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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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03 rough idle when cold

03 6.0 180k runs like crap when starting smokes and cuts out if you try driving down the road before letting it warm up Hasnt had the ecm update yet reckon thats the main problem? Its alot worse the colder it is out side or the longer it sits in between start ups.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 00SvtLightning
03 6.0 180k runs like crap when starting smokes and cuts out if you try driving down the road before letting it warm up Hasnt had the ecm update yet reckon thats the main problem? Its alot worse the colder it is out side or the longer it sits in between start ups.
Injector related problem. The heat flash could help, but I think you have at least a couple of injs going bad...
 
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 08:22 PM
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Injector related problem. The heat flash could help, but I think you have at least a couple of injs going bad...
I agree. Try the inductive heat flash at the Ford dealer. It's cheap and it works.
 
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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i have the exact same problem.. the colder it gets.. the harder it is to start..
 
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