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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1993 Ford F-150 XL 5.8L Stall VIN: 1FTEX14HXP vehicle stalls when put in reverse or manual low. |
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| 1994 Ford E-250 Econoline 5.8L ccd hick-up VIN: 1FDHE24HA2 Primarily when hot at idle the spout/pip "hick-up" and one or two firing events are missed or way out of sequence!It will happen cold or at cruise just more common at hot idle in gear. This has been on going for over a month. The original problem was a bad mis... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L heat from vents VIN: 2FMDA5147T No heat/low heat from vents,temp. gauge normal, replaced thermostat, flushed system, (front/rear heaters), re-sealed timing cover,replaced water pump to no avail. removed air mix door motor checked normal. help |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L heater core VIN: 2FTDX17WXV hello believe i have an electrolysis problem with vehicle. i replaced heater core 1 month ago and had has failed again. the core had been replaced by another shop approximately 1 to 1.5 years ago. at the time of our shop replacing the core we decided to add th... |
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| 1997 Ford Probe GT 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1ZVLT22B4V mil lights and stays on after a few days of codes being cleared. followed alldata's test of related componets e.g. boost sensor wiring, hose routing, solenoids ect. cannot find or duplicate problem so resorting to playing the odds of checking most common failu... Trouble codes: P1195 |
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| 1997 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1FMDU34XXV Hi techs, I have this fien car in that is giving me grief. A week ago it came in for running poorly and a check engine light on. The code was for coolant temp low. Checked and replaced the thermostat and cleaned the MAF sensor. The patrol oficer and myself too... |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L Misfire VIN: 1FMY422X9W vehicle driven in with what appeared to be an ignition miss. ran comp. scan, and found code p0304. cleared codes and checked ignition sys. replaced weak plug wires. ignition coil checks ok. ran fuel pressure check, ok. check injectors. did ohm check only, all ... Trouble codes: P0304 |
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| 2001 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FTRX17W21 I got this truck in a little over two weeks ago with a CEL on and customer stated that it bucks and stalls. I retrieved the code and found a p1309 code. A new one to me I checked on "all data" to find out its an eratic ignition system fault and to check for tw... Trouble codes: P0320, P1309 |
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| 1996 Mercury Sable GS 3.0L Headlights VIN: IMELM50U3T Hello All This 96 Sable's headlights are on at all times. With the headlight switch and multi function switch removed they are still on. None of the headlight functions work and pulling the fuses wont shut them off. This car does not have a twilight sential a... |
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| 1999 Mercury Villager Estate 3.3L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 4M2XV11T6X has humm from air cleaner, o2s1 reads lean,verified at light green at pcm. acts like it has a vacumn leak.from cold start watching short term fuel trim it starts counting neg until it reaches -25% long term -10.0 even though o2 is reading lean.just a little bi... Trouble codes: P00, 300 (random cyl misfire) |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1987 Ford F-150 Custom 4.9L blows oil VIN: 1FTEF14Y9J Hi, I shortened up the PCV pos side by eliminating the long tube to air box. I installed a aftermarket Breather element which has at this time, seemed to cure the problem, I still need to install a vavle cover gasket which is where I think the oil comes form, ... |
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| 1989 Ford F-150 Custom 4.9L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1FTDF15Y2K I have worked with this truck and have had others check and recheck behind me. I have given up. |
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| 1991 Ford Escort 1.9L CV shaft Hello everyone, and thank you for all the input. We had taken a close look at the motor and transmission mount only to find them in good working order. The delay in my response was because I had the rebuilder take a close look at the break. The interesting thi... |
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| 1992 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FMDU32X5N Thanks to all that helped,we had a 92 [...] explorer 4.0 2wd that was towed in we discoverd that it had no fuel pressure we tested for power at fuel pump harness no power jumped fuel pump relay and the fuel pump worked discovered eec maxi 30 was blown installed... |
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| 1996 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, HARD START VIN: 1FALP6536T thanks for the great advice. it was a slam dunk. we removed transmission and the flywheel was indeed broken. after replacement the vehicle runs better than customer thought possible. |
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| 1997 Ford Windstar GL 3.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMDA5145V Thanks to all who replied. It seems we are the only shop in the western hemisphere that had not run across this problem before. We recieved 32 replies and all but one said to look for clogged EGR ports. We removed the plenum and observed exactly what was sugge... Trouble codes: P0302 (Misfire 2 Cyl). |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus SHO 3.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP54N9V I would like to thank everyone that helped with this fix. I checkek all vaccum line and connection to system, had to take half the car apart to get to them. the final fix was air hose under air filter had worked it's way of. cleared code and sent customer on r... Trouble codes: P0411. |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1FTWX32F6X Thank you to everyone who replied to my request. Sorry it took so long to reply but I was waiting on the injector R&R tools. All said it was the injectors and you were right. We removed #1 and #5 and had them rebuilt since the dealer wanted $305.00 for each an... |
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| 1985 Lincoln Town Car 5.0L No Start VIN: 1LNBP96F4F Strangest timing chain Ive seen in 30 years, but thats what it was, thanks to all that helped |
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| 1991 Mercury Cougar XR-7 5.0L accumulator VIN: 1MEPM62T6M I have received 4 replies. 2 replies helped me with suggestions to relace the abs system with conventional brakes by getting a system from a bone yard making sure to replace the porportioning valve.*** 1 reply was from a rebuilder (Tim [...]).techsupport@p... |
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| 1998 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1MELM6531W As suspected the cam timing was WAY off!!! We (MOVED) the cams (Loosened cam gears and rotated cams)re-installed the belt and the Mystake was purring - For now anyway. Thanks for the help!!! iATN -- AWESOME Thanks Ed Trouble codes: P1383 (VCT Overretarted). |
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| 1998 Mercury Mystique LS 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1MEFM66L7W thanks to all that responded. the mystique did have a leaky intake gasket and after repair and long test drive mil's did not reset. we will have the windstar back in about a week and will finish it. Trouble codes: P0171, P0174. |
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