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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1989 Ford F-250 Custom 5.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1FTHF26H0K vehicle seems to have rough idle...have replace almost everything except for the distributor...customer said that it has had a slight rough running problem for a long time...but now it seems to be using alot of fuel...around 5 miles to the gallon... can anyon... Trouble codes: 41 (ego not switching) |
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| 1990 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe 3.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FAPP64R5L High idle all the time, 1,500 rpm. it also surges sometimes will go between 1,000 and 1,500 back and forth then goes back up to 1,500. This car has an intercooler and intake plumbing from hell, so finding a vacuum leak is going to be near impossible,I don't ha... |
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| 1996 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L MIL Lamp on Hi Friends This crown vic failed Emmission test due to code P0430 (cat effiencency bank 2) What I would like to be sure of Is, If i am correct bank 2 is on drivers side of car? I am sure it is as Clyinder number one is on passengerside. But Since it is a for... |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FTDF18W8V Hi to all fellow techs, any input on this one will be appreciated. customer drove truck in and said a local repair shop replaced engine with a used motor out of mustang and it runs bad. original motor had locked up while he was driving it.This truck runs like ... Trouble codes: P1000 (OBD systems readiness test not complete) |
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| 1999 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L Power Steering Pump VIN: 1FAFP53U6X After a week of changing all the parts, hoses and flushing. Checking the hoses and even changing them to new. I still have a problem wher the fluid in the reservoir burps out the top of the resevoir when the vehicle is shut off. Can not determine wher the pro... |
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| 2001 Ford Escort SE 2.0L Mechanical VIN: 3FAFP13P81 I have this escort that the customer is complaining of a knocking noise in the motor that has developed in the last couple of weeks. The noise is present at idle. It is a very light noise originating in either the bell houseing or the cat converter area. It is... |
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| 1999 Mercury Sable LS 3.0L timing chains VIN: 1MEFM53SXX Just need some experienced R&R help. Car has broken chain guides and worn front chain from slapping valve cover. MOD says fist step to replacing chains is remove engine. Is this really necessary or can the job be done in the car?? And if the engine does need t... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1985 Ford Thunderbird 5.0L alternator light VIN: 1FABP46F2F Hello All,I got 3 replies saying to install a wire between the Alternator and the voltage regulator.We installed the wire and the car runs perfectly now. THANKS |
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| 1989 Ford Mustang LX 5.0L Output shaft Well, I haven't actually reassembled this trans yet, but I did recive the parts I needed today so I will be completed soon. Most everyone told me of re-tipping the output shaft. Our local machine shop was a little iffy on doing it, so I bought one from AllTran... |
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| 1990 Ford F-250 Custom 7.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTHX25G2L All the help was great and we had marginal success The code 41 is gone; we put a Ford o2 sensor in. Their books call for a 3-wire, Bosch calls for a 4-wire. It did apparently solve it (I sent it to the Ford garage) but it doesn't make sense to me; according to... Trouble codes: 32 (EGR open/erratic or valve position sensor too low), 41 (No exhaust gas oxygen switching detected-always indicating lean). |
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| 1990 Ford F-250 Custom 5.8L high idle speed VIN: 1FTHX26H8L Thank you for the multiple replies that largely said to replace TPS, apperantly it has a drastic effect on the idle speed. I replaced TPS, retested, no codes, runs good. Thanks again.. Jeff Trouble codes: 21 (coolant temp signal problem), 24 (intake air temp out of range). |
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| 1994 Ford Mustang 3.8L No Start VIN: 1FALP4449R Thanks for the responses, one message definitely had a better decription of how the system work-too bad alldata/mitchell can't provide it-. So after further testing my final determination was that the ICM was at fault. So we went with it, and the car starts ev... |
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| 1995 Ford F-150 Special 4.9L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge VIN: 1FTEF15Y65 I received replies suggesting the TPS, MAP, Fuel problems, exhaust restriction and computer reprogramming. There were also two replies about the distributor pickup. I removed the distributor and found that the distributor shaft was wobbling. The shutter window... Trouble codes: 225 (No knock signal). |
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| 1996 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMDU34X9T Thanks to all who replyed. After I checked and rechecked every possible reason for the problem, and could not find the reason for the problem the customer decided to wait for the problem to get worse and then bring the vehicle back. When he does and I do find ... Trouble codes: P0304. |
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| 1997 Ford E-350 Econoline 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTJS34FIT IDM is good getting fuel Checked hi pressure pump output - 0 psi Removed line to check for any flow - none Checked hi pres tank - low - removed tank and cranked engine - good low oil pressure & flow to tank I am now removing filter (this is in a E (yes 'E') ... Trouble codes: P1298 (idm fault), P1292 (bank 2 short to ground), P0340 (cam position sensor), P1711 (trans temp). |
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| 1998 Ford Contour 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: IFAFP6635W i want to thank everyone for there help. everyone said either the cam sensor or mechanical timing. since the cam sensor was replaced, i checked the t-belt. it was in time but customer told us since we were there to go ahead and replace it. she also said that i... Trouble codes: P0340 (cam position sensor circuit malfunction). |
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| 2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 5.4L brakes would like thank evey one who replayed to my post, what i found is that the caliper bracket on the drivers side was not allowing the caliper to return keeping the brake pad applied and over heating the fluid causing a pull to the right this would only happen w... |
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| 2000 Ford Ranger XL 3.0L Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTYR10V5Y First, Thanks to all replied We rechecked all wiring, powers and grounds all were clean and tight.(thanks Bobby) We did check the connector under the seat for water intrusion and none was found (thanks Larry) Well this is our results After Draining the f... Trouble codes: P0176. |
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