Re: Off Topic....Need advice for ford pickup

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: Undo the back of the cat and see if the problem goes away. The cat may 
have fallen apart and clogged the muffler. (I have a '90 E350 van that 16 
mechanics couldn't figure that out on so I got it cheap!)


From: oconner_us@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Off Topic....Need advice for ford pickup
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My boss has a 1990 Ford F-150 with 6 cylinder and auto tranny. He started 
having problems with it losing power and it started really going through the 
gas. He took it to a muffler shop and had the catalytic convertor changed 
(it was plugged). That improved the power a little but was still 
underpowered and horrible on gas milage. He took it to the ford dealer and 
they screwed around with it for a week and replaced an oxygen sensor and 
said that was the best they could get it. We tried it for 3 days and it 
wasn't much better than it had been so he took it back to the dealer.
They screwed around with it for about a month, replaced the sensor again, 
replaced the computer, replaced the ignition coil and through a whole bunch 
of other parts at it and after all that they called him today and said to 
come get it cause they were giving up. From what I understand the fuel 
injectors are slamming wide open at all times. At one point they had that 
fixed but it was still not runn8ing right and under powered and the computer 
codes were saying the timing was off. They checked the timing and said it is 
right on (that is why they replaced the computer, they thought it was faulty 
and sending false signals).
Now it is right back to the condition it was in when he first took it to 
them (and to top it off they want him to pay for the parts but none of the 
parts they put in it fixed the problem). Does anyone have any ideas? At this 
point he just wants to get it fixed so he can sell it (and hopefully not end 
up losing any more money on it). Thanks for any advice.

Jamie Smith
oconner51@xxxxxxxxxxx