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The temperature just took a drastic dive last night and wonder if that could be a cause or coincidence.
Any suggestions or reference areas would be very appreciated.
P.S. Typing in all caps is hard to read.
When you turn the key 'ON' (not to 'START') the first time you should be able to hear the fuel pump run, for about 5 seconds or so. If you don't hear it, you don't got fuel.
There are 2 or 3 relays in (or beside) the main fuse box under the hood. The cheep way to get by a while is to switch the relays around, hoping you will get a better one on the fuel pump. Course, the bad one then is on some other circuit, messing it up. The relays are identical.
Best way is to buy at least one new one, when it will not start, pull a relay, put new one it, try to start again. When it starts, you've found the fuel pump relay and replaced it with a good one and you will be fine for several more years.
Yes check your relays first before the last resort of replacing the pump!
Took it to the dealer and it was the $10.00 relays in the engine compartment. i believe in the same "block" as teh fusible links. Hope I helped. :shades:
The ABS sensor error codes are not 'usual' check engine errors and I think must be pulled with a different tool, from a different plug.
But, it might still be worth it to have the error code pulled before throwing parts at the problem. If the light flashes, it should have set a code.
It is new - motor not 'broken in'.
It's the middle of winter.
You are probable doing in-town driving.
These deliver low milage. All combined - very low milage.
Now, my speach about milage. Unless you fill the tank, note the milage, drive a significant amount, fill the tank again, note the milage, subtract milage numbers and divide by the gallons it took to refill the tank - then you have no real idea what milage you are actually getting. Drove so-and-so on about 1/2;1/4;tank of gas is useless info.
You also gave no info about the vehicle - manual/auto, 2/4 wheel drive, or which of 3 motors you have.
In general, after the truck is broken in, you will probably get about 14mph in town, and about 19mpg on highway travel. Milage greater than this should be thought of as a 'bonus'.
Again - it's a truck. They get terrible milage, even the small ones.
This is a follow up on a problem posted 3 months ago regarding pulsating brakes at low speed. Felt like a subdued ABS kicking in and vehicle would not stop as a result. Turns out you were right about it being the sensor in the front left wheel hub. However, you stated that the dealer said you could not replace the just the sensor. The whole hub assembly had to be replaced. The dealer here replaced just the sensor and it seems to have solved the problem. I practically told them what the solution would be but they recommended using the "diagnostics" anyway to see if there were any "codes". It seems that if they can't read any fault codes then they don't know what to do and have to guess. I told them to replace only the sensor and that was done. The cost in US dollars was as follows;
Diagnostics - $90.00
Sensor - $173.00
Labor - $135.00
Total with tax = $452.00
(14% tax here in Ontario!!)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Frank
Frank
Is this problem with a periodic flashing OD light something that could be diagnosed with an OBD2 tester?
Thanks in advance
Ford Tech
thanks for your help
Thks for the info and glad you did not get screwed (too bad). The dealer who told me the sensor was built into the hub assy was the Ford dealer in Belleville Ontario (Fry Ford)613-962-8691 or 1-800-267-3339. If you decide to call them out of curiosity post/e-mail back.
Thks
Dave
Occasionally will get limited weak spark when I ease off the starter. Someone told me to replace idle control module on passenger side wheel-well (same size as ignition control module on the driver side of the vehicle). I'm sick of replacing parts, something tells me the problem lies elsewhere. Any suggestions? Thanks, Pinhead 2. :sick: