raydav
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2001 E350 cutaway
Last weekend we went to the Hot Rod Reunion. It takes place mostly at Fomosa drag strip, but the Friday evening event is in Bakersfield. Bakersfield is about 150 miles from home.
Friday evening, we were in Bakersfield, had made a few stops, and were heading for the evening event. I leaned on it up an on ramp, it started to pull, and then went to mush. It felt like I lost half the engine, and I had a check engine light.
We limped to the event, found a good street light at the back of a parking light. I shut off the engine, plugged in the laptop, cleared the fault log, and started the engine to get a fresh fault list. The engine ran normal, and there was no check engine light. So I shut of the engine and ran an engine off check, them started and ran an engine on check. Both checked OK.
So I figured a computer glitch which a reboot fixed. I put it in reverse, it backed OK. I put it in drive, and the engine stopped. I did that three times.
I swapped the power train controller and all was well. We drove out to Fomosa, moved the vehicle several times, and on Sunday headed home. We got up the mountains fine, and just past the top, on level ground, had a repeat of Friday evening.
I remembered Friday evening, was concerned that something was blowing power train controllers, and was afraid that if I stopped it might not move forward. So we limped about fifty miles to a Pilot Station.
I parked, shut off, and restarted. It ran OK and no check engine light. It also moved forward OK. I recalled from Friday evening when I cleared the fault log there was a vague "injector fault noted". So I swapped the injector driver. We then drove the fifty miles home without incident.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Last weekend we went to the Hot Rod Reunion. It takes place mostly at Fomosa drag strip, but the Friday evening event is in Bakersfield. Bakersfield is about 150 miles from home.
Friday evening, we were in Bakersfield, had made a few stops, and were heading for the evening event. I leaned on it up an on ramp, it started to pull, and then went to mush. It felt like I lost half the engine, and I had a check engine light.
We limped to the event, found a good street light at the back of a parking light. I shut off the engine, plugged in the laptop, cleared the fault log, and started the engine to get a fresh fault list. The engine ran normal, and there was no check engine light. So I shut of the engine and ran an engine off check, them started and ran an engine on check. Both checked OK.
So I figured a computer glitch which a reboot fixed. I put it in reverse, it backed OK. I put it in drive, and the engine stopped. I did that three times.
I swapped the power train controller and all was well. We drove out to Fomosa, moved the vehicle several times, and on Sunday headed home. We got up the mountains fine, and just past the top, on level ground, had a repeat of Friday evening.
I remembered Friday evening, was concerned that something was blowing power train controllers, and was afraid that if I stopped it might not move forward. So we limped about fifty miles to a Pilot Station.
I parked, shut off, and restarted. It ran OK and no check engine light. It also moved forward OK. I recalled from Friday evening when I cleared the fault log there was a vague "injector fault noted". So I swapped the injector driver. We then drove the fifty miles home without incident.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?