1989 Ford Thunderbird loss of power and idle off

[quote:e582739b8a="curfew"]Engine problem
1989 Ford Thunderbird 6 cyl Two Wheel Drive Manual 73000 miles
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i bought 89 ford t-bird off a older gal about a year ago for a few hundered bucks...seemed a good deal ..low miles and i just liked the look of the vehicle... anyways she told me it had radiator problems and i suspect it may have been over heated.. i took it to a shop and got a whole new cooling system installed and a diagnostic on it...the mechanic said everything was okay with the car and all the diag ran good. after a few months i was having one problem after another... never anything major ..just alot of little things needing replacement. the powersteering pump got replaced and all was okay for a bit. now it sat for a bit and when i try to start her up she idels very rough and dies and when i put into gear and move out it may run normal for just a second and then massive power loss and hesitation ...i replaced the fuel filter with no luck ... light smoke may come out from time to tome jus a bit of it though...no weird sounds or smells... could this be the T P S or a friend suggested rich gas ... im stuck ...please give me some new starting points

jake[/quote:e582739b8a]

Do you have the regular or supercharged engine?
I have the regular V6 and had some problems after start up, the car would stall and almost stop until the engine was warm...after I checked a lot of things I found out that the dipstick from the transmission wasn't all the way down (a mechanic from eazy-lube aparently didn't pull it all the way back). After I put it back, everything was OK. Little things make big difference. I have some white smoke coming from the exhaust too from time to time...doesn't seem to be problem, I have 125000 Miles on it though. I also had the idle controler replaced one time, I heard it's a problem on this model.