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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for February 23, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1984 Ford F-250 XL 6.9L Glow Plugs VIN: 1FTHX2617E Help!!! Have this F250 that has glow plugs that go open. Originally came in with faulty controller( this is the old style that threads into the back of the block, into the water jacket). Next time it came in, 6 out of 8 glow plugs were open, pulled them out, n... |
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| 1994 Ford E-350 Econoline 7.5L mastercyl VIN: 1FDKE30GXR this bus came in with low pedal complaint- after brake inspection- found front brakes and rotors all but blues and warped rotors- replaced all found rear brakes out adjustment - pads down to 3 32nds and drums out of round.- replace rear brakes and have drums c... |
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| 1994 Ford Ranger STX 2.3L clutch peddle VIN: 1FTCR10A6R every part is new on this vehicle and we have made sure there is no air in the system. when you pump the peddle and watch the throw out bearing it will not attempt to move, the vehicle started with a low peddle problem, took the inspection plate out of the tra... |
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| 1996 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L Timing Chain VIN: 1FALP53S6T This '96 Taurus came in for the battery draining,having to jump start after sitting, and an engine noise. We replaced the battery, they also wanted the oil changed. Upon start-up, there was a very slight rattle, less than a second, in the timing chain area, th... |
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| 1996 Ford Ranger Splash 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTCR14AXT Engine misfires on deceleration, and can be duplicated at idle easily by snapping the throttle. Engine shakes and cylinder #1 misfires. While looking at the ignition pattern at the scope, the firing time line for cylinder #1 goes erratic, on both coils. Compre... Trouble codes: P0301 (cylinder 1 misfire) |
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| 1997 Ford Expedition XLT 4.6L MIL Lamp on hello everybody it has been a long time but i have this 1997 ford expedition that keeps setting an egr code i replaced the dpfe sensor and hoses but keeps coming back there is one thing the dpfe sensor i took off did not look like the one i put on from ford i ... Trouble codes: P0401 |
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| 1998 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L Mechanical VIN: 1FTZF1727W oil fouls plug #3 smokes has code p0402. is there a common problem here. comp. 165 psi |
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| 1998 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 5.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMPU18LXW I have a 98 Expedition with a reoccuring code P0171. Lean exhaust bank 1. Vehicle orriginally came in with 54,905 miles and code P0171. Everything checked ok and drive cycle passed. Returned with 55,359 miles and had code p0717 returned. Found tsb for upstream... Trouble codes: P0171 |
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| 1998 Ford Ranger Splash 4.0L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out VIN: 1FTZR15X5W hello, and thanks in advance for any help. this ranger runs fine if you drive it normally. if you are a real animal, and put the pedal to the floor at 60mph (maybe to pass a big rig???) it will eventually feel like it is starving for fuel(pressure stays at spe... |
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| 1999 Ford Contour LX 2.0L No Start VIN: 1FAFP6533X Car was towed in by customer. State of Mi is involved,because another shop diagnosed it as bad flywheel. Cylinders were washed out from cranking,oil was 1/2 qrt overfull from fuel in crankcase. No spark from coil. Starter was bad from excessive cranking. Repla... |
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| 2000 Ford E-350 Econoline 6.8L shifting VIN: 1FDWE35S2Y This vehicle started out as a runs rough problem, misfiring - needed 2 coils and plugs. It then started setting a code for computed timing,sorry cant remember what code it was.It was diagnosed as a bad Pcm, bought reman from Ford who stated it was already prog... |
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| 2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 5.4L brakes customer came in to the shop complaining about a pulling in the brakes when comming off the highway and everytime after that, the trucks pulls to the right hard. found that the rotors were under size and the pads were almost metal to metal. on the right side, ... |
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| 1999 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L Mechanical VIN: 1LNFM82WOX I need some help on this one guys. This thing has a noise that sounds like a lifter tick to me, but I removed the rocker covers and everything looks OK. I ran the engine while pushing on each rocker and nothing changed. I also tried a cylinder cancel by unplug... |
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| 2000 Lincoln LS 3.0L Error display VIN: 1LNHM86S5Y Customer complained of E (error) display on dash. Pulled codes and found p0795 pressure control sol c shorted. Checked resistance of solenoid by removing connector 175b from the pcm and checking resistance. It is 5 ohms. I also checked solenoids a and b they a... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1992 Ford F-150 Custom 4.9L whistle VIN: 2FTDF15Y0N I want to thank everyone for your replies. I learned alot. Almost everyone said the whistle noise was either the IAC or PCV system plugged up. A few said it could be the intake gasket leaking. I will have to close without a fix because the owner of the truck i... |
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| 1994 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FMDU34XXR Thanks to everyome for lots of great tips. Most everyone suggested fuel and\or eec relays. The problem ended up being the PCM. We found it by removing individual components one at a time, and leaving them outside in the cold. Hindsight is always so simple. Oth... Trouble codes: 542 (fuel pump cicuit open eca to ground), 211 (pip profile ignition pick up erratic). |
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| 1994 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Surge, PING VIN: 1FMDU34X7R Sorry about the long delay, I have been waiting to get the truck back. This one is now what you would call fixed for good, after all the replies concerning octane bar, intake tube, cracked heads, etc. What fixed it was catching up on maintenance (tune) plus th... |
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| 1994 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.9L No Start VIN: 1FTEE14Y6R Thanks for all who responded. Most indicated we should check that ECT and IAT sensors were reading the same temp. They were not, the IAT was accurate while the ETC was way to high which should of actually caused a lean condition on startup. What we found was t... |
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| 1996 Ford F-250 XL 7.5L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1FTHX25G0T Well guys, although the replies received on this repair did give us a few ideas, our customer has run out of patience and/or funds to progress any closer to our goal. Most of the replies received, although vague, had us leaning back to a problem with the mass ... |
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| 1996 Ford Ranger Splash 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FTCR10AXT we did find that mass air flow was bad and also had bad ecm but they did not want to fix thank you for all the help |
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| 1996 Ford Mustang 4.6L Excessive Emissions, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFPRTX2X Thanks for all the help. I agree with everyone about the only component that could cause the short to ground is the O2 heaters. We found the problem to be in the power wire to the EGR regulator. I was tracing the circuit from the splice to the EGR when I found... Trouble codes: P0443, P1451, P0135, P0136, P0141, P0155. |
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| 1999 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 5.4L Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1FTNX20L2X Thanks to everyone who wrote. There was no 'coolant temp' sensor on this engine. They used the head temp sensor instead. All the other sensors were within specs and the o2 sensors were switching normally. All we did was clean the MAF sensor and throttle body. ... |
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| 2001 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FTRX17W21 I found where the ground shield wire going to the lower crank sensor was being rubbed by the a/c clutch. and I never noticed before if it was only shutting down when the a/c clutch kicked in or not. I haven't herd anthing back from him as to any more problems. Trouble codes: P0320, P1309. |
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| 2003 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L Battery Light VIN: 2FAFP71W03 Thank you to all who replied. The problem turned out to be incorrect alternators. Even the one sent to me this morning by Ford was wrong. A specal thanks to iATN member Dave [...] from Oaklahoma who sent me the correct part#. If anyone is interested here ... |
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| 1991 Lincoln Continental 3.8L No Start VIN: 1LNCM974MY Thank You To All Who Replied & Many Had Good Ideas That We Did Not Cover -- However This Car Was An Electrical Nightmare, Nothing We Tried Seem To Change Our Results -- We Found Out 'The Rest Of The Story' The Car Was Bought At A Police Auction Not Running So ... |
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| 1991 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L Rear air susp. VIN: 1LNCM81W0M Sorry about the long delay, the customer is just a huge time waster and has eventually decided to 'think on it' after trying to add an air valve and deciding the conversion is too expensive, so I didn't get to try the coil spring conversion that everyone sugge... |
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