Jul 08, 2014 Hope this helps you or future parties of intrest. If I trusted the system I would have just taken it to someone and asked them to fix it. I know it's hard to convey emotions through the written word sometimes. I am somewhat inclined to know what some of these things are if I see a book or instructions and have the right tools. The Enviromental Protection Agency lobbied this emissions hoopla and got it passed into Federal Law and I bet they would love to know Ford is balking about complying with the Federal Emissions Law. This is another reason we usually suggest you get the actual codes and post them here which you did rather than take the word of the person at the parts store. Combustion engines, such as the one we have in our vehicle, runs by a mixture of air and fuel at around 14.
It was flashing for misfire so I took it and had the code read at autozone, reading misfire cylinder 2. Be sure as part of the process to replace the fuel filter and add a bottle of fuel injector cleaner to the fuel tank. If a suspect vacuum leak is found proceed to Step 4. I am not sure the injector is working, i should have said it is getting bad gas mileage. I figure if they don't hit me for the bucks.
If it goes above 14. I was going to try to get a schematic of that part to get the name of it. First p0306 that was fixed with garage high concentrate injector cleaner. Or replace at around 100,000 miles. Long day, I'm tired, nitey-nite.
As for the lean condition causing damage to the engine, it likely is not at a state where it would yet be likely to burn valves, but that is a possibility. Generally though, any of the codes you posted could be caused by components replaced as part of a tune up. If you don't want to spend the money on a scanner or pay someone for a diagnostic check, you could take your chances and swap it out yourself and see what happens. And if it is I have a pretty good idea what has caused. Whoever pulls codes should give you a print out but be sure and write them down anyway.
Tracy answered 5 years ago Lack of H02s 1-1 switching? After you've checked for vacuum leaks, check the operation of the oxygen sensors. You should see a corresponding increase in voltage as you add fuel from 0 volts to slightly less than 1 volt. If you haven't had a tune up performed in the last 30k miles or so, it won't be a waste of money. Is it something I could do if I put my mind to it? I ask because I want to know if I need to keep searching for other things I may need to do based on the other codes too or. How can I find out? The best I can describe the ride is. Same goes for the fuel filter, and you may as well dump a bottle of fuel injector cleaner into the fuel tank for good measure as well. Wonder what might be most likely culprit.
Consider yourself lucky you have a P030X and not a P0300 random misfire, I'm still trying to track that down in my wife's car. Any help would be appreciated. I did disconnect the coil while the truck was running and it did not effect anything, so I don' think the cylinder is firing, and it is using fuel like crazy. Hopefully it will just read misfire cylinder 2. If you look inside the wheel wells behind the fender liner, right about where the frame is one O2 sensor, the other is underneath the truck about half way back in relation to the transmission. Observe short fuel trims when pinching specific vacuum lines. The O2 sensor voltage should drop down to near zero.
Does anyone else have any suggestions before I take it to the dealer, it is not under warrenty and has a 138,000 miles on it. After I get them, may I please post the codes here for further assistance? Oxygen Sensor There are actually 4 O2 sensors on your truck. A scan tool that can read live sensor data can watch a graph, it should constantly switch between. Thanks again for all your help. Next, check the plastic vacuum lines, especially where they meet with rubber boots. Watch the compressor clutch belt driven at the compressor pulley.
It could be tested for proper operation and if it fails the tests, it should be replaced. I was hoping my P0302 would change to P0304, I guess tonight I will swap back the injectors and see if a I get a P0302 again. I would just get a new car and hope this one ran while the dealer checked it for trade-in value. Will my engine blow up if I keep driving it in the condition I have been describing? Take your time, good luck. I might end up setting them both on fire and buying a fucking horse and covered wagon. Does anyone know what this could possibly be and how to fix it? It is so bad and stessing me out so much though not to mention what Rod said about messing it up and the worse case scenario that I am done driving it now until I get it totally fixed. This error code refers to lean condition, which means there is too much air in the air fuel ratio mixture.
Last thing you want is to throw any functional parts. I need to digest all this information and do some reading on how to do the things Rod suggested. So I guess I have an injector problem and something else. Check for vacuum leaks, if none are found change the sensors. In a nutshell, Error Code P1131 on your Ford vehicle indicates a trouble in your O2 sensor. He could not tell me what they indicated. Connect the device to the signal wire from the O2 sensor, warm the engine up to its operating temperature, and then disconnect the brake booster hose to induce a lean condition.
At any rate, I still plan to take the car to the store to get the codes and post them here tomorrow as I got some gas :. If the engine is not reaching 195 degrees F or if the coolant level is low, it will cause a rich condition and set the code you describe. There is a risk of it burning the valves, which would probably be worst case. The P0316 code means the misfire was detected within the first 1000 revolutions of the engine. They also did the recall work on the Wire Harness thingy for the 2002 Taurus'.