Re: Check Engine Light 1996 Windstar 3.8

> At 95,000 mile the check engine light came on the subject van. The

> > guy at the parts store read the codes and indicated cylinder 4 - > > misfire. I proceeded to change the wires and spark plugs as it is > > almost time for the 100K tune up. I reset the codes and the car ran > > fine! Nice and smooth! Problem solved? I wish!!! My wife drove > > the car about 30 miles on the highway and the light came on again. I > > took it to the parts store and I got two codes (EGR - malfunction and > > cylinder 4 - misfire). I inspected all the vacuum hoses to the EGR > > valve and determined that the EGR (original equipment) must be bad. > > So I replaced the EGR and reset the codes. I added fuel injection > > cleaner to a full tank of gas and hoped that the problem was solved. > > Again the thing ran really well after resetting the computer and I > > thought the problem was solved. WRONG! My wife took it our on the > > highway and low and behold the light is on. I have not read the > > codes as of yet and I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions. > > Since you tried the standard plug and wire fix I would bet the injector on > cylinder 4 is on it's way out. The way OBD II works a misfire needs to only > happen once for it to set a code. The injector is probably working fairly > well but on occasion fails, setting a code. A misfire MAY cause an > emissions code to be set also, but most emissions codes take two drive > cycles to set. Do you know what the codes were? It's going to be a pain > but you will most likely need to test that injector. > >
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