2000 Excursion engine + dealer problems (Moved to here; WAS: help!!!)
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2000 Excursion engine + dealer problems (Moved to here; WAS: help!!!)
took my ford excursion 2000 to shop because the truck wasn't getting enough gas. so they changed the fuel filter! that didn't help so they sad it was the hose they flushed them out !! it didn't work then they said they need to cut of the throttle body and welded another pipe on. then called me hours like six hours later said it was fix called me to pick my truck up at closing time. i ask them for the part they took off and he told me it was thrown away. so i paid 138 dollars for all they have done, got a half a mile away and the car wouldn't go over 20 mph. i don't know what is wrong they are closed and by the way my truck is loud when you are giving it gas while driving. please help me!!!! if you have any info i can use it will be greatly appreciated thank you, Latrice
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took my ford excursion 2000 to shop because the truck wasn't getting enough gas. so they changed the fuel filter! that didn't help so they sad it was the hose they flushed them out !! it didn't work then they said they need to cut of the throttle body and welded another pipe on. then called me hours like six hours later said it was fix called me to pick my truck up at closing time. i ask them for the part they took off and he told me it was thrown away. so i paid 138 dollars for all they have done, got a half a mile away and the car wouldn't go over 20 mph. i don't know what is wrong they are closed and by the way my truck is loud when you are giving it gas while driving. please help me!!!! if you have any info i can use it will be greatly appreciated thank you, Latrice
...and you wonder why I don't trust a single shop mechanic on the planet!
Why yes, it is that big..
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Kept it for the money...
Maybe it was the catalytic convertor that they cut off and welded a straight pipe to replace it? That would make it a little louder after you picked it up and drove it, but that had nothing to do with why you brought it in to them in the first place, IMHO. If it was the convertor, they may have kept it to scrap out, they are worth money for the metals inside. They don't sound like a straight shooting shop...
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I saw this thread somewhere else. I mentioned the cut off the throttle body and weld on a pipe? WTF?
Where are you located latricer?
Don't go back to that shop again! We'll get you figured out.
Where are you located latricer?
Don't go back to that shop again! We'll get you figured out.
Why yes, it is that big..
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Ummmm.........
Huh?????
Latricer28 had added a post entitled "help!!!" in somebody's existing thread in 80-86.
I merely extracted that post + one reply and created a brand-new thread here (in the Excursion forum) with them.
I added my own post to this new thread describing what I've done, this will send e-mail to latricer28 + the author of the response and will include a hyperlink to this new location.
I had never before seen nor touched that other, 8 yo thread to which it appears latricer28 has also posted yesterday....
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Was this a Ford dealer or private shop? I'd be surprise if it was a Ford dealer, it's illegal to remove a cat and replace it with a straight pipe. If that is in fact what you're talking about.
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Kind of doubtful...
The $138 reference might also lead you to believe that it could not have been a stealership. Plus a stealership should be in the habit of not just throwing parts away...
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Well his title does say dealer.
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Reading the OP's first message, he said that the pipe was cut off of the throttle body. Again, what pipe is there that can be cut, other than that pre-heat thing that passes coolant through the TB....and what did that have to do with the original issue that he took the truck in for?
Flush the fuel lines on a 2000? Really?
Scam...
Flush the fuel lines on a 2000? Really?
Scam...