Thanks for posting this, after doing an oil change on my Windstar, I saw that those rods were disconnected. I happened to watch your video only days before, so I knew what they did, and how to fix them, thank you!
Thank you, I have to fix my car with RU-vid videos because 99% of the time when I go to the mechanic my car have more and more problems lol,I a mechanic charged my pcv valve but he broke my egr pipe and now this problem too, is crazy. Thank you for the video
@vipermech A bit late but he's not selling the tune-up as a fix but as a needed service that hasn't been done in the 95k miles of ownership and since the engine is being torn into already might as well get it done. Then coil itself is the a fix for half the vehicles problems, the vacuum valves for the mirc codes, and a tune-up for normal maintenance and better operation with all the other parts/labor already done.
The coil packs on these vehicles are a high failure rate item. Anytime you have misfires you should remove the coil pack and inspect the plastic case for cracks. If you find any replace the coil pack.
@@ufartface You can try, but part of the reason why they crack is most likely that over time heat deforms the coils inside and they expand. I wouldn't mess around. You should just change the coil pack. Remember when these coil packs go bad they can cause misfires and misfires can destroy the catalytic converters.
My coil pack failed and both IMRC's eventually started to leak vacuum and failed on my Windstar. Ford must put junk parts on these Windstars because I saw all kinds of failures not related to maintenance. I had to pay $128 plus tax for each IMRC at the dealer. I am surprised that so many people had trouble with the IMRC plastic clips because I saw no problems with these clips but my Windstar only had about 50K miles on it when all of these failures occurred. The Ford Windstar is a major money pit.
Good video but my concern would be selling a tune up to the customer then going back and telling him it needs a coil pack. I alway's check spark first on missfire codes.
I have a 2000 winstar 3.8 emgine shakes but engine is ok is mot misfires or something like that I think is unbalance can I delet balancer shaft or maybe srmonic balancer wheel? Thank you
did you use a paperclip or metal scraper to get the carbon deposits out of the EGR ports? sounds like i heard some metal grinding when you first started the car shouldn't scrape metal on metal like that, use a pipe cleaner but hey this is all just advice fellas you can do whatever the FUCK you wanna do
sabastian71113 when a car throws a code or several codes, the service engine light will come on, therefore you can deduce that the owner brought the car in because the service engine light was on.
COWL fix spelling at earliest con ven ience. I have this van., Very informative and silly little parts actually do stuff. Had no idea. Have had this off for coolant bypass tube. Stupid cheap pipes.
These failures occur on ALL Windstars with the 3.8 engine and he only talked about the bad coil pack and IMRC. There are plenty of other issues on these vehicles.
It will not run right. The computer assumes these butterflies are working, and when it discovers they're not (because you've disconnected it) the computer will not just trigger a fault code but try to compensate and it will probably do so with less or more fuel, my thoughts would be less, thus less power. Probably when you most need it too. Likely will run rough as well. I once owned a Dodge Diplomat with the Lean Burn electronically controlled carb, it was nothing but problems. I would repair one thing, and soon after discover I had another problem. Eventually I solved all if it by installing a quad carb and distributor thus eliminating 90% of the problems, and cleaning up my wire looms in the process. That was a 1986 car. You can't do that so easily with modern engines.
