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I have an 02 f250 5.4. I just did the intake manifold. I also changed the spark plugs and the valve cover gasket. Following this I drained the oil and filled it with fresh oil.
It started right up but it felt like the engine was really vibrating and running rough. The check engine light than came on. I don't have one of those tools to diagnose it.
I woke up today and pushed on a few of the ignition coils. I than started it up and it seemed to run smoother. It has no power though, on the hill near my house I couldn't get over 20 mph.
My wife has the car so it's not like I can just run over to autozone to pick up a diagnostic tool, so if anyone has any other ideas I'd love to hear them
Using the headlights is one common way people say to do it. One of the Ford techs said use a jumper on the wires. To me it makes sense to complete the main circuit by mimicking the battery being in place, instead of completing a sub-circuit through the headlights. Practical impact? Probably absolutely none after 15 minutes.
This will cost you the stored code, but you can't read it anyways. And if it's a real hard part problem the code will pop again.
I was able to reset it and took it for a drive to start to reprogram it. Everything seemed to be fine and the power had returned, however, at about 4 miles the truck overheated. I looked under the hood and noticed I forgot to put a clamp on one of the radiator hoses and the coolant had all leaked out as I was driving. I got a tow back to my home and will replace the coolant. My question is will I need to reset the PCM again because the overheat would have somehow mixed things up or just fill up the coolant and continue to drive it.
You need to buy a scanner and figure out the real problem, resetting the PCM is a band-aid to get you to the parts store. If you have a hard part issue (coil, plug, wiring, etc) it will happen again.
The best bang for the buck is an OBD2 dongle and a smartphone app.
I use Torque Pro for Android and a Bluetooth dongle such as this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251274981056?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AITLink to Torque app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...l.torque&hl=en
Free TorqueScan plug-in for Torque Pro app for easy access to more live scan info: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...rquescan&hl=en
If you are in the minority of people who still use an iphone, you can get a wifi dongle that will work on either an Android or iphone.
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