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P0281 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for July 2018

Cylinder 7 Balance System Malfunction


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Trouble Ticket Help Requests for DTC P0281
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2010 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 6.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTSX2BR1A
P0281: 7 injector/balance fault. ... and lof. Had my guy do the oil change.i check for code using ids.2 codes found. Spoke with customer he said light came on 3 weeks ago and p0088 had ben setting and he has been erasing it and comes back sometime 2 days some time couple of hrs later.i ch...
July 07, 2018
1995 Ford E-350 Econoline 7.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FDJE30F7S
P0281: cylinder 7 contribution malf. Runs perfect about 2-3 seconds after every start up and then entire RH bank shuts down.Customer was bringing it for a blown brake line and said it started running bad all of a sudden.We normally dont do diesel but kind of stuck with it.We replaced idm with...
July 19, 2018