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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1975 Ford F-150 Custom 6.4L Power Steering Pump VIN: F11YRW6207 When fluid is check cold and engine off, the reservior is full. When started the reservior is empty and growls. So we add fluid and it looks full when running but then shut off it overflows. Could this be a restricted return hose/line? It has a metal loop on t... |
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| 1994 Ford F-150 XL 4.9L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1FTEF14Y2R This thing is failing the emissions test for CO and HC. Hot, idle it runs at 9-10% and 1900ppm HC. When first started, computer tries to lean it out, but never gets below 3.5% CO. Watching pulse width it runs down to 5.3 ms before the computer gives up and goe... Trouble codes: 173 (HO2S indicates rich) |
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| 1999 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Engine noise VIN: 1FMZU32EXX Hello fellow techs, I have this Explorer in the shop that when started after sitting extended periods will make a noise that sounds like a timing chain tensioner not pumped up. I was wondering if anyone has had problems with these tensioners before I tear this... |
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| 2003 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FAFP53U73 This vehicle came in yesterday late in the day with a customer complaint of loss of power and dying out on the hwy. He said the check engine light came on, it lost power, he moved over to the sholder and it stalled. He shut the car off for a couple minutes ( 2... Trouble codes: P0191 |
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| 1978 Lincoln Continental 7.5L No Start, Stall Greeting Y'all. I know this is going to sound stupid but I'm not old enough to have had to deal with it. VAPOR LOCK. This old Lincoln is kicking my ass. After it gets hot and soaks, bam no start. Or plodding along in traffic it'll stall, not start, in tennis s... |
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| 1996 Lincoln Continental Anniversary 4.6L Air suspension VIN: 1LNLM97V5T Lincoln came in with front end flat & "Check suspension" message activated. No compressor operation & switch in trunk "ON". Unable to get codes with "Red Brick". I think I'm supposed to connect to a DLC either in the trunk or under the hood and use "Super Star... |
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| 1996 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1MELM6538T Car came in with P0171 code, replaced both O2 sensors, test drove okay. Lite came back on again after a few days, same code. Found small vacuum leak and repaired, test drove again, okay. Vehicle is in for the third time, same code. Fuel pressure okay, all inje... Trouble codes: P0171 (Lean exhaust bank 1) |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1987 Ford Ranger Custom 2.9L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 47CC10E10W after some further investigation found wiring running to trasmition and 02 sensor had come loose and melted to the exhast pipe causing referenc voltages to go out of range and ruining the pcm. replaced the pcm and the o2 sensor. truck runs good |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L steering VIN: 1FALP52U6V ground circut problem,overlooked.thanks for everyones help. |
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| 1997 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 5.0L Door Locks VIN: 1FMDU32P1V Received 4 responses to this post. Jim [...] and James O. each contributed valuable information regarding the repair procedure. It was suggest that the door and left kick panel trim be removed to enable replacing the open wires from... |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar 3.8L No Start, Hesitation, Cuts out VIN: 2FTZA5449W thanks to brian [...] . the cam synch assy.was in 180 degrees out. i installed it correctly and reset it with SNAP ON MODIS lab scope and it runs great. Trouble codes: P0340. |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L cruise control VIN: 1FMYU22XXW I fought the battle and lost but did get some very good test procedures from Chuck Martin, Thanks Chuck! We replace the servo and tested all wiring to servo including speed sensor hz readings and all was correct, jumped brake pressure switch, cut the wire to t... |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L c1165 rr sensor VIN: 2FMDA514XW Thanks for replying back.. Two people got it; sorry left print out of names at home.. I learned that the ABS module sends out a reference signal to each wheel speed sensors.. Each year and make are different; but ( around .9 to 1.5 volts ) this is to check for... |
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| 1998 Ford Contour GL 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP65L9W Thank You one and all. Got 15 replies on this problem within 24 hours. The majority concluded the problem was excessive carbon plugging the EGR port. There was evidence of an abundance of carbon in the throttle body and EGR port. The throttle body was cleaned ... Trouble codes: P1408 (EGR flow out of self test range). |
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| 1998 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L alternater VIN: 2FTZX18W5W This one is fixed. The alternater was in fact bad. I had several replies about the harness problems on the ford trucks, turns out that only applied to late 80's trucks. I had a couple of replies that said that these alternaters go through brushes, and when the... |
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| 1996 Lincoln Town Car Anniversary 4.6L No Start, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1LNLM82WXT Yes indeed. Its fixed. We found the problem in the right wheel well harness. 16ga yellow/green & 14ga yellow/black wire suffered from the green death. wires repaired, vehicle started. Thanks for the replys. |
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| 1999 Lincoln Continental 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out VIN: ILNHM97VOX Thank You for the replies.It hasnt came back so far so I think it is fixed. I instlled a new fuel pressure regulator but it stil seemed to run funny. I then bypassed the fuel pump module and run the pressure up to max 8o#s,after that it seemed to run fine. I c... |
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| 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L Unknown VIN: 2MELM75W2V 2 replies received about this request. The replies told about wheel speed sensor out of range/bad signal. All sensors were rusty and explained customer that much time needed to find problem. Customer didn't want put much money on this. Only wanted to know abou... |
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