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[dangerranger83]

Like I'm going to keep my foot out of it lol. But I am hoping for better mileage. If I can get 15mpg I'll be psyched about that.

In other news on the escape, I called them and they said they should be able to do something about it and will have the sales guy who sold it to me call me back when he gets to work. Btw the sales guy was great, nothing bad I can say about him and I told them that. So now it's a waiting game for a phone call.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Lol I feel you on that! I'm sure you'll love it! Better get a explorer 8.8 ready to be put in! You're probably gonna blow the one up lol


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[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Sucks about that escape! What's the cause?


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[bronco2fan]

Good to see it's on and running. I like the hand held data read and input. Sounds real good for first start up. How long from install to running? Waiting to hear more on any real gains or problems. Nice though.

 

[dangerranger83]

Install to running, 6 hours.

The escape has a P0351 code, COP coil number one which they replaced and it's faulty. In still waiting for a phone call.

 

[dangerranger83]

I got texted by the dealer/sales guy and he said that he won't be about to find out till tomorrow on if anything can be done with the escape, I'm praying for a yes.

In other news, the install video on what I used/did is here. I'm an average joe so the video isn't the best but better then nothing.

https://youtu.be/u8AN2EW53eU

 

[Ford78]

How are unliking the Fitect so far? Driven it much? Really thinking of getting one myself now.

 

[dangerranger83]

I haven't had time to drive my truck yet. Got my escape fixed again, hopefully it stays that way. I plan on driving it this coming week.

 

[dangerranger83]

Update on the Ford escape:

Bad: left it at the dealers over night and when the tech guy went out to start it this morning the miss was back. So they have diagnosed it to be the ECM is faulty.

Good: because it was preexisting condition, they will be fixing it for free but the earliest time to squeeze it in to have the ECM changed and what not will be next Friday.

Yes I can get it back today but it will be driven as little as humanly possible, emergency/short trips only.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Damn that's shitty! Sorry to hear that bud.


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[dangerranger83]

It's getting fixed so all good news.

On my way home the miss went away and the a/c started working again. I'm still going to have the pcm replaced, this is an intermittent problem that will come back.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Yep sounds like a bad short going to or coming from the ecm.


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[dangerranger83]

Well went out to test the truck, adjusted the warm up idle to be at 1000rpm and test when to have the efan turn on.

Well after idling awhile I hit the gas and it back fired causing the engine to die, TB to have a nice slow fire to it. Got it put out and started back up.

So to fix that I assume I should advance the timing a couple degrees, had somewhat the same issue with the carb. I'm at 10tdc.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

I was always told to set it by ear. Where it sounds the smoothest and advance it another degree. Idk how true that is but my truck likes it.


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[dangerranger83]

I set mine when it had the carb but now with this is a whole new can of worms. I also have a mustang cam in mine and I'm told they like to be up in the timing.