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Hi Dave, I never did figure it out, I ended up trading the car in. It developed an oil pressure issue, and everyone wanted more than the car was worth to just diagnose it. So with that new problem on top of the cruise not working, near constant coil failures, valve cover leaks, and other...

Have you checked the water pump? When mine went it sprayed coolant all over the front of the engine, including the intake tubes and engine cover. The shop I took it to misdiagnosed it because it wouldn't leak when they did a pressure test, it only leaked when the engine was running and the...

Well, at least it's a vacuum line and not a coolant line, so much easier to move and route correctly. The good news is that it doesn't look too difficult to get in the right spot. I'm actually surprised Ford didn't route those hoses through there to begin with, they seem to fit perfectly in...

So I just went outside and snapped a few pics, sorry about the quality, they're with my phone. It appears the hoses are vacuum because where that yellow plastic connect/splitter thing, a hose comes out the back of it, makes a 90 degree turn and goes directly to the air intake duct (one of the...

Ah, I see what happened. The two hoses that are zip tied together (one of the hoses has that yellow plastic piece) and going through the #4 and 5 runners is routed through the plenum between the #5 and 6 runners. He had those two hoses laying on top of the bracket that the cover attaches...

Thank you everyone for replying. I agree, I do need to figure out how the hoses are supposed to be routed. I looked at it before work this morning, so I didn't have much time to play around. I think my next step is to find a decent photo of what it is supposed to look like and go from there...

HI everyone, I tried searching for an answer and didn't see anything, so I'm sorry if I missed it. I have a 2000 V6 and was wondering if the plastic engine cover had any useful purpose and if I could remove it? I had my cousin (yes, he's a real mechanic) replace the passenger coils, plugs...

I actually had this problem on my 2000 v6. I verified by pouring a little water where the passenger side wiper comes out of the cowl and turning on the wipers. With the hood open, you have a bad seal if you see water dripping from that area. I assume that after time the foam gets compressed...

Hi everyone, I've searched the forum and didn't find anything, so hopefully I just didn't miss it. I have a 2000 LS and the driver's side windshield washer sprayer on the hood stopped working a couple of days ago, the passenger side one works fine. I opened the hood and pulled down the padding...

Yay! Glad I can be a first! And of course this morning the gauge was reading correctly. I honestly don't get this car sometimes. :Bang Thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate it.

I was worried that it could be the instrument cluster. I was so relieved to see the scanner showing the RPM's to be where they should be, at least the car isn't really running at 300 rpms. I was planning on disconnecting the battery this weekend with the hopes that it might reset and zero out...

Hi everyone, I tried searching for this, but didn't find anything. So about a week ago I noticed that my idle has been relatively low. Usually it idles (in gear) right around 650 to 700 give or take. Lately I've been noticing 400 or so. The tach will read a little higher (like 450) when in...

I've done it a couple of times on mine. It's real easy to do, it took me all of 20 minutes to do about a month ago. The basics are to remove both wiper arms (one nut each and just some wiggling to get them to come off). Then remove the driver's side cowl cover (a few of those plastic pop...

I've also used a long screwdriver. Just touch the metal end to a part on the engine and the handle to your ear. I thought someone was messing with me when they told me to try it, but it really works. I diagnosed a bad IAC on my wife's Ranger doing that about a year ago. Good luck!

Yeah, I'll get the blinking CEL as well, and I just found out that it will still misfire after a heavy rain, even though I just replaced that foam seal. I have to get out there with some water and see where it's coming in from. I have a feeling it might be from the rubber seal on the cowl and...

Hey, sorry to reply to such an old thread, but I just wanted to see if you were able to fix this? I have a 2000 V6 and found that I got a misfire when it rained due to the foam seal on the plastic cowl where the passenger side wiper is. After a while the foam starts to degrade and it lets...

That's interesting, I didn't realize these cars didn't have a VSS. It completely makes sense, I just saw someone post it before, so I thought I'd add it to the list of things to check. I'm glad it's one less thing to look at. :)

I actually haven't fixed it yet. I had an airbag light come on a few months ago which ended up being a clockspring, even though all of the other controls still worked. Unfortunately it didn't fix my cruise, but the cruise light always came on when I would try. So I'm thinking it's either the...

It sounds like it's (hopefully) the servo, I'm not sure how easy it is to fix, but I know the clockspring isn't that easy. But you're right, I should probably worry about the other things like coils, etc. Just out of curiosity, how easy is it to replace the servo? Thank you to everyone that...

Hi everyone, the other day I was driving home and the cruise control started to act a little funny. It would work for a few minutes but then it wouldn't hold the speed, almost like I was coasting. The light on the dash stays on. I've been playing with it and it's really weird, sometimes it'll...