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1987 Ford Pickup 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire
HELLO FELLOW TECHS!!! this f-150 has been a pain. came in crank no start. replaced fuel pump(in tank and rail)(fuel regulator)module on distributor and ECM. adjusted timing. idles fine for a few minutes, then starts flooding, and running rough. replaced temp s...		 View
1988 Ford Pickup 7.3L No Start
Not much info to give here, since I know very little about diesals. This truck has been sitting a pretty good while, one the boys in the shop found it, gotta pretty good deal on it from a private owner. The story is it run outta fuel, got fuel in it and when i...		 View
1995 Ford Contour 2.5L Surge, Cuts out
hi guys thanks ahead for the help we have a contour with a 2.5l 24 valve duratec.problem with this car is at 3800 rpm this car will surge almost like rev limitter drop back to 3750car is fineonly trouble code was for egr pfe sensor. disconnected egr no differe...		 View
1998 Ford Windstar 3.8L MIL Lamp on
Codes p0303, p1512 & p1513 Customer complained of car miss fire and check engine light came on. Car runs fine now, but noticed oil in air cleaner. Checked IMRC gromets, ok, both hold vacuum, and move freely when taken off idle and when moved by hand. Checked r... Trouble codes: p0303 (3 Cylinder miss), p1512 (IMRC stuck closed), p1513 (IMRC stuck closed).		 View
1999 Ford Windstar 3.8L Starting
vehicle came in on a hook no start. battery was dead put a charge on it and tried to start. no response. hooked up a mastertech and a brick got no response from pcm. checked all fuses and found a dusted dlc fuse (14) in underdash box. replaced fuse and got a r...		 View
2002 Ford Explorer 4.0L Battery
Good afternoon to all and thanks in advance for your assistance.I have this 02 explorer that the battery keeps going dead (after a day in a half/ two days).I have charged the battery,checked the charging system that was ok at 14.53 volts.The battery after char...		 View
2003 Ford Taurus 3.0L dome light
This is something that does not happen all the time. what happens is the light in the dash that shows the door is open comes on and the dome light comes on and sometimes the door locks lock and unlock while you are driving the car down the road. Did get it to ...		 View
2004 Ford Freestar 3.9L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on
after replacing esm, i double checked for vac leaks and egr/esm leaking @vent hole on new vlave. my question is, is this a programed or alowable leak? or should i get another valve? i called dealer but could get a straight answer and part manufacture they were... Trouble codes: P0171 (bank 1 lean), P0174 (bank 2 lean).		 View
2001 Lincoln LS 3.9L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, MIL Lamp on
Hello all. We have this 3.9 Lincoln here that broke the shoe off of the left aux. cam chain tentioner and sent the exh. cam 3 teeth out of time causing the engine to run on the right 4 cylenders. Pretty straight forward 'till we fixed the timing for the left ... Trouble codes: PO340 (cmp ckt malfunction).		 View

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1997 Ford Taurus 3.0L 1-2 shift
Thankyou Bradley, Terry, Ken and Guy for responding. Your information is helpful; I have studied a good AXOD repair manual, and need to make a run through of the basics per your suggestions. Car is on the back burner right now, I will post as soon as it is dia...		 4
2000 Ford Windstar 3.8L Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on
Well I got this one fixed. I ordered a PCM and had it flashed per vehicle and installed it. After I put it in I had it towed to the ford dealer to have the PCM flashed so it would shake hands with the PATS. I went and picked it up this morning, scan tool in... Trouble codes: P0172 (Bank 1 Rich), P0175 (Bank 2 Rich).		 6
1993 Lincoln Mark VIII 4.6L air ride
thanks for the help. finally talked the boss into letting me replace the front air struts with customer ok, of course. now the car stays level. thanks for all your responses.		 19
2000 Mercury Grand Marquis 4.6L MIL Lamp on
thanks everyone for your help customer was suppose to bring back for pcm replacment but has not yet. will let you know if he comes back in. thanks again Trouble codes: p0443 (evap sys purgr ctrl fault), p0457 (evap sys very small leak).		 3
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