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she left me stranded :(

jchiodo

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City, State
Columbus, IN
Year, Model & Trim Level
2003
Ok everyone this is what happened. I was driving to work at 4 a.m. I am almost there and all of a sudden the check engine light started blinking. The exploder started to like hitch or hump what ever so I stepped down on it and it came out of it but as soon as it started to come back down to idling speed it started again. So I repeated this well... It finally just quite and I was able to coast it in to a Mc Ds. Threw a code reader on it and it said random Missfire, Cyclinder 8 misfire, and that all the coil packs where misfiring? WTF. I just replaced the MAP sensor and the crankshaft posisioning sensor and all the spark plugs and still no luck. I know the fuel pump is working bc you can hear it turn on and it holding pressure in the fuel rail. So please any help!!!:mad:
 






Er, shot in the dark, unplug the mass airflow sensor and try it. No..t sure if the ECM in that year will ignore it but I have seen it work in older Fords. The ECM runs from a set of parameters when it cannot see the MAF

That is if your MAF is the problem.
 






Well I also tried to see if the plugs are sparking and it doesnt look like they are because i just hooked them into the coil/book combination with the sparkplug and tried to turn it over and no spark.
 






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