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| 1986 Ford F-150 XL 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, BACK-FIRES VIN: 1FTEX15N8G Hello, Hope everyone had a GREAT holiday. Now down to the dirty work I am in need of some help! Please,I have had this ford in my shop for some time now it came in barely running,the cust had the engine changed at another shop @8months ago and it has never ra... |
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| 1994 Ford Ranger STX 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTCR15U5R Parts all new and working, car still sets code. Runs and drives fine, no detonation or stumble. Think I'm missing something? Thanks to all in advance. Trouble codes: 332 (EGR not functioning) |
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| 1994 Ford Taurus GL 3.8L Cooling fan on high VIN: 1FALP5241R The Cooling fan is always running on High whether the engine is running or KOEO, engine hot or cold. It does not matter if A/C or Derost is on or off. ECT and IAT values are normal with no codes set. Both have been checked with scanner & DVOM and both show pro... |
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| 1995 Ford Ranger STX 4.0L 4 wheel low VIN: 1FTCR15XXS Cant get 4 wheel low to work .History is truck came in no 4 wheel drive at all high or low .No codes in system.4 wheel high and low lights would blink if you tried to engage 4 wheel drive (shift on fly type system).Did all pin point test determined gem module ... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 2FMDA5143T Dear fellow techs; I've been working on this vehicle on and off now for about a week and can't seem to pinpoint the problem. After I drive this vehicle so that it warms up completely, and I come to a complete stop and wait a few seconds to let the idle stabali... |
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| 1996 Ford F-350 XL 7.3L abs lamp on and code 12 set VIN: 1FTJW35F8T we are having problems finding and locating part as well as ordering ford dealer claims they can not find and have no location of part need help in locating this part. the part we are looking for is the resistor/ diode that feeds power to module for antilock s... |
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| 1996 Ford Taurus SHO 3.4L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Loss of power VIN: 1FALP54N5T 97 Taurus sho has a p1132 history code (Bank1 Rich) And a intermitten miss that shows up on cyl 2 and a lean bank 2 code when running KOER during test bank 1 will switch slowly or not at all, When Idling bank 1 will start out low and slowly work up to the 800'... |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall VIN: 1FTDX1861V Hi my ford geniuses' We have a ford truck that will intermittently lose power. It acts like it suddenly cuts off half of its cylinders. it lasts for about 30 to 60 seconds and then resumes normal operation. we are stumped. nothing on the scanner seems to go to... |
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| 1997 Ford F-250 XL 5.8L rear brakes VIN: 1FTHF26H9V front brakes are doin all the work on this unit, completely distroyed the ft rotors and pads. found that rear brakes were not adjusting, replaced adjusters and leaking wheel cyls. on hoist when braking not much force is applied to rear wheels, unless i pump a ... |
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| 1997 Ford Probe 2.0L No Start VIN: 1ZVLT20A6V We have an intermitten no start [no spark] once every couple of weeks, but every time we try to run down the no-spark condition it cures itself before we can check it out...funny thing is we cannot get the mil lite to spit a fault code even when the distributo... |
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| 1998 Ford Ranger Splash 4.0L Cuts out VIN: 1FTZR15X5W Hi, and thanks in advance for the help. I have my brothers 98 Ford Ranger. It does 2 things. First, when you accellerate from a stop and just as you come to a stop, you can feel what seems to me to be the slack in the transfer case chain. It takes up slack an... |
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| 1999 Ford Escort ZX2 Hot Coupe 2.0L timing belt VIN: 3FAKP1137X Replaced timing belt and all pullys due to massive destruction inside timing cover. The car went 120 miles and desroyed the new belt and belt was upside down on the cam gears. New pullys again and new balt and watched it as cranking over. The belt walks off th... |
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| 1999 Ford Contour LX 2.0L won't rev VIN: 1FAFP6534X This car will not rev up. It came in about 2wks ago running bad. It had a bad fuel filter. I dumped the filter out the gas was black, now if you eccelerate hard it will go to about 1500 RPMs, if you give it gas slow, it will go to about 3000 RPMs. Then it feel... |
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| 2001 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 2FAFP73W71 This taxi will start and stall immediately. No trouble codes stored. If we pull the MAF sensor plug, the car will start but what a show. It runs terribly, surging, misfiring, popping and backfiring through the intake while spewing black smoke through the exhau... |
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| 1999 Mercury Sable LS 3.0L 1st gear VIN: 1MEFM53U0X The Sable was brought in because of a Check Engine Light was on, and the sometimes erratic trans operation (becoming more common)problem. We scanned the PCM. The only codes were 2 EGR Codes, High and Low Flow. No trans related codes. I drove the Sable a couple... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1994 Ford Mustang GT 5.0L KeyFob VIN: 1FALP45T4R Customer states he 'never had' a keyfob, therefore never submitted one when car was left with us for an extended time period... could've SWORN he had left us one. Oh well! Have learned a lot about Ford keyfobs/programming in the process... thanks for all who c... |
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| 1998 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Engine noise VIN: 1FAFP6632W Here are the responses I got. Prime lifters by hand, check timing belt- tensioner and idler (they are good), oil weight to low, bent rod (piston on #2 came up as far as the others), exhaust cam wheel (it's fine) and spring problems. I told customer we need to ... |
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| 2000 Ford F-450 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L reverse, manual low VIN: 1FDXF47F0Y First of all thanks for all the helpful suggestions from everyone. Although we suspected that the filter was secured in the case, we decided to check it anyway. Upon pan removal we found the filter secure and correct for the application. We were then able to r... |
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| 2000 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L ABS system inoperative due to open VSS VIN: 1FMZU63X9Y Thanks to Charlie, Gillis, and Ty for the replies. The sensor is obviously a common problem. They are cheap quality from day one. From Ford the replacements are cheaply priced. This Explorer is fixed as far as the ABS light goes, but as the replies state, the ... |
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| 1996 Mercury Villager GS 3.0L oil presure VIN: 4M2DV11W5T The general consensus is that the accident jarred loose some sludge and the pick up tube is plugged. Other possabilties; Cracked pick up tube, cracked oil pump, worn out engine. These are the things I told the customer we need to check. He is deciding what t... |
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| 1997 Mercury Mystique 2.5L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1MELM66LOV thank you for responses, we knew what was causing the code, that was not the reason for the post. we posted a stall on road problem, which we found to be fuel pump relay would fail under long drives, replaced relay and all ok. Trouble codes: P0420. |
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