Ok guys heres the story so please bare with me here... I really need help and opinions... Since the day i bought this car (1998 svt contour 50k when purchased) i've had two cels... p0172 and p0175... i know what they are and have since spent no joke about 2k in parts and some labor in tryin to fix this problem... i only passed the last two inspections/emmisions out of luck... Ok so i've now replaced everything u can think of... My friend that works on my car when i dont feel like doing the work my self talked to some friends at ford and all of them think it could be some bug in the computer or something... Now new from ford i believe these to be like 2g's so i really dont wanna do this unless i know its the problem... BTW car runs great and i've been driving it for alittle over a year now trouble free... I've put a good 17k on it i'd say since i bought it, it does city driving fine and i've even drove it 1100 miles one way with no problems acouple of times... i drive it about 500 miles a week with no problems... btw my gas milage on highway seems alittle lower then what i've read here... btw i never put anything but 93 in the tank... I figured i'd ask one more time here and maybe get somemore ideas... Below is a list of things i've replaced... im prolly gunna forget some cuz this list just keeps on growing and growing day by day... If this problem isnt fixed by next inspection im trading the car in cuz i ant dealin with this every year tryin to get it to pass...
- just put a brand new stright from ford maf on the car... finally thought i found the problem but once again wasnt it
- new air filter
- new fuel filter
- new plugs gapped correctly
- new plug wires
- cleaned and put new gaskets on both the upper and lower intake manifolds
- new pcv valve i think it was called... been awhile sorry
- new fuel pressure regulator
- new o rings on all injectors... thought maybe one was leaking but nope
- all 4 brand new o2 sensors
- cant find any vac leaks have looked 100 times
- fuel pressure has been checked and looked ok so no need for a new pump
- new alt non related
- new belts non related
- new water pump non related
i think thats all i can remember for now i'll add to this if i think of more... please any help here would be great as i could use all opinions cuz im at the end of my rope with this cel problem... i love the car and it runs great but in pa this just is a headake every year and not worth it anymore unless i can fix it...
thanks
jason
