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| 1989 Ford E-150 Econoline Custom 5.0L No Start VIN: 1FTDE14N0K When this van has been sitting for an extended period of time it will not start. By spraying a small amount of starting fluid in the air cleaner it will finally start, then run fine untill it sits again. Fuel pressure and volume are at spec. It has been in sev... |
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| 1992 Ford Escort LX 1.9L mounts? VIN: 3FAPP15J8N The complaint on this Escort is a vibration at idle with the car in gear. The whole car shakes whenever the car is idling in gear when sitting at a stop, as if the engine was grossly out of balance. I've noticed even with the car in park, when a slight load is... |
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| 1995 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Mechanical VIN: 2FMDA5141S Hi Everyone, Just over 1 year ago I replaced both head gaskets on this van. I was very meticulous, I used quality parts, new bolts and resurfaced the heads. Today it is back with lots of steam and coolant coming out the exhaust. The customer says it was runnin... |
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| 1995 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L radio VIN: 1FMDU34X7S We have this explorer in our shop with no radio - display will not even light up. Checked powers and grounds to radio, and rear controller (this vehicle has the JBL sound system with cassette in main front stereo, cd player in center console, rear seat radio c... |
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| 1995 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1FMEB74456 this 95 contour was towed to us after the customers neighbor put a power steering hose on it,customer says before the neighbor put a high side power steering hose on the car it ran fine,now it has no power,our initial test drive was at a top speed of 20 miles ... |
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| 1996 Ford F-350 XL 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTJW36FXT Vehicle came to us as a no start 5 weeks ago.Customer states truck was running fine,shut it off,went to restart 30 min later and had a no start.Vehilce cranks fine. All data paramaters look ok for KOEO status.Appears that we are not triggering the injectors el... Trouble codes: 1212 (ICP not as expected) |
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| 1996 Ford Ranger XL 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTCR11UOT Replaced this control valve a couple of months a ago, truck is back in with same code, checked valve and intake passage. Thanks Trouble codes: 0401 (EGR insufficient flow) |
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| 1998 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP52S7W This car will intermittently turn on the ses light. I used a lab scope on the TPS sensor, it ramped up and down normally. A visual inspection of the wiring turned up nothing and the terminals are clean and tight. This car runs great down the road and the custo... Trouble codes: P1120 (TPS is within self test range but below the closed throttle position range of .17-.49 volts3.43-9.80) |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L hubs VIN: 1FTSF31F2X customer says 4wd quits working. THIS HAS ESOF. TEST WITH HUBS IN MANUAL MODE AND T-CASE EIRKS FINE. test gem module and had codes po1812 and po1867. pinpoint test and replace vac. control as ohm reading was too high when hot. retest and still looses signal fr... |
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| 2000 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L intake manifold VIN: 2FMZA5142Y This vehicle when first listening to it sounded as if it had a rap. Upon listening really close it sounds as though it has a rap in the intake manifold. When listening with a stethoscope it almost sounds as though there is exhaust running through the intake an... |
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| 2000 Ford Focus Sony Limited Edition 2.0L All Gages VIN: 1FAHP3434Y Whenever you start this vehicle the all three gages cycle from their rest position to full sweep and then back to rest position. After this cycle the gages indicate thier normal levels (i.e. fuel level, temp. level). The car has a fuel, temp and speedo gage. I... |
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| 1999 Mercury Cougar 2.5L MIL Lamp on Car runs great. light comes on (forgot to write down code) Catalst efficiency is low. Need some help on this issue. I was thinking of replacing downstream o2s??? Need some help on this one. Thanks, Ron |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1995 Ford F-150 Special 5.0L master cyl VIN: 2FTDF1722S I was amazed by how quickly everyone responded Thanks to GRANBY,John,[...],Wrenchman,Phillip,Gerard and George. I called the local dealer [small town] and the parts man couldn't find it until i told him it was for the cruise control. After he called another... |
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| 1996 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L Timing Chain VIN: 1FALP53S6T Well a funny thing happened. The customer was waiting to hear from us on what info that we may get from iATN. The 4 replies that we got, all 4 said that the chain could be replaced in the vehicle, but one dealer tech Nick, said that it was much easier to drop ... |
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| 2000 Mercury Villager Sport 3.3L reverse VIN: 4M2XV12T7Y Stating that this problem was fixed is somewhat false because the transmission was replaced with a used unit. I will post any findings when we have a chance to tear old unit down if and when we get around to it. Thanks to those who responded. It seems as thoug... |
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