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Tiny
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I had that problem in a 88 Corvette. The problem was a bad fuel injector.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:42 PM (Merged)
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2005 Ford Escape 4 cyl Four Wheel Drive 21000 miles

WHILE DRIVING O/D LIGHT IS FLASHING AND CHK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PROBLEM IS
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:42 PM (Merged)
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Need to have it scanned for codes. The OD light may be causing the check engine light or vice-versa. The codes should help lead to the fix for both though
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:42 PM (Merged)
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SHASHASHELBYYY
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I drove my car with the gas light on until it stopped moving, I continued to turn it on and drive it until it would stop moving again. I did this until it would no longer move when I turned it on and put it in drive. I put $15 worth of gas in and got a quarter tank. I began driving it and it started to chug. The check engine light then came on and it is flashing. I checked my oil level and it is normal, the car was completely serviced less than a month ago. I am about to go to AutoZone and have them look at it, they suggested some sort of cleaner. They said the problem may be that a hose or pipe (not sure) was clogged causing me to lose fuel pressure. (This assessment was based off of a phone call) I have also been hearing that there is air in some hose or pipe. Please help! What do I need to do?
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Amazing. The fuel pump is cooled by the fuel in the tank. Ford has had enough of a problem that they designed their fuel gauges to read "empty" when there's still quite a bit of fuel in the tank. That's to get you to buy more fuel before it gets low enough to allow the pump to overheat. To keep expecting the vehicle to run with no fuel is not understandable, but most likely the pump motor has been damaged. There is no air in the lines. That bleeds out automatically while you're driving.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Well yeah definitely not understandable to expect the car to continue to run without fuel but I was desperate. Ya know, broke college student attending a college that costs $60,000 to attend for a single year. I went to autozone and they ran the check engine light codes and it came up that the 5th cylinder was misfiring. They sent me off with a bottle of fuel injector cleaner and told me to drive it for 100 miles and if the check engine light did not go off then I should return to them because it would most likely be a spark plug or one other thing. Now what you said. Pump motor. How much do you see that potentially costing me?
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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Sorry that I'm out of time due to a dying 'puter battery. I'll be back as soon as possible.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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If the engine is running now, we can forget the fuel pump unless other problems develop later. For a single cylinder misfire, park plugs and wires are good suspects, and Fords have a lot of trouble with ignition coils on those engines that use individual ones for each cylinder. An easy way to identify a bad coil is to swap two of them, then see if the misfire code switches to a different cylinder.

Ford doesn't have much trouble with injectors, and those cleaners rarely solve an existing problem. They're better for general maintenance. If you DO suspect an injector problem, you can do the same thing as with the ignition coils. Switch them between two cylinders, erase the misfire code, then drive it and see if a code sets for the same cylinder or the other one.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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Our check engine light just came on. We just bought it at 73,000 lies and are paying way to much. Now we had the problum with the airbag light and they fixed it at the dealer it took two days and a new wire and ya. Now we have the check engine light on. We would really be very greatful all the feedback we get thank you.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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If the Check engine light is on, go to an auto parts store and ask them to help you read the error code. It should help you get a better idea of what is wrong and if it is something that you can fix yourself.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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DAVE H
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I agree with wesalauzen get the codes and repost with the fault codes so we can assist further
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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I washed my engine with a pressure washer. The engine light came on and it backfired and ran rough until it dried out a few days later. Sometimes when it rains and the car is sitting outside, it does the same thing. If I am driving and it starts to rain, it runs fine.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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If you haven't learned this lesson already, let me advise you. You should NEVER, EVER was an engine with water. There are way too may sensitive modules that can be damaged these days. Your vehicle has a coil on plug system and you likely got water down under the coils. You may have to remove the coils and get it good and dried out and hope nothing is permanently damaged. A blow dryer will be helpful.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Thanks for the reply. How about using WD40? I used it on Distributors in the past. It displaces water.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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Yes, WD40 would be OK for residual moisture but if the spark plug tubes are full of water, that will have to be blown out after the coil is removed.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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NTSWANA K. JONATHANS
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Why does the engine light come on after working on the alternator? The alternator quit working and it was repaired by changing the regulator, after that the engine light came on and eventually the alternator quit again within few hours.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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It may be coincidence scan for codes and check fuel pressure with a gauge to see what is wrong.
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-fuel-system-pressure-and-regulator
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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Runs fine unless it has been raining. I know that might sound weird but after a hard rain, the vehicle will shake and the check engine light will start flashing. Do you know what might be causing this?
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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We have no engine size so I will generalize.

Plugs/coils get wet and cause this condition.

If you have a v-6 you will need to replace all 6 plugs, coils and ford reccomends replacing pcm as well. There is a tsb for this issue

Roy
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:43 PM (Merged)
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MICHAEL.WINSLOW
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2006 Ford Escape. Engine stays on
because of problem with gas cap seal? Should I take to a dearler?
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 AT 11:36 AM (Merged)

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