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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 01:09 PM
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Rough Idle

Washed engine on my 5.4 lite and now the engine has a rough idle?
 
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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You probably have moisture in one of your COPs. (coil on plug)
 
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 07:24 PM
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I've got the same rough idle at first startup but it goes away after 30-45 seconds. New plugs air filter gas filter.. don't know what to do next... Once its hot it runs fine
 
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Old Jun 17, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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You might also have some moisture down in the spark plug tubes(?).
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 07:35 AM
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ya i got the same problem. change the cop it works wonders. even though they are $125 each.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 08:37 AM
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Also check all the electrical connections. Water is a nasty thing on the modular engines.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 09:24 AM
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Checked all plugs and pulled, dried with air compresser, clean out throttle with cleaner, cleaned MAF, new PCV and still rough idle.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 10:23 AM
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Check for error codes.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 10:29 AM
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How or where can I get my codes checked.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 12:07 PM
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Try your local Autozone.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 12:44 PM
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you need someone with a computer who can pull them up. did any lights come on on the dash like the check engine.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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Not warning lights appeared on the dash.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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funny cause mine did. and i took my truck to work and plugged the good ol' snap on into it. and i pulled up a misfire on 5. and thats when i was told that there were no plug wires and I never realized that when i bought the truck. and I really dont wanna pay $125 for the coil and crap. but I'm gonna have to.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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Went to Autozone and no codes appeared and I pulled each plug and made sure they were dry. The truck still idles bad.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 08:30 AM
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Sounds like you have at least one bad COP. The Autozone code reader probably couldn't read precodes.

You need to buy a COP, use it to replace the existing COPs one at a time until the miss goes away.

Also, in case no one has told you, washing your engine is not a good thing to do to a Ford modular engine.
 
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