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Mike_Schriber
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Aug 03, 2015

Unusual pinging issue (2005 Ford three valve V10)

I've been having a persistent and unusual pinging issue that just got worse on a recent trip. Typically, it would ping totally at random at or near full throttle, usually when going up a big hill. ...
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Mike_Schriber
Explorer
Sep 14, 2015
I just used the spray cleaner. Easy and quick.

westend wrote:
Thanks for your update. BTW, how did you clean the MAF? I'm thinking I may need to do that.

FWIW, I discovered fluid in the manifold valley on my modular 5.4 when doing a recent alternator swap. It looked like oil but a rag disclosed that most of it was water with only a film of oil. I filed under "almost forget".

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