High Idle Concern
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From: Anchorage, Alaska
High Idle Concern
I have an issue with extreme high initial idle at start up. I took my 1998 Ranger with a 3.0L to the local dealer to have some work done about a month ago. Long story short, my number six plug wire got burned against the exhaust rail.
Anyway, I guess they re-flashed the computer to the newest *.bin, or flash version. After that when I start the truck the tachometer jumps up to 2200 – 2300 RPM and then it settles’ down to about 1500 after a moment or two, then it finally adjusts itself to about 1100 for a few more seconds and eventually ends up at 900 – 1000 RPM.
I confronted Ford about this and they said that Ranger’s and F-150’s do have a tendency to do that at start up. Ordinarily I wouldn’t be too concerned, however I believe that the 2200 – 2300 RPM high idle at start up at 0°F in Alaska is a bit much.
If anyone out there joins my concern, please point my in the right direction.
Regards,
John from Alaska….
Anyway, I guess they re-flashed the computer to the newest *.bin, or flash version. After that when I start the truck the tachometer jumps up to 2200 – 2300 RPM and then it settles’ down to about 1500 after a moment or two, then it finally adjusts itself to about 1100 for a few more seconds and eventually ends up at 900 – 1000 RPM.
I confronted Ford about this and they said that Ranger’s and F-150’s do have a tendency to do that at start up. Ordinarily I wouldn’t be too concerned, however I believe that the 2200 – 2300 RPM high idle at start up at 0°F in Alaska is a bit much.
If anyone out there joins my concern, please point my in the right direction.
Regards,
John from Alaska….
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From: Southeast MI
Sounds like somebody may be feeding you a line when the codes didn't flash right. Either that or the programming is fumbled. You're right a Vulcan anywhere NEAR Alaska should NOT do that for cold-start. If it really is a glitch that they honestly can't figure out (stupid notion as they should have all the possible causes for thier products on file
) then they should cover an oil change under warranty to synth 0w30.
) then they should cover an oil change under warranty to synth 0w30.
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