2001 Ford Taurus

DANPER0809

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2001 FORD TAURUS

Shakes or Wobbles problem
2001 Ford Taurus Two Wheel Drive Automatic 152000 miles

car still shacking after new wires spark plugs and new coil any ideas

Sunday, October 17th, 2010 AT 8:14 PM

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BLUELIGHTNIN6

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Is check engine light on? If so what code(s) are present?

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Sunday, October 17th, 2010 AT 8:16 PM

DANPER0809

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Is not on at the moment it comes on when it wants to

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Sunday, October 17th, 2010 AT 10:14 PM

BLUELIGHTNIN6

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May be fuel restriction, when was last time fuel filter was replaced?

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Monday, October 18th, 2010 AT 3:34 PM

DANPER0809

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The check engine comes on flashing on and off sometimes
Then car shakes really bad but when I turn it off check engine light leaves

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Monday, October 18th, 2010 AT 7:26 PM

BLUELIGHTNIN6

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Yeah flashing engine light usually doesn't help but you could try and retrieve trouble codes anyway with scan tool, if you don't have tool most local auto part stores will do a scan for free.

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Monday, October 18th, 2010 AT 7:27 PM

DANPER0809

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The code was p301
Cylinder 1 misfire I've changed coil wires spark plugs and fuel filter air filter and added injector cleaner

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Monday, October 18th, 2010 AT 9:26 PM

BLUELIGHTNIN6

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The fuel injector for cylinder 1 may be sticking, injector cleaner does not always clean them out completely. You will need to test the spray pattern of that injector or you can just swap it to another cylinder and see if that cylinder begins to misfire.

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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 AT 8:14 PM