Please help, engine skipping, running out of ideas.
10-08-2009, 01:18 PM
#12
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I'll continue to work on the COPs, pull them one by one, andI'll deffinately look for someone with another stang to see if I can more easily switch them out instead of buying ANOTHER set of plugs, cops, and switching it all out... that tends to be expensive on a college budget. I'll be sure to keep you guys posted.
10-10-2009, 03:45 PM
#13
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UPDATE
I was testing wire by wire under the hood today, fuel injector and spark plug wires, to see if disconecting would result in any changes to find a faulty one.
I then discovered a colapsed vaccum hose that feeds FROM the passenger side engine bank INTO the block that the air intake is connected to (says 4.6) I think thats the throttle body? could be wrong on names, w/e. Does this make sense as to being the culprit for my loss of power? I'm obviously going to switch it as soon as I can get my hands on a new short piece of hose, but imput until then would be great, thanks guys.
I was testing wire by wire under the hood today, fuel injector and spark plug wires, to see if disconecting would result in any changes to find a faulty one.
I then discovered a colapsed vaccum hose that feeds FROM the passenger side engine bank INTO the block that the air intake is connected to (says 4.6) I think thats the throttle body? could be wrong on names, w/e. Does this make sense as to being the culprit for my loss of power? I'm obviously going to switch it as soon as I can get my hands on a new short piece of hose, but imput until then would be great, thanks guys.
10-10-2009, 09:26 PM
#14
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Unless you have a programmer that disables your misfire monitor, if it is missing that badly you have to have some misfire codes that will tell you which cylinders. And if you do have a programmer, do yourself a favor and restore the stock tune so you can find out those codes.
That will help a ton in figuring out your miss!
That will help a ton in figuring out your miss!
10-11-2009, 12:36 AM
#15
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Unless you have a programmer that disables your misfire monitor, if it is missing that badly you have to have some misfire codes that will tell you which cylinders. And if you do have a programmer, do yourself a favor and restore the stock tune so you can find out those codes.
That will help a ton in figuring out your miss!
That will help a ton in figuring out your miss!
10-11-2009, 07:48 PM
#16
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Damn, I have this same problem. First I changed the fuel filter, no change, then took it for a complete diagnostic, and they found nothing. Didn't forget to charge me 80 bucks tho. Good luck fixing it, please let us know of any success. I don't really feel like spending any more money troubleshooting til I have a better idea of what it is.
10-13-2009, 11:34 AM
#18
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100% the COP!!! do not go randomly replacing stuff and wasting your money. use ur squash. got water in the spark plug holes=bad coil on plug. if u don't have the money go to a do it urself junk yark and find a crown vic or some car with the 4.6 and grab a couple COP's from them. my dad had the same problem in his car (04gt) and it turned out to be a crack in the COP boot.
10-14-2009, 02:09 PM
#19
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it better be the damn COPs, lol.
I just changed the spark plugs and fuel filter with no result... I'll be switching out the COPs as soon as I get a bit extra cash.
The cheapest I can find them is here: http://www.nationalfleetparts.com/DG...coil-pack.aspx for $34.
In the meantime, if anyone knows where to get Motorcraft COPs anywhere else for a cheaper price, let me know.
Thanx again.
I just changed the spark plugs and fuel filter with no result... I'll be switching out the COPs as soon as I get a bit extra cash.
The cheapest I can find them is here: http://www.nationalfleetparts.com/DG...coil-pack.aspx for $34.
In the meantime, if anyone knows where to get Motorcraft COPs anywhere else for a cheaper price, let me know.
Thanx again.