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Rasheed Barnett Posted on Mar 10, 2018
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Third cylinder head can't get the car to run right push on the gas & the car stumbles there is no power check eng. says cam sensor bad changed it problem continues does this mean this head is bad

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it means that the cam shft timing is not correct and is retarded
get the workshop manual as there are specific ways to set the timing in relation to the cam shaft advance mechanism

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 29, 2008

SOURCE: This car is unsolve able ???????

Hi, This Might have nothing to do with your problem, but you have nothing to loose by the sounds of it, the breather pipe from the bottom of the sump (behind the starter motor) to the top of the rocker box, mine was clogged up with slug like greese causing sencer problems and giving false information to the computer. (running rought) you got nothink to loose, try it.

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anwar alkhaldi

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  • Posted on Mar 14, 2009

SOURCE: 1998 Chevy s10 4 cylinder running rough

1- check there is spark come from spark wires
2- check the fire timing by looking for every wire in the right place
3- check there is injector signl
4- check for any vacuom leak
5- try to clean the MAF by brake and parts cleaner
6- try to reset all the code and see what will come after that

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 16, 2009

SOURCE: skipping while accelerating

What engine do you have? 4 or 6 cylinder? If you can find the distributer cap on your 6 cylinder tribute, then you don't have a 6 cylinder. They are only coil on plug, so no dist cap. coil on each cylinder. try moving the coil from cylinder #1 to another cylinder and see if the problem follows, if it does, then replace that coil. If not, then there is something wrong with cylinder number one or the wiring that runs the coil or the injector. On an 01 V6 tribute I worked on forever before finding a broken wire at the ECM that ran the ground side of the coil. It would occasionally make contact and the car would run ok, but then other times it wouldn't make contact at all and the car would stumble and stutter and usually stall. Try moving the coil around first. Ford dealers sell the replacement pigtail to repair the ECM connection if neccessary. You need to be very specific when you ask for it. It's a little tiny wire lead and it's like $10-$15, but it's the only way you can fix a computer wiring harness.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 26, 2009

SOURCE: how do i change cylinder head sensor and where is it located

if you know engine fairly well the sensor should be pretty easy to spot it will be coming out of the cylinder head and have a wire attached to it although I haven't done much work on those models I wasn't aware they had that type of sensor are you sure your not looking for the temp sending unit? if so you will need to look on the intake manifold or near the water pump either way you may consider buying the sensor first then matching it with the wire/wires coming into it then simply unplug that sensor and unscrew (standard threads) make sure to properly seal the threads on the new one tighten to spec (be careful not to over tighten this component more than likely will thread into aluminum threads) better to be to loose and have to be tightened again than to have to replace a major component

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 10, 2009

SOURCE: Car stumbles,hesitates,loses power on Hwy, randomly

Did you check earth connection of electric system?

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