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    2004 Lincoln LS gas smell

    lots of things going on here. where is the car from? this may even happen near the ocean. pin hole leaks in fuel filler neck. it may be rotted at the bottom. I have spare good boot, in that case, I want money for that boot if parting with it. you may have to contact 30 junk yards, parts...
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    ROUGH IDLE UNTIL FULLY WARM

    I thought about fuel injection, pull power wires, see if it mattered. I will try to turn it off when cold but do not think it will recover.
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    ROUGH IDLE UNTIL FULLY WARM

    the pump was replaced, a ways into the cars life, it does not have any issues with power, noise, sputtering, stalling, cutting out, has plenty of power under load, up hills. what about vacuum leaks?
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    ROUGH IDLE UNTIL FULLY WARM

    the fuel pump was replace a while ago would have too look at mileage but probably replaced at 50-60k original miles. i replaced the filter very recently.
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    ROUGH IDLE UNTIL FULLY WARM

    hello, there are no codes that I am aware of. I have a basic code reader, there is no check engine light, no strange fuel consumption. running premium, does not matter for warm up.
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    ROUGH IDLE UNTIL FULLY WARM

    Hello thanks for the info. Do you think this will entail replacing both throttle body and intake gaskets at the end of the process to rule these out? It seems like the procedure you mention above is prep for the new gaskets? It looks like the new gaskets have a paper piece and o rings for...
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    ROUGH IDLE UNTIL FULLY WARM

    Have replace many tune up items like coils, plugs, v cover gaskets, upper timing chains, new denso premium o2 sensors seem to be a bit smoother idling and driving when warm. car starts in all temps, has power, no bog, no oil consumption, now loss of power. when cold it has a rough idle. after...
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    Shocks and Struts 2001 LS

    sway bar bushings are a pia. use a real long extension from the top, do not take everthing out of the front. extensions, if needed do harbor freight, u will not use them much but they will last a while. I got a greasable one that was urethane, greased 2x in so man years as the access is...
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    Shocks and Struts 2001 LS

    re this, did mine 8 years ago. ball joint junk, original struts, junk, sway bar bush junk. recently had to replace rear lower control arms though at 160, you may blow those off unit noise. frankly I like the monroes as I do not want a stiff ride, oe spectrum. i notice NO DIFFERENCE since...
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    Gen1 LS AC Blows Hot On Passenger Side Went Through Threads

    Hello, hopefully ppl will not need to go that level to get ac. I get the idea. My system had a faulty datc,when replaced with a good one, the problem almost went away. I can surmise at this point the dccv is likely working properly. Initially I even changed out the dccv for a new one, got...
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    Gen1 LS AC Blows Hot On Passenger Side Went Through Threads

    funny everyone says it is this, after second datc, first one had condition issues, the dccv seems to be stopping coolant flow with ac on. ac is very cold, do not have to use coolant clamps. only did for diagnostics. someone said it could be a fet on the board. dont assume every time it blows...
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    2002 LS V8 Part For Sale, Shocks and Cooling System Parts

    found monroe struts have been pretty good on my car and had thicker mounting tubes. they where oe spectrum whatever. do not care if some dont like, maybe fomoco changes after 2000.
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    Fluid Clamp For One Side LS Heater Core

    Can a fluild clamp be used, maybe near the fire wall, for one side of the heater core hoses to stop coolant flow the the passenger side? Likely temporary measure. Would this damage anything in the system? Would put on flexible part of heater hose. DCCV sending hot coolant due to possible...
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    Gen1 LS AC Blows Hot On Passenger Side Went Through Threads

    it is a 2000 with a 3.9 engine. I have max heat both sides, doubt any blockages unless it is causing the high heat? did you read my post, this is my second dccv with exactly the same syptoms. i noted the low voltage on one side of the coil, likely coming from the datc. details above. the...
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    Gen1 LS AC Blows Hot On Passenger Side Went Through Threads

    AC blows hot on passenger side. Have done extensive work on this. On second DCCV. First was aftermarket, second may be bosch do not know. The vendor replaced the part. Get that there are problems with some aftermarkets. The 1st one did not have any residue in chambers. This is doing the...
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    Lincoln LS Rocker Panel Moulding Retainer Push Washers

    Am looking for the part numbers, some sort of link to the push washers for the LS rocker panel mouldings behind the Passanger (or drivers) side front wheel wells. There appears to be 2 different sizes that are very specific to the hole in the body, head to retain the trim piece. One goes on...
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    Gen 1 LS Climate control on full heat most of the time

    2000 lincoln ls with replaced dccv last summer. That unit was at the end of its life when removed. The car is in the upper mid west vis miami so this issue may be more noticeable in spring here. Last summer there where cronic problems with the climate control randomly blasting hot air into...
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    2000 gen 1 parasite battery drain

    followed TSB 05-22-9, which is overly complicated. The only part of this procedure I can do is the fuse test. i do not have the scl or other firmware testing equipment for modules. followed the fuse removal test from the back dist box, to the one under the kick panel then the front. the...
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    2000 gen 1 parasite battery drain

    There is an aftermarket radio that has 2 power leads within inline fuses. I did disconnect them, the are the memory for the radio. the radio has been in the car for years, did not cause this. was driving it more regularly. now disconnected. I have no other aftermarket. the car has been...
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    2000 gen 1 parasite battery drain

    Ok, so far alternator positive disconnected it is at .07 still. that appears to be just a hair over the .050, nice if it was at .025. there is some complicated procedure listed online for this, TSB 02-9-5, looks like it involves testers, who knows what. Anything that may come to mind that...
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