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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for October 31, 2016 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1988 Ford Mustang GT 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Stall VIN: 1FABP45E2J Vehicle will not idle and runs extremely rich. Hard to keep running at times. List of stuff checked - 1. Check fuel pressure-38-40 lbs, spark, injector pulse-good 2. Check vacuum hoses-rotted. Removed plenum and replace colapsed hose to map sensor and other va... |
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| 2009 Mercury Mariner Premier 3.0L Steering Wheel VIN: 4M2CU97729 This vehicle came in today. Customer tried to replace driver inner tie rod and was unsuccessful removing it. so put back everything and brought in with wheels turning all the way right by itself. Start the car and wheels turn right. bring wheel straight and th... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 2000 Ford Focus SE 2.0L Engine VIN: 1FAFP34P6Y FOUND THAT SOMEONE HAD BYPASSED PART OF THE FUSE/RELAY BOX TO MAKE THE TAIL LIGHTS WORK. REPLACED RELAY IN LOWER HALF OF RELAY BOX, CORRECTED WIRING BACK TO STOCK , PROBLEM GONE. |
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| 2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 6.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on, Smoky Exhaust VIN: 1FTSW21Y26 Thanks to Michael of New Jersey and others who gave their helpful suggestions. It was a MAF sensor problem. Several suggested checking for a stuck-open EVAP purge solenoid. Using a smoke machine and jumper wires, I directly checked that the purge valve woul... Trouble codes: P2196 (HO2S B1S1 Rich), P2198 (HO2S B2S1 Rich). |
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| 2006 Ford Mustang 4.0L No Start VIN: 1ZVFT80N96 Thanks to all for the help. Kenneth and Glenn were correct, I went back in to double check their work on the timing chains and the back one, bank 1, was out of time. I have no clue how they screwed that up as the special tools hold everything in place, but th... |
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| 2010 Ford E-450 Super Duty 6.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FDXE4FS8A Thank you for all of the great suggestions. The repair ended up being several small air leaks on the intake snorkel. I made very sure that I tightly closed the snorkel off just after the maf sensor and re-smoked the intake. I watched very closely and found ... Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 lean condition). |
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