your alternator lead from battery.. usually behind a bracket and the insulation rubs and shorts the battery... now if it wont crank it could be low battery. despite what sum say, even if your front lights turn on it doesnt mean that your battery isnt low on juice. check the water in the batt, charge it to full cap, and then check for breaks in the positivecable, through-out the engine bay... also if you youre having an ses light have you tested for codes? do you have a maf sensor?

 

i get issues with my egr, ill be driving down the freeway and this lousy truck dude slows down and im just cruising at 55mph barley moving ugh! then a light rolls on and its the damn egr code. i just curse at it a few times throw it in neutral and turn off the engine then start it again, pop it back in drive and bam no engine code. But to relate to you situation, disconnect the battery for thirty mins and reconnect, then start the car wait for the first check engine code a take note... ive had my car become normal again just resetting the memory in the ecm.. it takes my car 200 miles to "re-learn" my driving style...

 

ill check the wires but the battery and alternator are both new as of a couple months ago

 

it the SES light does come on before the car dies, its popping 43,44 and 53, idk if it has anything to do with the 53 code but the key is stuck in the ignition