M-MAN
Well-known Member
- Location
- Bostic, NC
Daughters car quit on her and had
to be towed home. I spent the
weekend trying to get it running
with no luck. It would sorta run if
you cranked it at half throttle but
with no control. Replaced throttle
body cause I had one. Hooked up the
handy dandy scan tool Hobo
recommended and it couldn't find
anything but o2 lean but I could
smell unburned fuel after a couple
minutes.
Talked to the head mechanic at the
Ford place this morning and he
recommended checking the maf sensor
and purge valve. He had one that
was towed in with a bug in the
sensor keeping it from running.
Sure enough I pulled the maf sensor
and there was a bug inside. Tapped
it out and reinstalled and she runs
perfect again. I never would have
thought a bug would keep a car from
running!
to be towed home. I spent the
weekend trying to get it running
with no luck. It would sorta run if
you cranked it at half throttle but
with no control. Replaced throttle
body cause I had one. Hooked up the
handy dandy scan tool Hobo
recommended and it couldn't find
anything but o2 lean but I could
smell unburned fuel after a couple
minutes.
Talked to the head mechanic at the
Ford place this morning and he
recommended checking the maf sensor
and purge valve. He had one that
was towed in with a bug in the
sensor keeping it from running.
Sure enough I pulled the maf sensor
and there was a bug inside. Tapped
it out and reinstalled and she runs
perfect again. I never would have
thought a bug would keep a car from
running!