Turkey day engine light

[antonio fuller]

Well last night some one in a mustang wanted to play king of the road last night and I had to show him not only is my ls prettier than his stang its the lead of the pack tonight in doing do I got the cat up to around 120 and a coil went out on me for sure flashing engine light and vibration from value misfire. I had made my point anyway so I let off the gas and enjoyed the rest of my ride home.
This morning I go to the dealership but before that just for ****s and giggles I stop and get the light checked from AutoZone its on tge way I was told buy them it was a misfire on number 7. I went on to the dealership and had it ran. It came up as misfire on number 6 and that that the intake was clogged
I posted this one to prove my point on AutoZone reading codes (never trust) and to advise that a misfire isn't always fixed with a change of coil intake play a part in the flow also just back to simple basic gas air spark from now on all will be taken into consideration I will have intake and fuel injection blasted

 

[Telco]

How was your intake clogged?

 

[lincolnelite]

so who won? do you really trust what the dealership told you? even though the guy at the parts store is a noob he's just reading what's in the scanner.

 

[cobey]

so who won? do you really trust what the dealership told you? even though the guy at the parts store is a noob he's just reading what's in the scanner.

+1

When I go to autozone, I give them my license and hook it up to the car myself and it gives me the code, then I listen to their advice and then come here for the right answer before I buy anything. The guy at the dealership, while he works with Lincolns more, also possibly works on commission, which means that he stands to gain from having you make unnecessary repairs. Autozone guy is paid an hourly wage. He is reading the OBD II code reader, which while it is generic and not ford specific, is also a free (or at least relatively inexpensive) service to at least give you a general idea of what you are dealing with. Autozone guy puts the code into their computer with the specifics of your car (make, model, engine ect) and reads than info to you. If you don't trust autozone, then more power to you, but they are probably only slightly less trustworthy than the dealership in my eyes

 

[LS4me]

+1

When I go to autozone, I give them my license and hook it up to the car myself and it gives me the code, then I listen to their advice and then come here for the right answer before I buy anything. The guy at the dealership, while he works with Lincolns more, also possibly works on commission, which means that he stands to gain from having you make unnecessary repairs. Autozone guy is paid an hourly wage. He is reading the OBD II code reader, which while it is generic and not ford specific, is also a free (or at least relatively inexpensive) service to at least give you a general idea of what you are dealing with. Autozone guy puts the code into their computer with the specifics of your car (make, model, engine ect) and reads than info to you. If you don't trust autozone, then more power to you, but they are probably only slightly less trustworthy than the dealership in my eyes

Dealer mechanics, like most other mechanics, work on book time..... Not commission.

 

[antonio fuller]

so who won? do you really trust what the dealership told you? even though the guy at the parts store is a noob he's just reading what's in the scanner.

The LS won it wasn't a cobra or nothing like I'm sure he had no idea what kinda car I was driving people just under estimate the power of the Lincoln and I have to give them something to talk about (it was a red sadan I think a BMW or something like that , just flew right by me) I don't trust anything from the dealer but what comes up on the diagnostic and I use my prior experience and come up with a idea of my own to pour money into my dollar my idea

 

[antonio fuller]

How was your intake clogged?

Intake throttle body air flow I do think over time can get dirty

 

[antonio fuller]

+1

When I go to autozone, I give them my license and hook it up to the car myself and it gives me the code, then I listen to their advice and then come here for the right answer before I buy anything. The guy at the dealership, while he works with Lincolns more, also possibly works on commission, which means that he stands to gain from having you make unnecessary repairs. Autozone guy is paid an hourly wage. He is reading the OBD II code reader, which while it is generic and not ford specific, is also a free (or at least relatively inexpensive) service to at least give you a general idea of what you are dealing with. Autozone guy puts the code into their computer with the specifics of your car (make, model, engine ect) and reads than info to you. If you don't trust autozone, then more power to you, but they are probably only slightly less trustworthy than the dealership in my eyes

First and most important the parts at AutoZone is just not a good match with the LS and even with a good warranty and no how I'm just not interested in replacing things over again
Second the Lincoln LS is not like most cars and easy to get reg advice for another car on a LS that leaves you in a nightmare. The dealship at this point has the same problem not even a lot of the Lincolns at the dealership or like a LS and of you get a young mechanic that hasn't been with the Lincoln dealership long you could find yourself getting the same wasted air from them also. I'm a cleverly try and pick the dudes brain and take that in consideration also