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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for December 28, 2010 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for Ford
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2000 Ford F-550 Super Duty XL 7.3L No Start, Misfire VIN: 1FDAF56F8Y When cylinder contribution test is completed cylinder #3 and #8 are showed as low contribution. But when injectors #2 and #6 where swaped then test results showed #3 and #4 where low. Miss fire code do not match actual cylinder that is miss firing. Also some c... |
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2003 Ford F-450 Super Duty XL 7.3L Starting VIN: 1FDXF46F33 Customer brought truck in with rebuilt pcm to be flashed. I flashed pcm, tried to start truck but wouldn't start. check codes - P1670 EF signal not detected. Hook up breakout box, check signal on pin 48 and pin 91, both correct. I cleared codes, and they have ... |
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2004 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L Surge, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FTPW14564 Guys...I am lost. This truck came in with a P0305 only. no problem was noticed while driving under average conditions. I "hydroscoped" the boots and found nothing. So i SWAG'ed it with #5 coil and all the boots. Cleared code, redrove and called customer. He ... Trouble codes: P0300, P0305, P0307, P2104, P2112 |
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2005 Ford Focus ZX4 2.0L Combination VIN: 1FAFP34N65 This vehicle has intermittent symptoms. High beam indicator will flash rapidly. Radio resets to 12:00. Occasionally will not crank. All of it is very intermittent. The only thing we have duplicated is the radio reset. This is the 2nd time we have looked at th... |
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2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT 6.4L Low Oil Pressure Light VIN: 1FTWW31RZ8 Customer went to Jiffy Lube had oil change done now Oil Warring light comes on and off. We changed oil because it looked & felt thin. Light still comes off and on while driving. This light is located on the message center on instrument cluster. Oil level is go... |
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2002 Mercury Sable GS 3.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, Battery light VIN: 1MEFM50U02 Has pcm code b1602 & gem code b1318, the engine stalls when driving or at idle, it is missing & running very rich, battery light is staying on, the alternator is not charging, when it stalls it loses injector pulse, when cycle the key on & off injector pulse r... Trouble codes: B1602 (Pats recieved invalid fmt/key cd), B1318 (Gem low battery volts) |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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1998 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 1FMZU34E2W Another Ford is out the door. Thanks to all who took the time to reply. I had a lot of good suggestions and I looked into each of them. Joe from North Carolina suggested relooking at spark plugs. Took them out and saw nothing wrong. Ordered another set f... Trouble codes: P1000 (Obd ii checks incomplete). |
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2001 Ford Focus SE 2.0L fuel pump redesign VIN: 1FAFP38381 After calling 3 local dealerships I finally found one that was willing and able to help (one had a tool that we could have borrowed, but it was broken). Used the tool with minimal issues, I think that this is a better option than using a razor knife, but we pr... |
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2001 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA51441 well it looks like the day was shaping up to be a bone-yard day. no fun when it's 25 degrees outside. in any case I did find one today at the wrecking yard and I'm sure all is well after I get it back together. thanks for your replies! |
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2003 Ford F-150 XL 5.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTRW08L23 I recieved a dozen good ideas shortly after posting my request and as usual you guys are great.Many people felt like it was going to be a problem specific to bank 1 ,and when people suggested the possibility of a dead cat or jumped time on that side of the eng... Trouble codes: P0172 (Rich Bank 1). |
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