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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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2003 f150 Lightning vibrating

Hello guys....i found that an extreme vibrate on my 2003 lightning yesterday morning,so brought it to the garage to see whats goin on.they told me that the problem could be from the valve lifters....it runs about 50k, any ideas?

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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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we need moe info!!

what kind of noises do you hear?

is there a particular area of noise or vibration?

when does it vibrate? driving/ideling/revving?
 
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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Well,it vibrates while idling,driving,revving..brought it to the garage and told me that it has no compression at 2,3 and 4 cylinders...i change the spark plugs,coil but still the same....what it could b with only 50k miles?????
 
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 06:18 PM
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does it have decent power? or is it real sluggish?
 
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 02:06 AM
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yes it has decent power
 
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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then Find another shop, where are you located?
 
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 10:04 PM
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If that shop said it has "no compression" on 3 cylinders, it won't run well at all and will definitely be down on power. So if yours runs well - as previously suggested, find another shop!

PS: It's not likely it's a lifter problem.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 01:42 AM
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Well, i brought it to the ford garage to find out,so they checked again,and it was no compression as what that guy said...they opened the cylinder heads, so found leak on the 3 valves,i had an estimate of valve spring components, but unforunately they dont have parts, so where can i find new set, or better to get a new cylinder heads....!
 
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