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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Help, washed motor and.....

I am going to trade in my 99 expedition in the morning so I thought I would clean the motor up with a little purple power and a garden hose. When I first started it is idled rough but that cleared up for the most part but whild accelerating hard it still shutters a little and will idle rough if at a stop light for a minute or two. I have no check engine lights and the truck starts right up. I am hoping that it just needs to dry as I am trading it in in the morning on a f250. Any ideas?
 
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 06:08 PM
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sorry its a 99 5.4 with 118000 on it
 
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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Try pulling the coils and boots and blowing out the holes with compressed air. Sounds like you got water in them. Good Luck
 
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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Could be a coil or plug. I learned the hard way too. Never wash your motor!!!
 
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 08:16 PM
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all is good waited about 2 hrs and it runs fine now.
 
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