I take my truck to the local Ford dealership for routine maintenance because I don’t have the time or patience to do the work myself. About two weeks ago I took my truck to have the plugs changed out, the fuel filter replaced and a few other small things done.
After I got it back I parked it in the garage for a few days because of weather before I had the chance to drive it. A few days later when I had the chance to drive it the SES light came on with a code indicating “Bank 1 Lean”. I used the search button and learned that that is normally a vacuum line problem. I looked around under the hood and found one of the lines on the intake off so that fixed that problem and cleared the SES light with my Predator.
A few more days go by and I have the chance to drive the truck again and this time when I put the truck in drive, it starts to shutter. I’m thinking that with all of the temperature changes that I just got some condensation in the tank so I try to drive through the problem, but I make sure that I stay out of boost. After a few miles of driving the problem smoothes out and everything seems fine. A couple more days go by and I get the chance to drive the truck again to work. When I get in the truck for lunch it starts the shuttering thing again when I put it in gear. Now I’m like “WTF”? So I go back to the trusty “Search” button and much to my dismay I see multiple posts about launched plugs and bad coil packs.
So today I get under the hood and find the back coil pack on the passenger’s side loose to the touch and the back two coil packs on the driver’s side loose. Now I’m mad because I realize that the mechanic that worked on my truck did a half a$$ job. I called the dealership and they told me to bring it in on Monday and they would “make it right”.
I drove almost 350 miles with these loose, but only had the symptoms twice. What I need to know is what type of damage this may have caused. What should I have them check for? Any advice, suggestions or ideas of what to look for will greatly be appreciated.
After I got it back I parked it in the garage for a few days because of weather before I had the chance to drive it. A few days later when I had the chance to drive it the SES light came on with a code indicating “Bank 1 Lean”. I used the search button and learned that that is normally a vacuum line problem. I looked around under the hood and found one of the lines on the intake off so that fixed that problem and cleared the SES light with my Predator.
A few more days go by and I have the chance to drive the truck again and this time when I put the truck in drive, it starts to shutter. I’m thinking that with all of the temperature changes that I just got some condensation in the tank so I try to drive through the problem, but I make sure that I stay out of boost. After a few miles of driving the problem smoothes out and everything seems fine. A couple more days go by and I get the chance to drive the truck again to work. When I get in the truck for lunch it starts the shuttering thing again when I put it in gear. Now I’m like “WTF”? So I go back to the trusty “Search” button and much to my dismay I see multiple posts about launched plugs and bad coil packs.
So today I get under the hood and find the back coil pack on the passenger’s side loose to the touch and the back two coil packs on the driver’s side loose. Now I’m mad because I realize that the mechanic that worked on my truck did a half a$$ job. I called the dealership and they told me to bring it in on Monday and they would “make it right”.
I drove almost 350 miles with these loose, but only had the symptoms twice. What I need to know is what type of damage this may have caused. What should I have them check for? Any advice, suggestions or ideas of what to look for will greatly be appreciated.
