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| 1987 Ford Club Wagon E150 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Poor Fuel Economy van came in not running . found spark plugs gas fouled .put in new plugs,started right up.checked fuel pressure. found fuel pressure at 100 lbs.always. checked fuel pressure regulator. checked for blocked return line.has dual tanks.tried switching tanks. fuel ... |
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| 1993 Ford Ranger STX 4.0L clutch hydraulics VIN: 1FTCR15XXP how do we completely bleed the clutch slave cylinder- see message |
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| 1996 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMDU32X9T Hi thanks for just reading this post explorer came in complaining that it ran very bad I test drove after siting 4 hr started first crank all seamed fine test drove a couple miles parked it started it 2 times then test drove it 1 more time I found nothing I ch... Trouble codes: P0301 |
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| 1997 Ford Ranger XL 2.3L No Start VIN: 1FTCR1OA7V This truck has had this problem before the first time it came in it was drawing too many amps on fuse #19 wich is for the ecm power relay, both coils, and radio noise supressor. I replaced both coils and the truck was fixed for about a year now its back with t... |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1FMZU32E3W monitored oxygen sensors and are reading .000v and short/long term fuel trim are at -100%. disconnected oxygen sensors and no change was found. disconnected mass air flow and oxygen sensors and no pending codes were recorded. emission readings are 15/25 smog r... |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, wont accerate VIN: 1FTSW31F0X truck came in with a no acceleration problem. the truck will start and run well okay for little bit of time. then the truck will no longer respond to pedal presure. scaned information found has no map sensor frequency, also noticed that the ipc presure is anyw... Trouble codes: P0470 |
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| 1999 Ford Mustang 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP4040X hello friends, this car was towed in. was a no start condtion. we repaired the ignition actuator and rod. reassembled the the column and steering wheel. vehicle started and road tested o.k. on the customers way home the service engine soon light came on. has a... Trouble codes: P0411 |
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| 2001 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L ride height VIN: 1FAFP52U11 Hi Folks,this Taurus came to me,looked like a low rider.The frt. coils were broken,so I put in struts and springs on the front.Then the wheel well height was 3 1/2" higher in the front than the rear.So I figuered the rear springs were bagged and replaced them ... |
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| 2003 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L rear air VIN: 2FMZA51403 Good Afternoon, I have this 03 Windstar van that has no cooling in the rear a/c system. The van was brought by late yesterday to be checked and was found to be 1 lb low on R134. After recharging it I was told that the main reason for the service was no cooling... |
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| 2004 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.0L MIL Lamp on, VIN: 1FTSW31PX4 this thing has been a thorn in the side, originally had a coolant leak coming from under intake found it was the egr cooler an also had a hard start issue rough running cold then would clear up once warm, reflashed pcm with latest updates on ids, and replaced ... Trouble codes: P0401 (insufficient egr flow) |
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| 2005 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 6.0L front end hey i feel stupid for asking this but but i have tested everything i know to test i have found nothing has anybody had a prblem like this before it has 32000 miles on it when you press the throttle hard it runs fine but then it starts to wheel hop badly so bad... |
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| 2004 Lincoln LS 3.9L 2nd & 5th VIN: 1LNHM87A74 I am looking for some help on what direction to go. This car has no 2nd or 5th gear shift. I can manually shift through all gears with my ngs hooked up and I can watch the solenoids switch on & off and the scanner will show 1st 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th gear as I ma... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1987 Ford LTD Crown Victoria 5.8L starter VIN: 2FABP72G9H The customer wanted us to hold off fixing this car until he found another Mototrcraft starter relay he has somewhere in his garage. Most of the replies suggested it was a relay or starter problem or the wires were not hooked up correctly to the relay. Whatever... |
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| 1994 Ford Mustang GT 5.0L Battery VIN: 1FALP45TXR Well guys, I'm calling this one fixed. After I updated the post, I put a good charge on the battery and let the car sit for a week... it fired right up after sitting a week outside. So... all the guys who said that my parasitic drain was normal were correct. ... |
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| 1994 Ford F-250 XL 5.8L Rear Brakes All had suggested the rear hose collapsing.Replaced rear hose and all is well...so far.There was no adjustment on the booster.Thank-you one and all. |
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| 1997 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 5.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMDU35P2V I DID NOT FIND THE PROBLEM FOR THIS TRUCK. I DOUBLED CHECKED ALL MY WIRING AND RECOMMENDED TO GO FOR ECM.AT THIS POINT CUSTOMER IS GOING TO HOLD OFF FOR NOW.IF CAR RETURNS FOR REPAIR I WILL POST THE OUT COME THANKS TO ALL. Trouble codes: P0135, P0155. |
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| 1998 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.2L Surge VIN: 1FTRE1424W well everyone , this was one big matza ball , here goes, plugged fuel filter , ignition was history , mass meter out of range ( new ) so the idle problem was the STICKY AND INTERMINTENT IAC MOTOR . since this coded for a lean condition i believed the hu... Trouble codes: P1171, P0301. |
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| 2000 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L stalls with no start VIN: 1FTZX1724Y first thanks for all the suggestions. when it was running i unplugged the cam sensor. still ran then i unplugged the crank sensor and it quit. crank sensor controls spark and injector pulse. was puzzled that either sensor could have an effect on just the inje... |
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| 2001 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L ABS module VIN: 1FMYU70E61 Thank you one and all for all the helpful replies. Its good to know that we are all in this together. After watching the sensor data I noticed that the left front speed sensor was not registering from 0 to 4 mph. Which would make sense why the abs would act... |
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| 2002 Ford F-150 King Ranch 5.4L Rotors VIN: 2FTRX18L12 I had many replies to this problem, Thank you all for taking the time to help out! Before I did any repairs I had the owner take me for a ride so I could "spy" on his driving/braking habits. It was clear that he was not a "two foot" driver. I then isolated the... |
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| 2004 Ford E-350 Super Duty 5.4L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FDNE31MO4 Well I want to thank the 4 people who replied. Mark suggested that the fuel pump was at fault but as this is a CNG vehical there is no fuel pump and we had already replaced the regulater for another issue. Marvin was kinda right with too many miles but this is... Trouble codes: P0191 (high fuel rail pressure), P0192 (low fuel rail voltage), P2195 (afr/o2 excess lean signal b1/s1), P0128 (coolant t- stat). |
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| 1999 Mercury Mystique LS 2.5L altenator VIN: 1MEFM66L4X WHAT I DID HERE WAS DISCONNECT ALL WIRING FROM ALTENATOR AND I NOTICED THAT MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD STOP FLICKERING. I THEN RAN A WIRE FROM BATTRY TO ALTENATOR AND A DIFFERENT GROUND PLUGGED ALL WIRES BACK IN AND STARTED CAR BUT HEADLIGHTS WOULD STILL FLICKER.I WE... |
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