garycrist

Automobiles are a "Crap Shoot". You may even use loaded dice and slide them too, but in the end they can bite you with some out of the blue problem. Something like a rod bolt breaking or a piston skirt crack, real out of the blue unforeseen failures. Buy it, enjoy it and don't worry about it. (215,000 miles on our 08 with only minor maintenance and OE belts ).

I'll guess bad battery for $500. (HINT HINT) When I lived in California and worked on all makes, sometimes it was tough to take me seriously when I told some of my clients their carburetors ran out of oil!

@Waldoyou want to know "How is an engine not running harder on it than running?","Cold starts are hard on an engine, but the auto stop start won't let it turn off when it's still cold." Did you ever think about that little turbo still spinning it's little heart out while the engine is off? How about the heat-soak of the oil in the Turbo that is still spinning (no oil pressure any longer) coking -up. One will NEVER recover $$$ from gasoline savings from "Auto Stop Start" vs the shortened lifetime of the 2 turbochargers!

Have someone do an Ozone treatment.

Every car I've put shocks on, always felt better and drove nicer.Steins are a preimium high pressure gas shock like some of the KYB Gas Adjust or Konis. So the only performance shock for us are Bilsteins. You will love them too. The high pressure gas mono tube shocks, smooth out over springed vehicles.

Thank You @FordGuy309 for helping the next person that as a washer problem. Once more buying junk parts from Amazon is a BIG CRAP SHOOT that might work errr most of the times...

If you have rear washer and no front, then the front squirters are probably plugged up and it"s time to get a new pair.

I have one of those too.(08) They had a funky shift learning curve. Changing from 1 driver as primary, to another driver will cause it fits. Have you tried a battery disconnect on it yet?

That looks marvelous! Great job!!!

I cussed it today and everyday! I have driven stick shifts from 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 and a 15 speed road ranger. So my gripe? I hate the rotary dial in the ST, when I go to slap the shifter like in the 08 edge!🙃

Look-up "Baking Headlight in an Oven". The heat helps deglue(?) them.

It depends where the tires were made even within the same MFG. and tire type. Some of the countries have JUNK rubber compounds and make a tire that will never give the rated miles. By the time the CLOWNS at the tire store get finished screwing the client with a tire adjustment, one would have been better not going there at all! That is why they sell warranties with tires. Like the guy in the commercial says, "You can pay me now and you can pay me later".

Hello @Jay From SA. from TEXAS!

Where in AZ did you live? I moved from Prescott to Dallas '98.

I wondered how long it would take to realize Chinese spyware is in our Cars... https://fordauthority.com/2024/09/lincoln-nautilus-would-be-banned-under-proposed-rule/

What took them so long to do what everyone else is doing?

I have the ST logo lights and we love them!

What weight fluid goes into the PTU and RDU a 22 ST?

Thank you @BMWR1200c for the problem and it's solution! It will help others in the future..🙂

It sounds like multiple problems chasing you around. I would check the alternator ground. I've seen where the coatings on an alternator, will mess with the electrical system. Also, check the engine ground to body too. Simple jumper wires will suffice. If you have a multi-meter put it inline with the jumper wire in DC range and see if a voltage is present. (voltage indicated a bad ground) Do that for both the alternator and engine grounds. Also check the Battery cables clean if necessary. Next see if the power side of the fan and lights are on the same circuit (same fuse). If not then check for a common ground on the fan/lights. (If common ground, then it is back to the engine /alternator). GL 73

I used KYBs for our 2008.

Is that the fuel tank, as I've not been under one like that? That isn't a purge valve for the fuel evaparotive emission system?

I am not going to get into a keyboard war. I would suggest one read up on the Shrader Valve. For the longest time all of the service port covers were made of metal. Some like GM, had a rubber seal on the High Side port cap. Fords and Chrysler products had brass.. I am sure that the seat material is probably Teflon based rather than Nitrile as in the past, thus requiring fewer replacements. I used to replace them on all my A/C services to reduce the probility of a come-backs due to less than a dollars worth of parts. I guess that A/C service has changed since Ford Certified me in Heating and Air Conditioning...

Hate to say it but, Shraders wear out. The primary seal is the cap! YIKES $621 for two bucks of Shraders and A/C service? Check your 1st. bill for a refrigerant charge. If so, then when it was recharged during the first service (alternator), one might argue the point.

It appears they are holding the speed more closely than before. That would make sense for blending with autonomous driven cars, like "BlueCruise.