Help with my 1996 Ford Windstar

Take that puppy to Autozone or Advance Auto and get it coded for FREE, Return with the codes--The Medic

Allrighty Then---Ya gotta give us more to go on in the beginning! We really like detail (Kinda might speed things up) Even if I cannot answer you, someone else might pop in, and the more info the better. Rewind Give us some historical facts about what happened to get you into a shop. When did this present issue come along? Or was this the beginning problem? How was it when you left the shop? Have you been back there for Fixage?---I know this much so far, your 2 codes indicate INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER STUCK OPEN on Banks 1 and 2. Your turn---The Medic

Roger, Like I said I may not do you any good. But I will try. Others with more experience may pop in and assist also. I have a friend who came over, he says he knows some about this problem. On the drivers side of the engine, beneath the intake, there is linkage that looks sorta like throttle linkage. This linkage actuates the Intake Runners. They kinda work like the throttle plates in a carburetor. Several things could make them get stuck. Carbon inside the passages of the intake (best thing to do for that, is to take off the intake and clean it really good. The Intake Manifold Runner Control motor could be stuck (I think you replaced that?). And he says there are little plastic clips on the linkage that get brittle and break, then the linkage flops free and controls nothing. He also says that if the EGR gets stuck open, it could send the same codes, and run rough (He says insure that there is not constant vacuum at the EGR, he saw someone routed "Manifold Vacuum" to it on a vehicle once when they replaced hoses incorrectly). If this helps you, Thank "CHET", I'm just his translator this evening (Chet uses a lot of adjectives in his sentences, I must censor his lingo, before hunting and pecking it in!)----The Medic