Can any of you guys in good old US! help. I fell in love with the lightning and have just taken ownership,have only done 150 miles and it is running on 6 or 7 cylinders when hot. as we dont have a ford dealership in the uk that covers my dream truck.I am realy stuck without your help

 

I just did a search on yahoo for "ford uk" and got all sorts of links for owners clubs, places that service and dealers. I would check it! Good luck!

 

welcome to the boards
what mods do you have? i had the same problem but thats only cuz i tapped into a coil pack wire and it shorted out.

 

I have not done any mods yet,is only 24hrs old and cannot show off due to the miss fire!!!!

 

check engine light on?

 

It most likely a coil pac.

Can't any UK Ford dealer work on it for you?

 

if this will be any help but I would at least disconnect the negative(assuming your L is 'negative' grounded?) battery cable. With the cable off, turn the head light switch 'on' for 5 minutes. Of course nothing will happen but this will 'drain' the computer quickly. Then turn the h/l switch off and reconnect the cable. Maybe the PCM is 'confused'? This will reset it.

Also, look for radiator coolant leaks above the right bank of cylinders--near the rear of the engine. Some have had a leak to ground out one or more of the coil packs.

Someone will have an answer, I'm sure. Btw, do you guys still walk through the woods with red coats and white breeches on?

Dan

 

no engine light on,ever thing okay till it gets hot. then it starts to miss fire, even on tick over it pops,if you floor it it goes wild!!!!!

 

the problem is most likely due to having your stearing wheal on the right side of your truck and driving on the left side of the road, thats got to kill a few cylinders right there

j/k,, good luck to you, i hope you find what you are looking for and you live to drive around the L with a smile on your face for years to come.

~Toast

 

grgreves,
Are you running premium gas? If you are running premium, then it Sounds like a bad plug! I had one go on my 01 with 80 miles on the odo. Do a search on plugs. You will find all sorts of info on them here. If you have installation questions, just post.

By the way! It will not be a 1/2 hour job and make sure to torque them down to spec. Some here have had to have a new head installed because of loose plugs. When the plug blows out the head, it takes the threads out with it. Best of luck!

 

is this water leak a common problem???? we also like sheep

 

Tell you wot lads when i get this fixed im gona kick some *** on all these wipy cars here in the uk!!!!!!!!

 

make sure you get a loud cat bak or muffler so that they can hear it and get all scared before you kick their bloody canutes out of the streat Sheap?? finally i think i've met someone as nuts as me. Way back in the day when i was in grade school i had a hunch our history teacher didn't read any of the papers we turned in,, so i wrote my world history paper on the history of sheap trade in great britten ( big time spoof ) wish i still had it, i could have used you as a source ( by the way,, got an A and proved my point )

 

Bloody Hell Man! just call the "low loader" and load her up. Whatever you do you know better that to open the "bonnet" in public, right????? J/k

Welcome and WE hope you get it figured out, you'll bloody well enjoy it............JR

 

Hope you get your misfire situation sorted soon. I get palipitations when I see how quickly I go through a full tank of 'petrol'. I couldn't imagine paying the equivalent of over $5.00US PER GALLON! That's got to hurt. Being from Coventry and still having lots of family there, I visit quite regularly. I'm wondering how the Lightning does on the narrow streets?