Ford 302 FI issue

Filled up Patti's '93 5.0 Mustang convertable on the way home from Church...mid-range Shell...$3.32/gal.


john

Growing up, I never kept a vehicle for more than a year and a half. I never had to sink money into repairs, but man, those car bills kept coming monthy! I've had my truck title for more than two years now, right beside my boat title.

I have to say, I miss a couple of my former vehicles. In '93 I purchased a bright red '91 Toyota Supra turbo with the targa top. It had 9,000 miles when I drove it off the lot sideways. I had some HKS mods done to it, $8K worth of stereo equipment. I'll post a pic sometime. That car was mint. I sold it for a brand new loaded Nissan Pathfinder. I drove that for three months, got rid of it for a brand new Nissan Maxima SE, black with black leather interior. That was more my speed. What a beautifully made car the Maxima is.

Ken

Our '96 Suburban's fuel pump quit last fall about 70 miles from home. AAA towed it to a dealership about 1 mile from my house. The estimate was $795 for the pump, but if a certain part was too rusted and couldn't be removed easily, it would be $1,200.

I call my regular mechanic that lives 2 towns away and he said he'd do it for $495. He said the dealer would never take the time to remove the rusted part and it would difinately be $1,200 with them, (he used to work there). I told the dealer to push it out into the parking. They still charged me $130 to diagnose.

M3Fan wrote: We just took the wife's BMW in for service. New 02 sensor, front BRAKES and ROTORS, and input seal on the differential. Loaner car for the whole day as well. The cost? ZERO DOLLARS. Gotta love the 4 year/35,000 mile maintenance and new car warranty. Zero out of pocket for anything done in that time period, even wear items and oil changes. Keeps the resale value high since you know all the maintenance was done for the first 4 years of the car's life since it was FREE. Love it.

Good Deal, Last summer after I passed the 60,000 mile warranty by 1200 miles on the company Pontiac the water pump started leaking and Air conditioning compressor went out at the same time. $1200, pay the girl on the way out please,thank you, come again.

I know if I had bought the extended warranty it would run for ever without breaking down.

Hey Scott: Just check where "Lake Wales" is on your map. Right in the center of the state. Stop by and we'll show ya a good time and take you for a boat ride. We love C/CFAN visitors.

john

That warranty would last me about a year and a half.

Barracuda wrote: Let's face it, if you pick your car up from the mechanic and you paid less than $500, they didn't really do anything to it. -Brad

No Kidding, Last year after replacing every moving piece in the front end of my motorhome I could still not find a mindnumbing squeak so I finally broke down and brought it in to my mechanic. After a $900 repair bill the end result was they couldn't find it either. That was basically a $900 chassis lube for both the motorhome and me!!!

The ultimate fix was to install a new stereo system and crank it up while driving.

It'll warm up soon for him.

Sorry about your Mom. Bet your Dad misses her...don't know what I'd do without Patti.

john

Believe me...you get spoiled soon. We enjoy the snow...while we watch it on the tv. Snow is always the first item on the evening news.

Next time you visit your folks in Naples you gotta roll thru Lake Wales on your way down.

john

Hey Brad...I am back inside now. It was 27 out this morning when we headed out to work. Everyone down here is in a panic. Does feel cold tho...windy too. We just ain't used to this anymore. Warmer by the weekend tho.

john

Thanks, Brad. The good news is that it was fixable. At least I didn't need a new engine. We're running like a top again.

Happy New Year, Brad. Lost Lake in 4 months?

Ken

Nautique2001 wrote: Oh, man, sounds like I got the dry carrot here. Tim, can I have you for all my needs? I'm trusting. I have to say, my *uck is very strong. I got the shaft, but feeling good. A whore I wish I was more of. Ken

Your truck is fixed, and you're on the road. Now drive it to a Chevy dealer and trade that thing in!

Don't feel too bad ken that idler pulley would have seized and left you dead on the side of the road at some point and maybe your getting a half mpg better with the clean injectors... with oil at 100 a barrel that would pay for it all...

Here is a question i must ask and hopefully someone will know because i dont, I am wondering if i can use this scanner OTC Genisys, on boats, of course im talking about late style with EFI and so on.....do they have a obdII port to scan them? i would think they do and i think i can use the Global scan feature on the scanner. its hard to believe the information this scanner tells you,

I'll vouge for the mis fire on one cylinder, i had a rough running VW cabrio and the light was on, it was a normal, cap, plugs and wires ignition, no coil packs. my scanner told me it was a misfire on the number one cylinder, the customer replaced the plugs and cap a week before so i knew those two were not the problem. put a set of wires on and cured the problem, ...I read Joe's post and have a feeling he is 100%, because i dont know how it picked up the mis-fire on number 1 and i was curious as hell on how it did it.
the scanner i purchased made life alot easier...now i too am a automotive technician lol   eric