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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for February 27, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1989 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall VIN: 1FABP55U5J Howdy. Need a fresh set of opinions. This is our shop car and it has been handed off to me after several techs gave up on it. The car surges and idles like it has "a hot cam" w/ tons of raw fuel from the tail pipe. I cannot get the idle to stay put unless I tu... |
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| 1991 Ford Aerostar XL 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FMCA11U5M help, This Arostar have plenty of sparks, about 40 psi of fuel pressure, good compression, and the there is injector pulse with the noid light. I've check for codes, but none was pressent. I've rotated the distributor around but cannot get get any sign of star... |
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| 1995 Ford Contour LX 2.5L No Start, Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FALP66L2S Greetings all...this Contour LX came in on the hook for a crank/no start. found no 'check engine' illumination with key on, checked fuses and found #4 20 amp ignition fuse in underhood fuse box blown. replaced fuse and car started but felt like it was running ... Trouble codes: 212 (loss of ignition input to pcm/spout), 215 (coil 1 primary failure), 216 (coil 2 primary failure) |
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| 1995 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L dome lamps VIN: 1FMDU34X95 Thanks in advance for your help.The dome lamps on this vehicle will stay on at random.You can open and close one door and the lights will stay on. Then you go to another door, open and close it and the lights go out. Happens intermittantly. Cannot pinpoint to ... |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar SEL 3.8L Surge VIN: 2FMDA534XX Will the Windstar problems ever cease to exist? I have this Windstar with a surge issue when turning the steering wheel. No codes stored in the computer. Turning the steering wheel in either gear or park the rpm's will surge about 300 to 500 rpm's. It is not a... |
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| 1999 Ford Ranger XL 3.0L coolant pressure VIN: 1FTYR10V9X vehicle came in with a blown head gasket, replace head gasket now the upper and lower radiator hose is very hard the engine temp is normal when the vehicle for more then 4 hr the hose is still hard the radiator had a 16lb cap i replace it with a 13lb cap and i... |
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| 2001 Ford Ranger Edge 3.0L Cuts out VIN: 1FTYR14U51 After warmed up, when driving this truck and accelerating hard (like to pass someone), engine will instantly cut out and back in upon reaching about 3000 rpm. This varies somewhat as far as exact rpm and duration. It's not a bog or cylinder misfire. It's gone ... |
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| 2001 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L Steering gear or pump VIN: 1FMYU70E11 Hello All This Explorer has a bad vibration in the steering wheel when the vehicle is at a stop and the wheel is turned back and forth. It is also noticable when driving down the highway and manuvering the vehicle. This vibration is worse at stops and turning... |
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| 2001 Ford Excursion XLT 6.8L 1-2 shift VIN: SALTY1245Y This ford does not want to shift from 1-1 until the engine is over reved;1-2 at about 45mph.If you floor it and try to shift by backing off the throttle then when you give gas it just free revs like it is in neutral. |
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| 1996 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1MELM6535T Hello all, this car will set a misfire code on #1 cylinder only when cold.You can clear the code when warm and run the car all day and it will never set a code.In the morning it will set a code right away.I have checked the ignition on a scope and checked out... Trouble codes: P0301 (Cyl 1 missfire), P0171 (lean condition) |
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| 2000 Mercury Villager Sport 3.3L reverse VIN: 4M2XV12T7Y I have a Village with no reverse until vehicle is driven for 2 to three miles. When it has no reverse the reverse line pressure is lower than spec. Fluid level is ok and pan has been dropped and no excessive metal or clutch material is present. Manual low does... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1989 Ford Bronco II XL 2.9L fuel gauge VIN: 1FNCU14T9K We tested the fuel gauge using the old fuel pump assembly and found the gauge and slosh module were operating perfectly. What we did find after removing the new fuel pump assembly from the tank was a stuck float lever in the 'up' position. It had to be pryed... |
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| 1990 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe 3.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FAPP64R5L I recieved a couple of good replies from 2 techs (see replies) to check tps. I did with a labscope (vantage, some people say its not a real labscope but I love it) but that was not the problem. I used my scope on the Idle air control motor. when started it was... |
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| 1996 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L no power VIN: 2FALP74W8V thanks to all that responded...most hit the fix right on the head a 'dirty maf sensor' i removed the sensor & could see the crud on the sensor wire that the air flows through. sprayed with cleaner & the car runs like a dream again. |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMZU34E6W thanks to everyone who replied. the customer would not approve any further testing and has not returned with the vehicle.if i get any news good or bad i will let you know.take care. Trouble codes: P0153 (ho2s21 slow response), P0304 (cyl 4 missfire), P0305 (cyl 5 missfire), P0306 (cyl 6 missfire), P0175 (system too rich bnk 2), P1000 (system check incomplete). |
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| 1996 Mercury Villager GS 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4M2DV11W4T Hey everybody and thanks so much for all the help! To respond to a couple questions first, we did put a low amp probe on al the injectors and all seemed good. Could see the pintle bumps just fine, which to me is an indication that they were all at least open... Trouble codes: P0325 (Knock Sensor Bank 1), P0300 (Random misfire). |
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