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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for April 15, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1989 Ford F-350 Custom 7.5L No Start VIN: 2FTJF35G6K veh starts great cold,after warm truck is very hard starting,but will start.appears to have low voltage at inj. while cranking eng my noid light is dim, atfer 10 to 20 sec it gets brighter and veh starts right up,only hot. appears to me every thing has been ch... |
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| 1991 Ford Taurus SHO 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FACP54Y2M Looking for some help from you Ford guys. I have a SHO that crank no start. has no spark. has pwr to coil pack and ign module. no signals form cam or crank sensor. found 8.3v on pin 16(IGN GRD) of pcm. Pcm grds are good (20,40,60). I can jumper the IGN GRD ckt... |
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| 1993 Ford Mustang LX 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FACP4OEXP I have a rolling idle to the point at idle the car will hunt violently and evensually stall unless you give it a shot of gas, i know the thermactor air sensors are not working but was told that it would not effect the idle at all, Tps sensor set to .98 volts t... |
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| 1995 Ford Mustang 3.8L pings when accelerat VIN: 1FALP4047S A SHOP FIRST REMOVED HEADS & RTEPLACED GASKETS, THEN THEY REPLACED BOTH HEADS. nOW i HAVE THE CAR. THE EGR VALVE SEEMS TO OPERATE CORRECTLY. WHEN i ENERGIZE THE EGR SOLENOID BY GROUNDING THE BLACK WIRE THE ENGINE WILLL STALL .tHE ECU READS THE TEMP OF ECT AS 9... Trouble codes: P0340 (cam position sensor ckt fault), P0171 (system too lean bank 1), P0174 (system too lean bank 2) |
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| 1998 Ford Contour SVT 2.5L pulls left VIN: 1FALP68GXW All mentioned repairs were done before coming to my shop. This is a SVT Contour with a 24 valve engine and special handling package. Brakes are 4 channel ABS. Looks like mom's car but it's not. This is a hoss cat. Customer complained of pulling to the left on ... |
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| 1998 Ford E-250 Econoline 5.4L sarter VIN: 1F43G7L339 this van came in for regular oil service and now i wound with this starting problem.now it started out like this.the an was driven into the shop and then it would not start anymore.so i checked to see if i juice at the ign.wire at the starter and i didnt.so i ... |
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| 1998 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Temp gauge VIN: 1FAFP6630W Very little Ford knowledge or information here, and I have been unsucessful in trying to dig some up. Problem is the temp gauge never moves, stays at about 7/8 all the time, - morning or night, key on or off, cold or hot engine. I cannot locate on the engine (... |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L overdrive VIN: WFMZA6247X overdrive light will flash after vehicle has been fully warmed up.seems to come out of lock up when this happens. |
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| 1999 Ford Escort ZX2 Hot Coupe 2.0L No Start, Cuts out VIN: 3FAKP1131X hello ford techs. car came as a cranks wont start found had no fuel pressure and no comunication to scan tool diagnosed bad pcm. installed new pcm from ford car started and ran fine. customer picked up car ran fine for a month then it died while driving. towed... |
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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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| 2000 Ford Contour SE 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP6639Y I need help. This Contour will set code P0340(cam sensor) as soon as you raise rpm's after clearing codes and P0171(lean) will set after driving a while. All of the other codes have not returned since cleared. When the engine is warm, it will idle poorly and s... Trouble codes: P0340 (Cam Sensor or Circuit Error), P0171 (System too lean), P1381 (VCT Overadvanced), P1780 (Trans Control Switch out of range) |
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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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| 1993 Ford Tempo GL 2.3L No Start VIN: 1FAPP36X9P A lot of folks posted fixes involving the fuel pump. One guy suggested checking the intertia switch. I found a voltage drop acrossed it. Having replaced it the car has not acted up for 5 days. Trouble codes: 543 (Fuel pump secondarycircuit failure battery to control module). |
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| 1993 Ford F-250 XL 7.3L Hydraulic System VIN: 2FTHF26C9P Many, many mentioned problems with the firewall flexing and that Ford has a reinforcement kit for this problem. Many others mentioned problems with the pedal pivot and the bushing for the clutch master cylinder. These are all problems that occur all the time, ... |
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| 1994 Ford F-250 XL 7.3L Lacks power VIN: 1FTHX26KXR The vehicles lift pump was replaced due to some signs of fuel seepage from the pump weephole.I have not been able to duplicate the problem again.Most of the replies were for a DI system and not an IDI. One reply suggested the lift pump. |
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| 1995 Ford E-350 Econoline Club Wagon Custom 5.8L ABS light VIN: 1FTEE12Y35 Could not find ABS connector to flash codes anywhere. Checked all locations listed in posts. Contacted a Ford tech which is a friend of mine. He said that year model should be accessed with the Ford diagnostic equipment. The company which owns the vehicle stat... |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus SHO 3.4L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FALP54N4V Thanks to all who replied. In response to suggestions, we replaced the ignition switch, PCM, cam sensor,and crank sensor. (We had previously replaced a verifiably bad alternator, battery, and fuel pressure regulator.) As suggested we added propane to the intak... |
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| 1998 Ford Ranger Splash 4.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FTYR14X7W As it turns out the hoses and the DPFE sensor were both plugged with debris.Thanks for all the responses. Trouble codes: P0505 (iac circuit), P1456 (dpfe sensor). |
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| 1998 Ford Ranger Splash 4.0L Cuts out VIN: 1FTZR15X5W Boy I feel stupid. Truck had scopped out good, and no misfire data at all in PCM My brother also informed me that last fall he had replaced the spark plugs, he had me get him Motorcraft OE platinums and had them gapped at .054. Decided to replace wires as a 'w... |
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| 1994 Mercury Villager GS 3.0L all shifts late VIN: 4N111EF2G1 i closed this once before but here goes again. the problem was the at control unit |
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