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Anonymous Posted on Aug 02, 2014

My 1996 ford taurus runs rough after engine heat up.

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RALilja

Richard Lilja

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  • Posted on Dec 03, 2008

SOURCE: 1999 Ford Taurus mechanical problem

Hello,
your problem appears to be the idle control motor located on the air intake manifold it is a small motor that goes bad quite often. Other items that can cause this is a bad /clogged air filter or a tune up (spark plugs and wires), or clogged fuel injectors. to clean the injectors you can buy a container of fuel system cleaner and pour it into the gas tank and as you drive it cleans the system.

Once the fuel system is cleaned via a tankful of cleaner & gas then the idle controller motor would be next on the list to be replaced.

Good Luck !
Rich Lilja

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 10, 2009

SOURCE: 1996 Ford Windstar engine runs rough

DIS ignition, no distributor to " get in there " with....

burchettauto

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  • Posted on Nov 12, 2009

SOURCE: 2002 Ford Taurus V6 DOHC engine is running rough.

I would suggest replacing the coil pack. Thanks and good luck with your repair.

ZJLimited

ZJ Limited

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  • Posted on Feb 18, 2010

SOURCE: where is the oil sending unit on a 1996 ford

On 3.0L OHV engines, the oil pressure sensor is located on the left side of the engine block above the flywheel. On 3.0L DOHC engines the sensor is located on the left side of the engine block above the oil filter. On 3.4L DOHC engines the sensor is screwed into the oil filter adapter. The oil pressure sensor operates the oil pressure warning lamp.

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Fig. 1: Location of the oil pressure sensor-3.0L OHV engines


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Fig. 3. The oil pressure sensor-3.0L OHV engine

Hope help with this (remember rated this help). Good luck.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 19, 2012

SOURCE: 2003 Ford Taurus cylinder misfire #1 and #5 code

Had a similar issue with a 2003 ford taurus. Error codes of p305 misfire on cylinder 5 and first 1000 rotations. It did not smell like eggs. Rough/vibrating idle and lacking power at times.

Replaced spark plugs and wires. On the mine a 2003, I needed to remove the upper intake manifold, i believe it is called. Note not to pull out tubes on bottom when you life. This was to get at the rear spark plugs. 10mm 8mm 7mm and a flat head screw drive is all it took o and about 4 hours, im no mechanic : P I also used a splash of seafoam on the EGR valve and replaced the seal. I was impatient so i didnt soak it like I had read.

Anyways, turns out one of the spark plug wire boots had burnt. Also, 2 were severely corroded. This seems to be the solution, a basic tune up i guess.

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