Have you scanned for DTC's?

 

I fired it up to go get the codes scanned, but now it's back to the horrible idle/zero power problem again.

So it was not oil level, not EGR, and not ICP. I am really hoping not to have to get it towed, but it seems thats all that I can do.

Any other ideas?

 

They just towed it away to the dealer in Reno. ;-(. I will update when I know what went wrong.

 

Sorry to hear it needed a tow. Please let us know exactly what they find, what action they took and what got replaced.

 

The truck is at the Reno Ford dealer. When it showed up they said it was idling fine. Great, this is going to be fun. Luckily I took some video of the bad idle. Hopefully this helps them diagnose the problem.

Here are the videos:
http://www.vimeo.com/6332892
http://www.vimeo.com/6332710

 

Sounds like there's an injector that's hammering pretty hard.

 

Shouldn't that be covered under the 100k powertrain warranty ?

Hmmm, maybe even emissions warranty since it will pollute runnnig like that !

good luck !

 

I'm bettin' its the FICM....did the batteries die on you lately? Either one or both? Mine was doing the same thing until they replaced the FICM.

 

Batteries didn't die lately, they have been fine.

Initial look from the tech is:

- Bad IPR
- Likely bad wiring harness

Dealer is very busy. It appears the dealer only does stuff you ask them to do directly. It's not like they are proactive and check typical stuff if the truck 'feels' ok and does not throw any codes. I expect them to do a fine job, but I want to make sure everything has been looked at. My question is this: Should I ask them to check any other things directly and/or insist on fixing some TSB's?

 

If the tech has looked at it, then most likely he's run diagnostics which would tell him what DTC's are indicated...which should be relayed to you. Some can be emmissions related, in which case....(some , not all) dealers will waive the deductible. He should be telling you something more like Bad IPR...DTC ??

 

Just to follow up on this, bad fuel pump. fixed under warranty.

 

Good to hear.. so it is the fuel conditioning unit?