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1995 Ford F-150 Eddie Bauer 5.8L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FTEX15H9S
Vehicle came in with a misfire. Ran good except under load. Replaced all injectors, pickup coil, ignition module, ecm, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, o2 sensor, map sensor, ect sensor. Found valve leakage on several cylinders. Customer opted for new engine. problem...
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1998 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L Excessive Emissions VIN: 2FTZF1723W
Vehicle will not go into closed loop for more than a couple of seconds if at all. When it does ST fuel trims go -30 but oxygen sensors don't reflect this change. Inducing a large vacuum leak improves engine idle but oxy sensors still red over 0.8volts. I am le... Trouble codes: P0133 (Right front oxy sensor slow response), P0153 (Left front oxy sensor slow response), P1132 (Oxy sensor not switching bank 1), P1152 (Oxy sensor not switching bank 2), P0171 (Fuel system lean bank 1), P0174 (Fuel system lean bank 2)
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2005 Ford Freestyle Limited 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FMDK06165
ok this one started with lean codes on both banks and I found a small hole in the plastic manifold so I fixed the hole with some jb weld and cleared the codes, now the engine read lean on bank one only and the fuel trim go's up when you accelerate from 12+ to ... Trouble codes: P0402, P0171, P0463
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1997 Ford E-150 Econoline XL 4.6L Engine Binding Up VIN: 1FMEE1160V
Found Broken Timing Chain Guides, links binding up. Finally convinced customer vehicle needed a new engine. he kept pushing towards repairing this engine with 270,000 miles, you guys know how some customers are. thank you all for your help
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2004 Ford Taurus SES 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FAFP55S04
Don't know if this car is fixed. We could not duplicate the problem. We did check the fuel pressure with a gauge, ok. I disassembled several ground connection, cleaned to bare metal and reassembled them, one in the trunk, one on the left kick panel and several... Trouble codes: P0171 (b1 lean), P0174 (b2 lean), P0191 (fuel rail pressuer sensor A circuit).
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2007 Ford F-150 XL 5.4L No Start VIN: 1FTPF12577
We have determined that the timing chain slip is the concern however the owner has decided considering the high mileage, cost to repair is not warranted. The backfire out through the intake was a clue to this. Apparently timing chain slipping at high mileage i... Trouble codes: U1950 (communication bus fault UART Base Protocol).
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