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Uriah - 28 Mar 2007 07:29 GMT

I posted on this before but need a few more details. I have a a 97
Ford Club Wagon that was converted into on of those Marathon Box
Trucks with a lift gate. It has a problem with one of the cylinders.
It was passing to much gas :) in the smog test, high hydro carbons
1200 when it should have been under 150. My question is: is there an
easy way to determine what exactly the problem is without doing the a
compression check? If you don't know it is very hard to get to
anything in this thing in this vehicle. When you open the hood you
barely see anything. And you can't get to anything. Is there any
computer type of test gear that I can buy that will tell me if it is
the valves or the perhaps something else like the lifters or ????

Thanks
Uriah

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David M - 28 Mar 2007 09:05 GMT

> I posted on this before but need a few more details. I have a a 97
> Ford Club Wagon that was converted into on of those Marathon Box
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> Thanks
> Uriah

How do you know it's "one of the cylinders"? Maybe it's a bad catalytic
converter.

Is the 'check engine' light on?

You can drive it over to AutoZone and they will read out any codes that
are set for free.

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Tom J - 28 Mar 2007 15:41 GMT

> I posted on this before but need a few more details. I have a a 97
> Ford Club Wagon that was converted into on of those Marathon Box
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> Thanks
> Uriah

You have to put it on the machine to know for sure but my bet is, you
have a dead coil on at least 1 cylinder.

Tom J
been there & had that

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Uriah - 29 Mar 2007 08:20 GMT

When I went for a smog test that is when they told me it was
a cylinder. #5 on the front right. They said they got low
compression
and put oil in the cylinder and it was still low so they suspect
valves.
This was a year ago. I just want to double check and was hoping that
I could get some details from some type of new device. It doesn't
have
a check engine light on so I don't think I will get much from a code
reader.
Is there another device that can tell me more details about the
problem
or do I have to pull the plugs and do a manual compression check?
I just want to be sure. If it is a valve I have to decide if it is
going to
be worth it to do the valves. It only has 90K on it but it is a 1997,
but
it only gets about 7 mpg and won't pass smog next year when I have
to get another test. I think they passed it last time because they
felt
sorry for me that I was looking at a $3000.00 to get it to pass smog.
Any thing out there that would help with this problem?

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Matt Macchiarolo - 29 Mar 2007 12:01 GMT

Doesn't have a check engine light? I think you have a bad bulb....all of the
Ford v10's have one.

> When I went for a smog test that is when they told me it was
> a cylinder. #5 on the front right. They said they got low
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> sorry for me that I was looking at a $3000.00 to get it to pass smog.
> Any thing out there that would help with this problem?

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David M - 30 Mar 2007 01:35 GMT

> Doesn't have a check engine light? I think you have a bad bulb....all of the
> Ford v10's have one.

I assumed he meant "the light wasn't on". Although, it's easy to see if
the bulb is OK (just turn on the ignition without starting it).

>> When I went for a smog test that is when they told me it was
>> a cylinder. #5 on the front right. They said they got low
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>> sorry for me that I was looking at a $3000.00 to get it to pass smog.
>> Any thing out there that would help with this problem?

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Uriah - 31 Mar 2007 02:56 GMT

It has a check engine light but is not on. It checks OK when you start
the thing but then goes out and doesn't stay on. So I guess there are
no codes in there to examine?

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