Vindicator
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• Glendale, CA, USA |
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• Registered on 10/26/2001 |
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 Posted:3/19/2003 09:36 |
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Just about 10 mins ago. my bro was taking his friend to school and the Exco just died on him.  The truck has about 65k miles on it and has had oil,filters, etc changed religiously. He stated he was going uphill at about 1500 rpms. He said he felt a loss of power, so he gave it a tad more gas and it just died. He tried restarting it, but it took a long time to crank and finally start. When it did start, he stated that it sounded like the timing was off and the truck would shake itself dead again. Could this be electrical or mechanical failure? PLEASE throw me some bones here, cuz I have no idea where to start. I don't want to take it to the dealer if I dont have to. I'm pretty good at gas engines, but diesel power is a whole 'nuther animal to me! Would a faulty IAC that I've seen on late model gas engines gone bad???  |
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gearman
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• los Angeles, CA, USA |
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• Registered on 1/22/2003 |
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• 336 posts |
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Posted:3/19/2003 10:19 |
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maybe CPS(cam position sensor)same thing happened to my tow truck driver in his truck.it took 2 different dealers to diagnose it.hope it helps
mike
01 excursion psd hellwig rear stabalizer 285 michelins suncoast converter transmission custom built with Transgo shift kit,by me.
TTS computer chip,next mod-TTS exhaust system
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Vindicator
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• Glendale, CA, USA |
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• Registered on 10/26/2001 |
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Posted:3/20/2003 01:10 |
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Thanks Mike. I was suddenly awoken to the sound of "Hey, the Exco broke down...something went wrong, WAKE UP!" I had 2 reasons to be mad that instance: 1) They woke me up cuz I'm considered the family mechanic lol 2) I was sleepin' good! The first thing I looked when I turned the engine in the on position was the gauges. The fuel level was almostat "E" and i glanced up on the mpg gauge and it read 22 miles to empty! I'm like SHEESH!!!! I then proceed to question mom about the gas issue and she stated she got a few gallons from some "NO_NAME" station. I then got very upset and told mom that for a $50k+ vehicle, nothing cheaper than a big name gsa station like Chvoron, Shell, 76, etc should be used for fuel!!!!!! The truck was parked at an incline so when I checked the oil level it wasn't even registering on the dipstick. I'm like "Great, no oil (if sh*t hits the fan we're lookin' at a new engine here)" I pick up a new Motorcraft oil filter and 3- one gallon jugs of Chevron oil from Autozone. I also disconnected the pos. termainls to reset any crap the ECU coulda developed. After a semi-ruff startup, my mother drove the Ex to the local Shell station and filled the tank half full. I then drove the Ex from standstill to 50+ mph (WOT) about 5-6 times with no hesitation. It actually felt more "nimble" (methinx from the oil change). She now purrs like she used to...Thanks for the heads up!!!! I'm still going to have it checked by the dealer for codes,etc. as well as my own "checkup"  |
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Dave Sullivan
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• Kitchener, XX, Canada |
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• Registered on 2/27/2003 |
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Posted:3/20/2003 11:54 |
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It sounds like you may have got some water onboard.
you might want to do the water separator maintenance thing. Its just a matter of opening
the valve and draining out the water.
Another posibility is that it just had a case of fuel starvation or maybe both since the fuel stop just previous was suspect.
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trauski
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• indianapolis, IN, USA |
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• Registered on 3/10/2003 |
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Posted:3/25/2003 16:03 |
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i think you just ran her out of petrol. i just got a 2000 x v10 2 weeks ago and my wife drives it. i told her 2 things the other day before i left for work. 1. dont run the truck out of gas cauz it s hard on it. 2 if you cant get down to the truck stop whick is 5 miles from house as gas is cheaper[ 1.54 that day ]then put 10 bucks in till you can fill her up. i come home and she goes into long story. truck ran out of gas, computer showed 30 miles till empty. females will test this! she calls friend who calls her husband and he tells wife where 5 gallon gas can is that he filled that morning. what luck. she arrives in 5 minutes. they only put 1/3 of gas in as it was pouring very slow and heavy for the gals at 115 lbs each. i said next time undo breather spout on can and it will pour faster. im still smiling at this point.then she says check engine soon light on and i get a little irritated as that is why i just sold 96 suburban. i immediatly think worst like fuel injectors but after review of mannual it says light comes on when you run out of gas. then she tells me went down the street to the most expensive place in town and put 42 gallons in truck at 1.68 as her time is to valuable to go to the cheapest gas in town thats only five min from house. that put me over the edge and i think i called her an idiot. so i guess ill be filling the truck up from now on and check to see if shes running on fumes more often. |
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Dave Sullivan
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• Kitchener, XX, Canada |
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• Registered on 2/27/2003 |
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• 199 posts |
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Posted:3/27/2003 10:35 |
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Smile... at least she's driving it.
Dave.
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Vindicator
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• Glendale, CA, USA |
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• Registered on 10/26/2001 |
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• 24 posts |
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Posted:3/27/2003 16:55 |
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Thanks fellas. I think it was the combination of not enough fuel and the incline it was goin up... |
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Dave Sullivan
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• Kitchener, XX, Canada |
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• Registered on 2/27/2003 |
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Posted:3/28/2003 17:54 |
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One more thing you might want to check is the fuel filter... located the same place as the water drain. Especialy if it hasn't been changed before. I think the recomended change is 20k. This could also be a source of fuel starvation.
Dave.
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