Houston, I have a problem.
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Houston, I have a problem.
Today when I was merging with traffic and had to jump on it to get out of the way of heavy traffic I experienced a flat spot during acceleration. I had to take my foot of the pedal and when I pushed it again the flat spot was gone but a cloud of blue smoke came out of the tail pipe. Is this a sign of a bad injector or a clogged EGR valve? I would appreciate your input.
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We have no EGR valves. Was your truck warmed up when this happened? If it was cold and the exhaust back pressure valve was closed it could cause a problem like this. Any idle issues? Access to a scanner that can do buzz or cylinder contribution tests?
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Flat spot
I was driving about 15 minutes. The engine was reasonably warm. I have not checked the fuel filter lately. I need to do that. As to the scanner, where do you plug it in? I have one for the car, will this work?
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It plugs in on bottum of dash pass side of hump or stick shift if manual. I couldnt tell you if the scanner will work if it is OBD 2 it should.. Just depends on what years it covers. I had mine scanned at Ford for free, but i dont know if they do that for everyone.
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Originally Posted by ;11495587
Most scanners dont work in our PSD, it has to have the specific ford PSD bundle (spl?).
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Originally Posted by ;11495587
Most scanners dont work in our PSD, it has to have the specific ford PSD bundle (spl?).
Ok thanks RÖENTGEEP, my neighbor has a Snap On scanner that works really well.
You are welcome. Just curious where that number came from? its the first time I see it.
Originally Posted by ;11495587
Most scanners dont work in our PSD, it has to have the specific ford PSD bundle (spl?).
Ok thanks RÖENTGEEP, my neighbor has a Snap On scanner that works really well.
You are welcome. Just curious where that number came from? its the first time I see it.
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Houston calling
I just checked the fuel reservoir and it had clean fuel in it. The fuel filter was changed about 3,000 miles ago. The scanner that I have will not plug into the connection. The truck has almost 160K.
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