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| 1994 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L Temp Gauge VIN: 1FALP52U7R Vehicle overheated at idle with temp gauge spiking into the red and no heat from vents, also misfired on #1 cylinder. I Diagnosed head gasket failure using a co2 detector at idle. After head gaskets were replaced, thermostat replaced and coolant sys vac filled... |
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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 Ranger Splash 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTCR14A4V hey all, i have a real peculiar situation here. my problem is a misfire in cyl. 1 or 2 (or both) when throttle is allowed to close suddenly (when snapped or coming to stops). if rpm is increased and decreased slowly engine runs fine, however when throttle is s... Trouble codes: P0301 (misfire cylinder 1), P0302 (misfire cylinder 2) |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus SHO 3.4L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FALP54N4V The car intermittantly stalls at stop signs. The TB was sticky and dirty. I cleaned it, trying to avoid removing the factory coating. The idle motor was sticky and was replaced. Since the fuel pressure was a little lower than the spec of 35 to 45, I replaced t... |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP57U4V Car was driven in and runs well however Mil lamp on checked codes P304 and checked camshaft sensor sensor is demolished and vanes on dist shaft are destroyed. ordered new and will be in Monday my question is how do you time the new distributor not really a dis... Trouble codes: P0304 |
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| 1997 Ford E-350 Econoline 6.8L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FDLE40S8V Hello everyone, I have a customer's Motorhome on a Ford cab and frame that's got me stumped. Crazy thing is, it seems the problem is getting worse the longer I have it. Problem started as a intermittent hard start(long cranking time). Now it does it every time... |
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| 1998 Ford Escort LX 2.0L timing VIN: 3FAKP12FGR customer calles about 3 days ago said it was running rough ,then today it comes in on the hook. at first ign. cycle it started and ran sluggish then died and wont start pushed it in and t-belt cracked but still tight,scanned pcm and received a 1383? bank 1 cam... |
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| 1999 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 6.8L Mechanical VIN: 1FTNW21S8X pulls hard to the left when braking. |
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| 2000 Ford E-250 Econoline 5.4L no power has no power like a plugged fuel filter. most data is normal except it has 14%-20% load showing up at idle & the timing advance shows 20-25 degrees btdc, but when accelerating the timing goes toward 0 degrees btdc & sometimes the scanner will say give me a 5 d... Trouble codes: P0172 (rich bank 1 computer could could not lean out), P1605 (dlc meep alive memory 12v batt. supply problem) |
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| 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII 4.6L chain guides VIN: 1LNLM91V7P we are putting in new chain guides we recieved from the dealer. fords latest guides which consist of two guides with new pivots. the new pivots are threaded pins with a shoulder and nothing to retain the guide to the block. the old guides have bushings at pivo... |
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| 1999 Lincoln Town Car Cartier 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1LNFM83W8X Hi Members This car came in every month with the same DTC P0442 W/O any driveability problems but with SES light ON ! I checked the EVAP' system components and not found anything in bad condition but I replace the fuel tank filler cap . I would like to know i... Trouble codes: P0442 (Evaporative Emission System Leak Detected Small leak) |
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| 2002 Mercury Mountaineer 4.6L heat VIN: 4M2DU86WX2 customer problem is after driving about 15 to 20 min. heater wiil blow cold air instead of hot air. test drove and temp from vents is hot and had cold air from defrost for a short time only when moving passenger side temp control. can see defrost door move see... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1990 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L both windows VIN: 1FTEX14N3L Hi, and thanx to all, Thank you individually to Kent, Bill, GC, John, David, [...], Stephen, Richard, Rusty, Mark and George. Most of the general consensus was the motor with binding and bent linkage, with the felt runner being a contributing factor. With... |
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| 1994 Ford Escort LX 1.9L speedo cable VIN: 1FARP11J8R I am going to cal this a fix but not real sure at this point until several weeks have gone by of customer driving it. This has a vent on the top of transaxle closest to radiator pretty close to where it bolts to engine & it has a metal cap on it but no hose. W... |
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| 1994 Ford Ranger STX 4.0L Hesitation, Surge, Misfire VIN: 1FTCR15X3R I apprecite the replies I got it to act up I quickley lab scoped the pip and spout loosing pip then checked crank signal,ok defective module loosing pip |
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| 1995 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L Cooling system VIN: 1FMDU32X75 We've reached the end of our rope with this Explorer. I received 14 e-mails from members regarding the problem. Most advised replacing the heater core as it is prone to clogging up, restricting flow. We replaced the core (no quick job on a 95 and newer truck) ... |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Valve body The advice given by experienced transmission techs was to get proper valve body. But being a frugal type I used the AX4S separator plate,the solinoid section from the AX4S and modified the AXOD-E valve body.I compared and measured all valves and springs,used t... |
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| 2000 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L intake manifold VIN: 2FMZA5142Y Every person that replied was correct about the upper intake manifold. Upon removal of the upper plenumn we did not find anything that looked broken. The only thing that was loose was the upper plenumn is a 2 piece unit. Got the new bolt kit from Ford replaced... |
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| 2000 Ford Explorer XLS 5.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMZU72X3Y battery voltage going low due to bad cell in battery. replaced battery 3 days ago and all is well. Trouble codes: P1507. |
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