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2007 Ford Ranger Sport 4.0L Jumped timing VIN: 1FTYR44EX7
Truck was leaking anti-freeze, found head gaskets to be leaking. Replaced head gaskets, bolts, resurfaced heads. Truck ran great for an hour then cut off found truck had jumped time due to faulty timing chain tensioner. So, pulled motor back out replaced timin...
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2008 Ford F-150 XL 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1FTRX12W48
The engine a little rough at first. All ft are at 0 then max out in opposite directions. B1 cat doesn't heat up. It seems quite apparent that the cat is clogged. However, I removed the upstream o2 and unplugged the rest. The fuel trim is still adjusting and ma...
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2009 Ford Escape Limited Hybrid 2.5L Shift Interlock VIN: 1FMCU49389
HI there and thanks for the help on this one. I have this 2009 Escape Hybrid that will not pull out of park unless you use the mechanical override on the shifter. On the scanner in the trans data list, it shows that it is in neutral when it is actually in park...
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2011 Ford F-150 XL 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTFW1EF0B
Hey and thanks for your help. Want to see if anyone has ran into this issue before spending too much time diagnosing. Have a 11 F150 5.0 with a rough idle and misfire. When we first checked found misfire codes on 8 and 7 with ignition coil primary code. Checke... Trouble codes: P0300
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2007 Mercury Mountaineer Premier 4.0L Temp Guage VIN: 4M2EU48E77
This vehicle came up because the temp gauge will randomly rise to HOT, ive determined it is not actually overheating at all. I installed an OEM t-stat and sending unit. He is what ive found, it only happens on cold start, temp will rise slowly like normal. Upo...
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2001 Ford F-150 XL 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on, Fuel trims VIN: 1FTRF17W01
THE CAM TIMING WAS OFF DUE TO LOOSE TIMING CHAINS. THE CUSTOMER DECLINED FIXING IT DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS. PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND HE DROVE IT OFF. Trouble codes: P0174 (Bank 2 system too lean).
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2005 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 5.4L Mechanical VIN: 1FTSX21525
I ended up sending this truck to another shop with more experience with these plug problems. Turns out the head ended up coming off after an extractor broke off in the threaded portion that was frozen in the head. The extractor that broke was a tapered style, ...
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2010 Ford Taurus SE 3.5L Misfire VIN: 1FAHP2DW1A
Hi Everyone, Thanks for all the help. I had 13 replies basically everyone recommended replacing all coils with oem and a few people said they still see a lot of pcm problems. What I is to check and had a good clean signal to #1 coil so I replaced the plugs and... Trouble codes: P0150 (Ho2s bank 2 sensor 1 fault), P0301 (cylinder 1 missfire), P0316 (Missfire on startup), P0351 (Coil a circuit), P0352 (Coil b circuit), P0354 (Coil d circuit).
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