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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for March 29, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1988 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FAB152UIJ Help !!! Car came in on a hook with a no start. Car has new battery and starter solenoild. Checked compression all cylinders are between 150 and 175. Checked timing. Marks did not line up. Reinstalled dist.rotate engine marks did not line up again. Installe... |
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| 1989 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTEX15N3K Hello Everyone, Thank you for reading my problem. I need to know what is meant by a flashing MIL light on EEC-IV system. This truck is in for a decel stall and misfire concern. Additional details later in post. The MIL is off most of the time, it is not on s... Trouble codes: 41 (ego always lean) |
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| 1995 Ford Windstar 3.8L pdfe hoses melt customer brought vehicle in for check engine light ..i checked codes pulled "pdfe tubes off" and poor egr flow, checked and replaced pdfe hoses, egr valve and tube. This van will blow the pdfe tubes off and melt the wiring harness directly below it. I can let... |
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| 1997 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1FTCR14X3V I have checked for codes and i know about the dpfe. I have checked it and it tests out bad. But the problem i'm having is when this truck goe;s into closed loop it starts running bad. We have changed the plug's,fuel filter and the upper intake gasket and the f... Trouble codes: 1408 (egr flow in self test) |
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| 1997 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1FTCR14X3V I have checked for codes and i know about the dpfe. I have checked it and it tests out bad. But the problem i'm having is when this truck goe;s into closed loop it starts running bad. We have changed the plug's,fuel filter and the upper intake gasket and the f... Trouble codes: 1408 (egr flow in self test) |
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| 1998 Ford Taurus SE Comfort 3.0L Blower motor VIN: 1FAFP58S1W This vehicle came in with intermittent blower operation. It never did work in the shop while testing and the test that we ran pointed to a defective blower speed controller. Blower motor was tested next and we recorded 24 amp draw from motor. This seemed like ... |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA5142X the van has a miss or cuts out(slight) when driving down the road.I have found that the problem seems to be rpm related and the speed of the van does not matter.The surge or miss will happen between 1500rpm and 2000rpm,whether i drive 30mph or 55mph in overdri... Trouble codes: P0171 (Lean bank 1), P0174 (Lean bank 2) |
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| 2000 Ford Taurus SE 4-Valve 3.0L Upper intake plenum VIN: 1FAFP55S4Y Customer called and said after starting her car, she heard a loud noise and a lot of smoke came from under hood. When it arrived on tow truck, we looked under hood and the entire upper intake plenum is in 2 pieces. The seam at the midway point is separated fro... |
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| 2000 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L Noise VIN: 2FMZA5147Y We can hear and feel a knocking sound coming from inside the plastic upper intake manifold area. If you lightly crack the throttle the noise will get somewhat louder. The noise seemed to become less after the engine warmed up but did not go away completly. It ... |
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| 2001 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L going bad VIN: 2FAFP71W41 THIS IS A POLICE CAR AND THEY TOLD ME IT KEEPS BURNING UP ALTERNATORS... I READ SOMETHING ON iATN ABOUT AN IDLE UP PROGRAM SO THAT WITH ALL THE LIGHTS ON, THE ENGINE WILL IDLE UP SO THE ALTERNATOR WON'T HAVE TO STRAIN TO KEEP THE BATTERY CHARGED...I CALLED FOR... |
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| 1995 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC 4.6L Neutral/Park & warm only VIN: 1LNLM91V1S Hi guys, this trans noise has got me. I'm reluctant to make the repair suggested by a trans tech without more info. He thinks the noise is caused by the valve body,(big bucks!). This buzzing starts only after completely warmed up, gets louder and faster with m... |
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| 2000 Lincoln LS 3.9L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1INHM87A6Y hi gang, it has been a while since i have needed help, but here goes. vehicle was towed in with a crank, no start complaint. while cranking, it sounded like there was no compression. we pulled the easy to access plugs plugs on the right bank and there was no c... Trouble codes: P0300 |
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| 1992 Mercury Sable LS 3.8L No Start VIN: 1MECM534XN hi guys.i am stuck check all the common area like fuel pressure,codes,fuses and voltages. |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1990 Ford Aerostar 3.0L convertor VIN: 1FTCA14UXL I received nine replies to my help request, seven of which pointed me in the correct direction. The first reply described the correct repair in detail. The correction included removing the valve body and separator plate and the overdrive solenoid. Once the sol... |
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| 1992 Ford Crown Victoria LX 4.6L No Start VIN: 2FACP74W2N Well, from this I have learned not to forget the basics no matter what time of day it is, and if you have voltage it doesnt mean you have amps. I recieved many replies on broken wires up at fuse box and bad cut off switch in trunk. A electic circuit tester (li... |
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| 1994 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMDU34X1R Sorry for the delay in getting back, We got the truck back in and All that said there was a cam sensor were right!!! After CKing Alldata & Mitchell again, both said that only Cailf. trucks had a cam sensor. So goes the old saying don't believe everthing you re... Trouble codes: 214 (Cam sensor). |
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| 1996 Ford Ranger Splash 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTCR14A6T After spending many hours on this vehicle and coming up with nothing substanial ,the owner came back and demanded back his truck.One reply that may have helped:Replacingthe DPFE sensor. This may help someone out there if they come across this code. THANKS TO A... Trouble codes: P0320 (erratic ignition). |
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| 1996 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1MELM6538T found hair on the MAF sensor, tech said he checked it before, but obviously missed it, thanks to everyone who replied! Trouble codes: P0171 (Lean exhaust bank 1). |
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