tech problem
11-20-2006, 12:49 AM
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tech problem
well... my car won't stay running.
so here's the story... a month ago i parked it in a garage before winter hit. it was running just fine. then i go to start it a week ago, and it turns, gets to the part where it runs, and stalls. now i'd think it was just fuel priming or something but i did manage to get it running in like a safe mode or something where WOT was 3000 rpm. so i turned it off, and tried to restart it. stall. then i installed the factory tune just to see. try again, stall. i checked the trouble codes and wrote them all down, i think a few were safe mode codes, (i forgot the sheet at home, i'm out of town) but it also had 'throttle accuator stuck open' and a few odb port errors.
ideas? is my fuel pump toast? or worse the computer in the thing? (i think thats worse anyway) its only got 15000 k on it (9000 miles i think) so lots of warrenty. but can it beattributed to my mods?
so here's the story... a month ago i parked it in a garage before winter hit. it was running just fine. then i go to start it a week ago, and it turns, gets to the part where it runs, and stalls. now i'd think it was just fuel priming or something but i did manage to get it running in like a safe mode or something where WOT was 3000 rpm. so i turned it off, and tried to restart it. stall. then i installed the factory tune just to see. try again, stall. i checked the trouble codes and wrote them all down, i think a few were safe mode codes, (i forgot the sheet at home, i'm out of town) but it also had 'throttle accuator stuck open' and a few odb port errors.
ideas? is my fuel pump toast? or worse the computer in the thing? (i think thats worse anyway) its only got 15000 k on it (9000 miles i think) so lots of warrenty. but can it beattributed to my mods?
11-20-2006, 02:14 AM
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RE: tech problem
IAC valve maybe? I've seen that happen on a couple of other Fords that I have owned. On my Explorer I replaced the IAC valve completely, and on the Windstar, I took it off and throughly cleaned the internals with WD-40.
11-20-2006, 10:48 PM
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RE: tech problem
i would also try taking the battery out and letting the computer sit for an hour or so and let it map out everything again...don't know if it'll work but it's a suggestion and easy to do.
