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| 1989 Ford F-150 Custom 4.9L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 230217F14K I have an intermittant spark on #1,2, and 3. As stated below, fuel delivery is good and pretty much all other ignition related components, save the computer and the distributor itself have been replaced with new(not Motorcraft), but with no change. Is there so... |
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| 1990 Ford F-250 Custom 7.5L Hesitation Truck hesitates on tip in, would almost die if ya hit it just right cold.. tried "power timing" it no improvement to point of pinging |
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| 1995 Ford F-150 Special 5.0L master cyl VIN: 2FTDF1722S I'm posting this for a friend of mine who called this afternoon. It seems when he got into his truck this afternoon he noticed a wisp af smoke from under the hood. When he had a look he saw the connector and switch at the front of the master cylinder had burnt... |
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| 1995 Ford Windstar 3.8L No Start, Misfire This van came from another shop,was in an accident and the tranny cracked. Tranny was replaced and owner said that after the crash it'll start but was running poorly. When it came into my shop I tried to start it and itwill backfire through the intake,replaced... |
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| 1997 Ford Crown Victoria LX 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FALP74W3V Approximatley every 1500 miles, MIL light comes on customer has been advised by $*&^&$ dealer to reset light by disconnecting battery. This vehicle has been in my shop a few local dealership shops and in an exhaust shop. The repair history, started with coolin... |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L steering VIN: 1FALP52U6V hello/this car came in for two tires,2 hours later the customer complained of the steering getting tight/hard to turn.intermitted.after new parts,test drive steering gets hard,turn key off steering o.k till driven.pulling codes steering would get hard again,tu... |
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| 1997 Ford Escort 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: WBN5555544 Hi there euro ford techs.i have 97 escort 1600cc.It has a very poor idle when cold and surges like a under jetted carbed motor. my next tech scan tool will not link with vehicle and i have tried a snap on scanner too with no luck. The vehicle ran like this all... |
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| 2000 Ford Expedition XLT 4.6L transfercase? VIN: 1FMRU1662Y Hey all you Ford Techs. I got a '00 Ford Expedition XLT 4x4 here. After 10-15 mins of driving you will hear and feel a chuggle/vibration in the transfer case (or rear?) under acceleration. I took a look at the transfercase fluid it looks like coffee. Does anyo... |
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| 2001 Ford Windstar SE Sport 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 2FMZA574X1 they had to haul this one in...runs that bad. idles poor, bogs and sometimes pops back through the intake. fuel trim floating 0-4.7 % ..ignition patterns show lean misfires on some cylinders...2 other cylinders (sorry i can't remember which...i'm home...it's l... |
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| 2002 Ford Expedition XLT 5.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP2WC23 car came into shop with a missfire a fish bite kind of feeling does not occur all the time it may do fine with no miss for weeks at a time. But then again may miss fire for days at a time can not find a set pattern that will cause problem.We have a coil on plu... Trouble codes: P0303, P0305, P0306 |
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| 1994 Lincoln Town Car Cartier 4.6L vibration/whine VIN: 1LNLM83W3R Hello group. I am posting this for the shop next to mine. This has been an ongoing problem for weeks now and it is his fathers car at that. He came to me today asking if I would be willing to help him solve this be asking for your help. I will not make a habit... |
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| 1999 Lincoln Navigator 5.4L Hesitation, Misfire VIN: 1MRU27L1XL Thank you, in advance. Customer came in for plugs. Service writer did not ask why. I put the plugs in recommended maint. items and drove it. Seemed fine. 2 Days later customer comes in "it still runs bad, and light is on!" The code was egr flow. Diaphragm goo... Trouble codes: P1408 |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1968 Ford Mustang 289CID Fuel Guage Inop VIN: 8R01C12177 The fuel sender was the problem, after sitting for 15 years with only 3000 miles put on the car, the sending unit disintegrated in the fuel tank. With a new sending unit and a complete flushing of the fuel tank, the fuel guage now registers the quantity of fue... |
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| 1987 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L No Start VIN: 2FTEF14N7H Thanx for all the replies this is the first time using this Site, it works. Found that the EEC relay would open when starting the truck, but close when in the run position. May be a voltage senstive relay coil or poor contacts/under a high load when starting. ... |
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| 1991 Ford F-350 Custom 7.3L Mechanical VIN: 2FTJW36M8M Good Morning! Got this beast to come to life, I talked to the customer explaining that I thought the engine was damaged internally and he said the last time he started it, it idled smooth, just wouldnt accelerate. I asked him when that was and he said about 11... |
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| 1995 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire VIN: 2FMDA5146S ladies and gentlemen, techs of all ages. welcome to the happiest block on earth. i cannot believe it took me so long to find out that the filter of the foam filter inside the evr solinoid was dirty. i removed the plastic cap from the evr and found a solid bl... |
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| 1997 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMDA5144V thank you everyone. 1st. the customer had a back yarder do the initial repairs. we found the lower intake gaskets were 'rebuilt' using rtv silcone across the whole surface of them. 2nd. used injectors were installed from who knows where. we did clean the maf, ... Trouble codes: P0171, P0174. |
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| 1997 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L transfer case VIN: 1FMCU24E0V well i only got 4 replies on this one, mostly due to my fault in not posting it in the right area, it ended up being a trans problem, boss wanted a used unit from salvage yard put in, so i did, the problem is now gone, although i would have liked to actually f... |
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| 1999 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.2L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMRE112XX Hey guys, Thanks for all the help, you have solved the mystery. Pulled the upper intake and all the upper intake ports were clogged except for the port to cylinder #5. Trouble codes: P0305 (Misfire Cylinder 5). |
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| 1999 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FMZU34EXX The overwhelming majority of the replies said to replace the lower intake manifold o-rings, even if I couldn't confirm a vacuum leak, and they were correct. Intake manifold o-rings replaced and the vehicle runs smoothly cold and warm. Some suggested an IAC o... |
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| 2002 Lincoln Town Car Cartier 4.6L crushed exhaust VIN: 1LNHM83W32 Hi again all, The car has not come in yet, but the muffler/tailpipe has, and believe it or not, it is in 2 pieces. About 3 inches behind the muffler, before the 'kick up' for the rear end, the outlet pipe has a 2 bolt flange and the tailpipe has a matching f... |
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