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i think the gas station went the cheap route with the gas they just got.i have been getting my gas there for over a year now and always 87 octain.i never had a ping until the other day when i filled up.is it the gas or somthing else ?
ive been using lucas gas stabilizer for two tanks and stopped this tank.
96,5.8
ive been using lucas gas stabilizer for two tanks and stopped this tank.
96,5.8
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pull codes www.fordfuelinjection.com will show you how. could be some other reasons besides the gas. have you changed anything recently like timing? tune up? plug wires etc...
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ok i just read that site and it says everything to do up to a 95, i have a 96.my brother inlaw owns his own shop and has a computer so im sure i could use that and it would be much easier.i could of swoare my borther in law said that the ligth would come on if there was a code but i did read in that article the computer will store less important codes.
sorry for all the newbie questions.
sorry for all the newbie questions.
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thats what we are here for. a code can be stored with out the CEL lighting up. see with yours being a 96 its obd-II. so it has a damn sensor for every orfice possible. for instance you have 3 o2 sensors instead of 1 o2 sensor for a 95 with same motor.
you might just start with a good tune up, its amazing what plugs, ford 9mm wires, msd cap & rotor and changing the air and fuel filter will do especially in your situation.
what has the temp been on the motor once its warmed up?
you might just start with a good tune up, its amazing what plugs, ford 9mm wires, msd cap & rotor and changing the air and fuel filter will do especially in your situation.
what has the temp been on the motor once its warmed up?
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When my passenger side exhaust manifold decided to crack a couple of years ago, at the same time that I first started hearing to exhaust leak the truck started pinging badly and the check engine light came on. Eventually the pinging and the light stopped as the computer adjusted to the new mixture and I replaced the exhaust manifold a couple of months later and it never happened again.
I am not saying that you have a cracked exhaust manifold but there is probably something seemingly unrelated that is causing it.
I am not saying that you have a cracked exhaust manifold but there is probably something seemingly unrelated that is causing it.
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Originally Posted by Kemicalburns
thats what we are here for. a code can be stored with out the CEL lighting up. see with yours being a 96 its obd-II. so it has a damn sensor for every orfice possible. for instance you have 3 o2 sensors instead of 1 o2 sensor for a 95 with same motor.
you might just start with a good tune up, its amazing what plugs, ford 9mm wires, msd cap & rotor and changing the air and fuel filter will do especially in your situation.
what has the temp been on the motor once its warmed up?
you might just start with a good tune up, its amazing what plugs, ford 9mm wires, msd cap & rotor and changing the air and fuel filter will do especially in your situation.
what has the temp been on the motor once its warmed up?
also im better off with an msd cap ? i was gonna buy all motorcraft.i just changed the air and fuel filter.
