2000 Taurus SE FFV
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From: Fairbanks Alaska
2000 Taurus SE FFV
Hey guys, Ive been struggling with this 2000 Taurus SE that I bought for my girlfriend about 6 Months ago. Picked the car up for $3,800 with about 1,000 miles short of 100,000 on it. Looking up the CarFax shows that it used to be a rental (go figures, all the small things that are going wrong with it)
It is the 2000 3.0 Flex Fuel model, ive fixed multiple issue with it already and want to see if I can work out a few major issue that its having. Unfortunately no amount of google searching seems to bring up any useful information with either pictures or anything.
First thing that bothers me with this car is that the brakes are clearly not being vacuum assisted like they are supposed to be. Stopping the car require quite a bit of foot pressure to bring it to a halt. There is not intermediate stopping, slowing to a gradual stop, it seems to be you are either stop a bit, or you are stopped! I can see part of the Power Brake Booster, something that on my F-150 is in plain sight but on a little car like this is a pain to get to. Anyone have a recommendation on how to check to see if this is the issue... if so, how do you check that vacuum hose that goes to the Power Brake Booster?
My other issue is a check engine light (Code P1413) which read something about the secondary air intake being low. Secondary to me would not mean the main air intake, but intake boot to engine was very loose. I took that off and tightened it on there the right way.
The way I have been resetting the engine code is to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery for about 5-10 minutes. The code goes away for a bit but then comes back on after about 30-40 minutes of driving. One source said that this is likely due to an Air Pump that is designed to reduce tailpipe emissions, being faulty or not hooked up correctly, anyone have some insight into this?
I am concerned with both equally, however her car is due to IM technically tomorrow. I was hoping to be able to go in for the IM knowing that the computer wont throw any codes and that all vacuum lines and pumps are working correctly.
Thanks for any help in advance, all help at this point would be a god send.
It is the 2000 3.0 Flex Fuel model, ive fixed multiple issue with it already and want to see if I can work out a few major issue that its having. Unfortunately no amount of google searching seems to bring up any useful information with either pictures or anything.
First thing that bothers me with this car is that the brakes are clearly not being vacuum assisted like they are supposed to be. Stopping the car require quite a bit of foot pressure to bring it to a halt. There is not intermediate stopping, slowing to a gradual stop, it seems to be you are either stop a bit, or you are stopped! I can see part of the Power Brake Booster, something that on my F-150 is in plain sight but on a little car like this is a pain to get to. Anyone have a recommendation on how to check to see if this is the issue... if so, how do you check that vacuum hose that goes to the Power Brake Booster?
My other issue is a check engine light (Code P1413) which read something about the secondary air intake being low. Secondary to me would not mean the main air intake, but intake boot to engine was very loose. I took that off and tightened it on there the right way.
The way I have been resetting the engine code is to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery for about 5-10 minutes. The code goes away for a bit but then comes back on after about 30-40 minutes of driving. One source said that this is likely due to an Air Pump that is designed to reduce tailpipe emissions, being faulty or not hooked up correctly, anyone have some insight into this?
I am concerned with both equally, however her car is due to IM technically tomorrow. I was hoping to be able to go in for the IM knowing that the computer wont throw any codes and that all vacuum lines and pumps are working correctly.
Thanks for any help in advance, all help at this point would be a god send.