I recently bought an Aerostar and we're still loving the van, but any used vehicle is a roll of the dice and after driving it awhile I've found two issues I had questions on.
My Aerostar has the digital readout and after we filled it up, we noticed some odd behavior. The gauge said we had 6 or so gallons of gas left, but when we filled the tank it held another 16 gallons. If the Aerostar has an 18 gallon tank standard, what is going on? Do we have a 22 gallon tank instead of an 18 gallon tank? The gauge inside now reads "C0" ( C-zero not C-O) and hasn't went down yet despite driving it a bit. The bars showing full are glitched a bit like the computer isn't sure how to calculate it.
Is it possible someone, at some point, put a larger gas tank on the Aerostar? I know a lot of the parts are interchangeable with the other Ford trucks of the time.
Is it more likely that this is a computer error and that it is reading wrong? If so, how do I find out short of driving it until it runs out of gas to see the actual capacity?
My other issue is with the brakes. While I didn't notice anything off at first, it seems sometimes the brakes will get spongey. The vehicle still stops, but sometimes the brakes are a little soft and it feels like they go down too far. It goes randomly between being spongey and moving too far, and behaving normally. Sometimes the brakes feel normal and everything seems perfect.
I'm going to take it to a shop before too long, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the issue and knew what it would be?
My Aerostar has the digital readout and after we filled it up, we noticed some odd behavior. The gauge said we had 6 or so gallons of gas left, but when we filled the tank it held another 16 gallons. If the Aerostar has an 18 gallon tank standard, what is going on? Do we have a 22 gallon tank instead of an 18 gallon tank? The gauge inside now reads "C0" ( C-zero not C-O) and hasn't went down yet despite driving it a bit. The bars showing full are glitched a bit like the computer isn't sure how to calculate it.
Is it possible someone, at some point, put a larger gas tank on the Aerostar? I know a lot of the parts are interchangeable with the other Ford trucks of the time.
Is it more likely that this is a computer error and that it is reading wrong? If so, how do I find out short of driving it until it runs out of gas to see the actual capacity?
My other issue is with the brakes. While I didn't notice anything off at first, it seems sometimes the brakes will get spongey. The vehicle still stops, but sometimes the brakes are a little soft and it feels like they go down too far. It goes randomly between being spongey and moving too far, and behaving normally. Sometimes the brakes feel normal and everything seems perfect.
I'm going to take it to a shop before too long, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the issue and knew what it would be?