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PATS System 2006 Crown Victoria

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:38:53 +0000

I own a 2006 crown vic and tge code b1600 (pats) came on. Idk how exactly it was caused, but i do know that the one key i have for the car is old and the black chip on the top where the transponder is supposed to be is rotted away. I dont want to go to the ford dealership to fix the issue because they will charge an arm and a leg. Are there any other budget friendly options?

2008 CV P71 with fire suppression, need advice on catalytic converter issues

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 01:46:05 +0000

Have a 2008 Crown Vic P71 with the fire suppression package. The check engine light is on and I'm in NY. My mechanic says the cat's are bad and I can't seem to find NY compliant cat's that have the fire suppression rating. Anyone have some advice? Thanks very much, John

Intakes ford

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:42:01 +0000

Any sources for factory intakes 2004 2011. C vic.

Crown Vic pulling a pop up camper (approx 3000 lbs)

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:54:06 +0000

Anyone pull a pop up camper with a Crown Victoria? There is a good deal on a 2006 with leather and the sport pkg I found, and was wondering if it could pull a pop up. I am sure the engine is up to it, but not sure of the frame and transmission. Pop up is alittle less than 3000 lbs.

1989 grand marquis map sensor

Mon, 20 May 2024 21:57:45 +0000

I am trying to do my map sensor in hooes to get a better idle and stop the odd stalls at idle. Before i start the job can anyone help me with sctually locating it? Im going in blind and theres nothing on the internet that helps. Other than i know its on the intake manifold. Am i taking the plenum off and getting down into the head ir can i access it an easier way?

2008-2011 STAP Panther Order Guides?

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 21:05:35 +0000

I am trying to gather some information about build information on the last few model years of Town Cars and Grand Marquis. Specifically looking for the order guides for the 2008-2011 Grand Marquis and Town Car. Luckily, ice-capades has posted the Crown Victoria ones, thanks for that. If any of you have the PDFs of them would you mind sharing them here or by message? I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you and Happy New Year.

-Nick

Last 2 NYC Crown Vic cabs to be retired.

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:25:24 +0000

https://www.thedrive.com/news/nycs-last-two-crown-vic-taxi-cabs-are-living-on-borrowed-time

What to look for in a P71

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:29:53 +0000

OK you P71 experts, what are the known problem areas on the P71 to look for when shopping a used CV.

Years considered are 2003 or newer.

Some areas I've heard about: Frame, cracks & rust, (2003s) Wheels, bad welds, rust (2003s). Front end suspension ware (110K miles?). Fuel Pumps?

Anything else?

Thanks,

2000 Ford Crown Vic Upgrades

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 07:26:21 +0000

Hey all Andy here. I purchased a 2000 Crown Vic with the 4.6l I am curious if there are any "basic" performance upgrades I could do to get a little more giddy up out of it and does anyone recommend anything besides basic maintenance? The car has 155k. Also does anyone know what engines are swappable with this car (asking for a friend haha)? I am open to any ideas. The car will be fun for my girlfriend and I to tweak and upgrade. Thanks for any info!

Mustang Based Crown Vic

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 19:12:22 +0000

New Ford Crown Victoria Render: Here's Why A Long-Wheelbase, 4-Door 2024 Ford Mustang Could Work (msn.com)

Fob receiver

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 09:31:01 +0000

On 2004 grand marquis can someone tell me where it is and has anyone extended a a antenna to it to give a better receiver range?

Replacement seat covers

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:42:53 +0000

Looked everywhere for a set of factory seat covers but was not able to find any. I found a used set on Craigslist with no rips. Two trips through the washer and a new seat back foam and now it is looks and feels great. The old foam was worn out and torn do the lumbar support dug into my back.

Hole in door under bodyside molding

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:52:32 +0000

I scraped my 2010 Grand Marquis against a concrete parking garage pilar. Some scratches to the paint and bodyside moldings. Nothing serious but I took it to the dealer to have the scratches fixed and the molding replaced. Well, the door moldings fell off and while I was looking at the back door (passenger side) I noticed a hole, covered by a flexible, vinyl like substance, body colored. This couldn't possibly be a factory hole, could it? I am wondering why the factory would drill a hole through the back door sheet metal and cover it with a vinyl thingy. I am thinking the body shop drilled the hole and then covered it, painted it and then put the molding over it. Seems bizarre. Can anyone help? I bought the car new.

New member Very confused please help.

Sat, 14 Mar 2020 17:31:13 +0000

after running the car for 40 min I shut it off, the car had 47 psi on the rail and after 5 min it lost 11 psi them after 15 min it lost 15 psi more is this normal? I puled off vacuum to the pressure regulator and plugged the hose when it was running with no increase from 39 psi but some days now it is 53 psi I thought when I pull vacuum it should go up 5 to 10 psi. I run - -6 and -9 ltr shorts look good oscillate +-2 in 2 seconds only code now p1300 and ox sensor unit not ready and same with evap scanner says ready individual pid for selecting these says these are not ready but if I hit the i/m button it says they are good.. I use a launch melinuem 90pro also it says short term b1-s1 meadings move and b2-s1 but b1-s2 and b2-s2 are locked on +98%, map is 4.568, maf .0349 b/s at 2400 rpm

2004 grand marquis

P2106 Throttle issue

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 02:50:14 +0000

Hey all, I’m new here, just was curious if anyone has encountered this before. Here goes. My buddy drives a 2006 CVPI. At highway speed, the maintenance wrench light will illuminate and engine speed becomes limited to 2500 rpm or less. Once the vehicle has been turned off and restarted, the light is gone and it’s out of limp mode. It has had a brand new throttle body installed to no avail. I can read signal from throttle position sensor and accelerator position sensor on my scan tool. Signal is consistent and within spec. I don’t think it has a mechanical issue. I’ve read that perhaps the PCM needs to be reprogrammed. Does anyone have any experience with something like this? Thanks.

keyless entry??

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:22:35 +0000

Hi all, we bought another 03 Grand Marquis GS. this one doesn't have the keyless entry and FOB system. You actually have to use the key???? anyway, we would like to have one installed. I checked with the dealer and the kit has bee discontinued.....

anyone with a suggestion????

thanks, bill

Anybody still running a CNG Crown Vic?

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:18:23 +0000

Had a few 03's for a short while in the fleet but does anyone here still have one? The tanks are probably expired by now on most of them.

Spiderdw

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:30:05 +0000

EATC blows out defrost only.
replaced EATC same problem.
ordered 2nd EATC ( both dorman rebuilds)

same problem.
run jumper tube from black to other ports manually and it changes fine.
checked vacuum at black port and it has 20 psi vacuum. Shut car off and it held at 20 psi vacuum.
run jumper hose from black port to vac pin on EATC and checked the other pins for vacuum.
no vacuum anywhere regardless of position on EATC.
is this a 2nd bad rebuild or am I missing something ?

Loose Steering

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:24:10 +0000

I just acquired my father in laws 1999 Grand Marquis with 150K on the clock. The steering is loose and will abruptly wander either left or right. The tie rods appear tight and the idler arm has been replaced. I tightened the steering, but it went from loose sloppy to tight sloppy. Is the steering box bad?

Police CV Engine Differences?

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:07:32 +0000

Does anyone know what the differences are in the engine power of the police CV version versus the civilian CV performance & handling package version?

The police version has 250 hp @ 5000 rpm and 297 lbft of torque at 4000 rpm.

The civlan version has 239 hp @ 4750 rpm and 276 lbft of torque at 4000 rpm.

What accounts for the higher horsepower and torque of the police version?

Which Watts rears will fit a Ford SVO Mustang (Foxbody)?

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 15:56:28 +0000

I've always read the SVO rear had the same rear track as the 98-04 Crown Vic so it occurred to me that an entire 1998-2004 Crown Vic Watts rear could be installed into the SVO. This solves several problems for those upgrading these old classics. Does anyone know why this can't happen?

timing belts and engine wear

Fri, 17 May 2019 03:02:07 +0000

I bought a 2011 Crown Vic with 300k miles 12 mos ago and I'm wondering how to approach servicing the timing belt. I know very little of it's past maintenance records other than what I've done with it this past year. Basically I'm wondering if I should go ahead and attempt to replace it now, or wait til something starts to go wrong. I don't know how timing belts typically go bad...if they just break or start to stretch or what. If this is an interference engine I'm imagining a fairly bad event so I'd like to get educated and be pro active about it.

Second...Scotty Kilmer teaches that the worst wear an engine sees after changing the oil is before the oil gets pumped back into the filter and then into the engine components during the first engine restart. But he says if you disable the ignition spark somehow when cranking for the first time again, the lack of combustion in the cylinders helps with reducing this kind of wear quite a bit. I don't have an owner's manual and I'm not sure what fuse to pull to disable combustion ignition, or if removing a fuse would be the best way to do this. Any opinions on how this should be done?

Problem w/ intermittent defrost a/c

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 05:37:34 +0000

Have a '11 Crown Vic with 290k miles and I've been having a problem with the windows fogging up all the way around. The defrost seems to be working about half the time. On humid rainy days it'll work for say a half hour keeping the windows clear, then the windows will fog hard for 10-15 mins. And then it might decide to start working again, back and forth it goes. When I started it just now the compressor clutch turns when the a/c is turned on, although I haven't had a chance to observe it when the windows are fogging.

A secondary problem it has is that it only blows air through the vents on the front of the dash, straight out into the cabin. The air flows only very weak out the defrost vent at the windshield or the floor. It does this on all settings. Although this might contribute somewhat to the problem, it seems like the a/c does completely cut out as the windows will still fog hard with the a/c set to on and on full fan. When it cuts off the air in the cabin feels immediately humid. One that that helps somewhat is to turn the temp toward cooler and it seems to not fog as much and gives it a chance to maybe clear the fog some.

I'm sure it's not my heater core leaking as I just had to replace it a few months back.

Any idea what's causing this or what I should do to start testing?

Diffs, TB plates, sway bars and zerks

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:20:12 +0000

Got a few questions here so thought I'd ask them all at once.

Have a '11 Vic base model and the local shop just did an evaluation telling me all the stuff that needs looked over...

1 - REAR DIFF FLUID DIRTY - I've changed out rear diff fluid once before on my Cherokee with the Chrysler 8.25 axle. Is doing this with the Vic about the same procedure?...Take off the diff cover and catch the fluid...drain and spray out diff with brake cleaner...clean the mating surface and replace plate with new gasket, then pump new diff fluid in the hole, then plug with stopper? It's a simple procedure on the Jeep. I'm just wondering if there's any hiccups I need to be warned about before getting into it.

2 - DIRTY THROTTLE PLATE - Can I clean this using a solvent and tooth brush leaving the TB on or should I take the whole thing off to make sure nothing gets into the engine. What solvent to use?

3 - LOOSE LEFT FRONT SWAY BAR - I've got some looseness in the steering and wondering if this could be causing it. Any tricks or advice to changing this out?

4 - ZERKS - There's lots of zerks on my Jeep to be attended to every year but I'm not so sure about the Vic since I'm just getting to know the car. What zerks does the Vic have I need to be aware of and greasing?

Need to rethread a plug hole from a blown plug

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 07:43:28 +0000

Bought an '11 Vic with the 4.6L back in June and a few months back I tried to change out the plugs. All came out ok except for cyl 4 which only cranked out 1/4 turn. Had a shop take it out and they said they had to redo the threads. I've seen videos where you can remove a stuck plug by drilling into it somehow, but because this was in the 4 position and hard to get to I'm guessing they just power cranked it out. Not sure but I'm guessing those threads are compromised now.

Well, this past weekend that same plug blew out of cyl 4. Inspection reveals a coil and boot jammed up underneath the fuel rail and a plug that I fished out without any turning. When I go to install a new plug it just sits on top of the threads and turns without going in. So I guess what's happened is that the plug rotated most of the way out but when it got to the last couple threads the compression blew it out the rest of the way, and that it's just the top few threads in the hole that are damaged. Inspection of the plug reveals that most of the threads are intact except for the 2-3 that are closest to the element.

So my question is...should I try to fix this myself or just take it to a shop? Some kind of tap tool would probably fix it, but since it's the beginning threads that are boogered it'd probably have to start from the inside of the cylinder. I really don't have a clue as to how to approach this.