1998 Ford F150 Engine Pinging

163,000 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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SILENTBOB8096
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I have driven the truck approximately 10k miles since I got it. Since day 1 the truck has ran great, however had a light pinging at WOT on steep hills. Since then, the pinging has become alot worse. I gave it a tune up, and ran 5 tanks of premium with fuel injector cleaner. I had the truck scanned and came up with code p0303(misfire cyl 3), p0171(bank 1 lean), p0174(bank 2 lean) and p0401(insufficient egr flow). So I cleaned the EGR valve, checked the dpfe sensor which seemed to be within specs, and cleaned the air sensors inside the intake tube. Reset the codes and the only one it is throwing now is p0401. I have heard replacing the EGR valve sometimes won't make the code go away, so where should I start?
May 11, 2010 at 11:34 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Recheck the EGR system and also test the knock sensor
May 11, 2010 at 11:53 AM
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SILENTBOB8096
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[quote:8930d70317="rasmataz"]Recheck the EGR system and also test the knock sensor[/quote:8930d70317]
What do you mean by recheck the EGR system? Just do everything over again or is there another part or step I am missing? And how do I test the knock sensor?
May 11, 2010 at 7:35 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Ford products are very typical on these code/s P0171/P0174 indicating a bad EGR-DPFE sensor-check it again and also try cleaning the MAF sensor with an approved cleaner.
May 11, 2010 at 8:51 PM
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