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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 09:22 AM
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ses light on/no code

The service engine soon light came on and the truck ran rough/the light would go off and the truck would run fine. The light came on permanently after a couple of days
The truck runs rough at idle and low RPM. It seems to lack power at higher RPM. No smoke/oil pressure fine(stock guage). Has 103k and ran fine just the other day. Its got to be something simple.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 10:00 AM
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Welcome to the forum bigcity.
You don't mention how you know that there are no codes. If the light is on permanently there will be codes.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 01:06 PM
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The check engine light does not come on till you fire the engine. I had two local places try to pull the code and both read no code present. They hooked up before the engine was fired and after.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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What are they using to read the codes?
 
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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 05:59 PM
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Hand held code readers. A matco one, and the other from autozone
 
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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 08:49 PM
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I'm surprised the Matco one didn't pull anything. They are usually on top of things, unless it's a really old one.
Maybe it's an enhanced code that a generic code reader will not pick up. For that you must go to Ford, or someone who has an enhanced reader.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 10:23 AM
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It was some type of harness that needed to be replaced
 
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 10:53 AM
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It was some type of harness that needed to be replaced
AH. Thanks for letting us know.
Most likely it was the wiring under the valve covers. They fail a lot.
 
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