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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1991 Ford F-350 Custom 7.3L Mechanical VIN: 2FTJW36M8M Howdy there! Got a new customer, out of state, he has a 7.3 that he said lost power and died on the highway, it would start and idle but die when the throttle was touched. Had it towed home and it sat for 3 months till he called us. The batteries were dead so ... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMDA5145T Engine appears to run fine at cold start. When the engine is hot and you shut it off for a short period of time and then restart, it misfires for up to a minute. This appears to be a random misfire. And after it stops missing it runs fine. Trouble codes: 302 (misfire 2 cyl), 303 (misfire 3 cyl), 305 (misfire 5 cyl), U2500 |
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| 1997 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMDA5141V Hello ford techs, Van has a hard misfire under throttle only, when warmed up. Problem does not occur when cold. You can duplicate misfire in the shop by raising rpm's in drive while braking, however no problem is noticed while in Park. Problem only occurs afte... Trouble codes: P0301 (Cylinder 1 misfire detected.) |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L punp,rack& lines VIN: 1FMYU24E2W May i direct this post to ford techs? We have a 98 explorer sport with a hydraulic vibration in the pump lines and also at the reservoir and can be felt in the auxiliary cooler. I can duplicate the vibration by turning the wheel a quarter turn either direction... |
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| 1999 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L Engine Left Head VIN: 1FAFP58S2X Here's one for you FORD specialists out there. A local used car dealer recently acquired a 1999 Taurus from another dealer at one of the local car auctions. This car has the 24 valve, dual overhead cam engine that had timing chains that control the cam shafts.... |
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| 1999 Ford E-150 Econoline 5.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMRE11L6X system is going lean per the codes. check engine light came on 600 miles after a new ford air flow meter was installed. fuel injection/decarbonize service has been done. has anyone run into this Trouble codes: 0171 (lean bank), 0174 (other side lean) |
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| 2000 Ford Ranger XL 4.0L starter VIN: 1FTYR14XOY intermittent crank key on ,koeo or koer, any gear selector position. any thoughts short of a priest?? |
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| 1990 Lincoln Town Car Signature 5.0L Stall VIN: 1LNCM82F5L It seems to me that the water must be creating a ground to the primary ignition circuit technican in shop has told me primary circuit is fine. |
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| 1995 Lincoln Continental Diamond Anniversary 4.6L ABSmodule VIN: 1LNLM97V1S Hi techs, this Lincoln has an abs light and the words check traction control on info center.I hooked up the Snap On scanner and tried to get any ABS codes. Every time I get error 22 can't respond or words to that effect. I printed all the test on the new Shop ... |
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| 1996 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L internal noise VIN: 1LNLM81W7T hi everyone. this one is making a rattling noise sounds like in the valley area, constant rattle (click) consistant with engine speed. tsb search only came up with one idea of looking at cam followers & posibly replacing head & cam?? i thought i read in some h... |
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| 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L blower motor VIN: 2MELM75W7T This Grand Marquis's blower fan runs on high and next to high but won't slow down as the roller fan switch is scrolled down to low. I tested at the Blower Speed Controller (under hood behind the right valve cover) for voltage @ the Yellow/Red and Black with th... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1996 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L No Start VIN: 2FALP71W1T Hello again I want to thank everyone for the quick response. Four of you hit this problem exactly. We turned key on and while relays were going nuts we grabbed the harness under the battery in the RF fender and clicking stopped. After opening the loom which (w... Trouble codes: P1270. |
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| 1997 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMDU34E6V Well this one is down the road. Customer called and said it was running like a top. It was like Ciro said, bank #2 drivers side on a ford-Maybe I should try putting a stickey note on my box too! Had replaced wrong sensor and after swapping it back she was ok. ... Trouble codes: P0153, P0151. |
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| 1999 Ford Contour LX 2.0L No Start VIN: 1FAFP6533X We found a nut that someone had left in and around the torque converter that had bent one of the veins that the crank sensor reads off of. The Sun 450 did not pick this up. We replaced the flex plate and the car started up. |
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