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To: brianl703
Oh and the engine light's been on for several months..

It still seemed to drive ok.

Other that it leaked out all it's power steering fluid. It pulls to the right and if I don't add fluid, it goes "thunkthunkthunk" and EEEEEEEEE.

And the ABS light keeps going on and off...

142 posted on 11/29/2004 5:11:17 PM PST by 2Jedismom (o\UU/o)
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To: 2Jedismom

The engine light will likely be due to losing the vehicle speed signal when fuse 8 blows. Once the cause of that fuse blowing is fixed, the engine light should go off withing a couple of stop/start cycles.

You need to figure out where the power steering fluid is leaking. It could be something as simple as a loose hose clamp or a rotted hose.

The ABS light is also probably likely due to fuse 8. These vehicles use something Ford calls a "PSOM", a "programmable speedometer/odometer" module that takes input from the ABS wheel speed sensors and converts it into a vehicle speed signal. That PSOM module gets power from fuse 8.

You've got to wonder what the hell the engineers at Ford were thinking when they put these important things on the same circuit as the courtesy lamps and the radio!!!! Actually the courtesy lamps are OK, but the radio?

All it takes is some teenager with a Wal-Mart stereo, wire cutters and duct tape to blow fuse 8 and the whole vehicle runs like crap.


169 posted on 11/29/2004 5:52:20 PM PST by brianl703 (Border crossing is a misdemeanor. So is drunk driving. Which do we have more checkpoints for?)
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