2011edgese

Thanks for the feedback. Doing some reading, that's pretty much what I came across. Pretty normal on these cars. And even the uneven wear can be considered some what normal. But in my car, very uneven. Lol. When I did twist the caliper to push it back to make room for the pad, it did glide back normally. But I did noticed a slight more resistant feel to it compared to the other side. Very slight thou. That might explain the wear. I did bleed the rear brakes and the fluid came out normal. A little on the slight dark side but not black like shine that I've changed. But now the brakes do feel so much better. And so far I haven't gotten my rims covered in brake dust like before. Both wheels have a very slight dust coating after a weeks of driving. Before the driver side would get coated with a nice thick layer or brake dust within 4 days of driving. So I think they are fine now.

Lol. Just bored. Browsing thru the site. But really. .. It's purring nicely. I almost got tempted to give it a deeper cleaner with the teflon safe tb cleaner this morning. But is running so good, why fix something that's not broken. And with my luck. .. I'll ruin something.

got lucky. I did that too at first just to get the wd deep with the key. Didn't fix mines. But I managed to get it going.

Update! My car throttle body caught fire. Don't know why! I was just driving and it stated to sputter like if the throttle was being tapped fast on and off. The I heard a crack with a squeal. Then my idle was non existent! Next thing I knew, the inside cabin started to smell like burning metal! I jumped out and open the hood and low and behold. ............. my throttle body was spring flames! And the butterfly flap was spinning 360 like the freaking exorcist girl! What the hell! All I could do was grab my cheap 50 cent bottle of water from my center console and rushed to spill itb in the throat of the throttle bottle! I'm telling you! I couldn't get the water to come out fast! I jugged it up and down while I called on the Holy Spirit to expel the demon from it! I prayed and prayed while I threw the water and commanded the evil spirit to release the throttle body! I said. .. " begone wretched demon! Go to the depts of hell where you came from! I command you to tell me you name demon! " then. .. silence. The fire was gone. Thanks Ford. Your freaking tephlon special coating is garbage! NOTE from moderator: This was not a real incident. There was no fire. And this was not funny.

Does it void the warranty? And his much more hp can you gain?

Ohhh! Wow.... That's cheap if it's just the tb.I wonder if you got a discount on it or is that the full price. Also definitely let us know how the car runs afterwards I am dying to find out now

Lol. That's 73 must be labor then. Any difference in how the car run or idles?

Good question. I always wondered myself.

I'm in the same boat. Love this car a lot. But even the newer years have some issues people are going back to the dealer. This might be my first and last Ford.

So the transmis4sion feel completely different? How long did they keep the car? I get scared of them drilling a hole to get a ball bearing out.you know how people say that once a new tranny Greys opened up, it leaks earlier. Btw... Does the tranny get pulled out completely?

Lol. You must be a Ford tech.

oh yeah.. injectors do, you can get fooled by that.remember the older engine, with the valve caps?I remember those engines having the pic and when you adjust the properly it's bootleg butter, so I see why people get a little bit scared on this car when a beer that text. There is no caps on the doll so it's something else and that t_s_b those explain a problem so everyone just have to keep an eye on it

But isn't it kinda funny that most customers that go to dealers end up hating dealers? Not only just ford but every other dealer out there. Could it be because they tend to not take responsibility for warranty job and they push the people away and wait until the warranty expires and then instantly give you a diagnosis with the price. But if its under warranty then don't worry go home its normal. people call them Steelers instead of dealers for a reason

well if we use that logic, then we should not buy anything because Ford doesn't know what we are buying. So we can't buy car wash soap cause we might ruin the paint, we can't my brake cleaner because we will ruin the brakes, we can't buy interior conditioner for the seats because we might ruin the seats, we can't buy tires because it doesn't know what kind of this and we're going to ruin the car. In other words we can't buy nothing for the car we paid for because we're going to ruin it. Really, we can read and there's safe products out there that will get rid of the carbon buildup without removing the protective coating. am i right or am I being a bad customer.

that's a healthy tb. If mines was like that, I would have not touched it. Mines had a dark ring on the plate edge. Sticky. And a trail of oil running from the pvc to the plate. So I had to clean it. Just looked awful! And it was impeding performance!

I suspect mines was never touched. But yeah. . Good idea Oh the tooth brush

Ok... From reading lots on this topic. Looks like avoid using any scrubbing utensils. And you can use special coat safe tb cleaner. I used a very soft toothbrush on the edge of the flap. And used it gently. So hopefully my coat is still there. Lol. Car is running so much smoother though. So im please. Knock on faken wood!

I wonder if there's any truth to this. I would love to get a Ford engineer to give the best explanation why we should not even use safe coat tb spray. Could it be as simple as "let them run it filthy til it failsñ then we charge. "

Found this on another forum. Made me laugh. Lol http://m.f150forum.com/showthread.php?t=94197&styleid=20 "Just get a can of TB cleaner and an old toot brush and clean away. Ford doesn't want you to clean the TB so they can sell you a new one. They do have a coating on them that helps minimize the carbon buildup so get something safe for coated throttle bodies. Usually a good idea to pull the negative battery cable while your doing it so the PCM can account for any changes the cleaning caused."

Well I did some reading. There's different opinions on cleaning Ford only throttle bodies. Some people say to not clean them. And others say it's perfectly fine to clean then with efi throttle body cleaners. But everyone says to not clean then with carb cleaners or brake cleaners since that will strip off the Teflon like coating. One tech said he had cleaned many special coated throttle bodies with efi throttle body cleaner and never had a failure. But the keylike Llike to stay away from using cleaners other than efi throttle body cleaners and avoud using hard bristle brushes. Lol. I used a very soft brittle toothbrush, only on the ridge I'd the flap. So from my own experience, this helped a lot. But. ... I'll keep a eye on the throttle body and see if it builds carbon deposits faster. Apparently that's what the special coating does, prevent deposits from collecting.

that's crazy! You should have seen the oil inside the boot and inside the butterfly flap. Just saturated. Im aware of the protective coating on the throttle body. I used the efi throttle body cleaning and just sprayed it and wiped it clean. On the flap.. I used a very soft tooth brush brittle and gently scrubbed it. And very gently. Then rewiped and put everything back together. So far. .. It's been a very noticeable different! It feels a lot more responsive and idles smoothly. It's very fun to drive. Lol. Love the stock sound from the exhaust is just right. .. Not loud or dim. Just a smooth rumble. But I wonder what the dealer would do to clean the oil off the both and throttle body, I sure they would use something. I doubt they would ignore it and leave the oily mess inside and say they serviced it. Id be pissed I'd they didn't clean it if I payed them to service it. But yeah. .. use the right cleaner! Don't go crazy and use carburetor or brake cleaner! That I would suspected would eat everything inside. Also. .. I didn't go crazy and sprayed it at full force from the can. I let it barely mist out and then wiped it with new soft cotton rags. I used the tooth brush to get the rim of the flap, that's because the efi throttle cleaner wasn't cutting the grime off. So I had to use it. And again. . Very gently. I personally think it really helped the idle and responsiveness. So again. .. user the proper spray cans. Not brake cleaner!

funny you mention this. I noticed instantly after I cleaned it that the car was too responsive. Like I barely touch. . The padel.. And it wants to take off. A feather woulds make it move! Now after driving it. . It feels more natural. So I suspect you are correct, it's relearning. I'm going to put a full tank of had and see if I gained any mpgs.

Don't bother trying. Jb Jay don't have the framework. but that's what I suspected , you must be on kitkat.

I took it out again yesterday. and sprayed the death out of it again with MAF cleaner.lol. Could be placebo. But I swear. ... After servicing and changing the air filter. . Car is more responsive. and another thing I noticed last night, I can hold rpm at 1500 steady, that's something I could not do before always fluctuate above or below but never steady.

must be the OS. I'm all on jb. R u on kitkat?