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I'm tired of having this stupid Contour in my drive. It's making my truck look bad because they are both Fords, and this thing is still sitting here. I ran a scan at idle in my garage both unloaded and loaded (a/c on, lights on, high beams on, in D, hazards on, brakes lights on, turned the steering wheel back and forth). Tell me what this stupid scan of it is telling me... pretty please 
Now, before you say anything about the TPS reading 20%, I did change it out last summer, but the new one read the same. It also read 0% when unhooked so the wire is ok. I don't know why, but Ford has it set up so there is tension on it from the throttle when bolted down, it's not set up to read 0% when you're not touching the gas. I do remember my friend having to set his TPS at .7v way back when, but that was in the days right after OBD-2 came out, and his car was not OBD-2, so I thought maybe it's this strange thing Ford did that carried over. My scan tool is one of the generic ELM-327 version 1.2a that I got on ebay that was sent over from Hong Kong (paid $5, plus $20 shipping). I am using ProScan v5.4 because if I run 5.6, it says that my adapter is not a genuine compatible scan interface, so 5.4 it is. Give me some thoughts of this scan if you would, kind sirs. TYIA.
Now, before you say anything about the TPS reading 20%, I did change it out last summer, but the new one read the same. It also read 0% when unhooked so the wire is ok. I don't know why, but Ford has it set up so there is tension on it from the throttle when bolted down, it's not set up to read 0% when you're not touching the gas. I do remember my friend having to set his TPS at .7v way back when, but that was in the days right after OBD-2 came out, and his car was not OBD-2, so I thought maybe it's this strange thing Ford did that carried over. My scan tool is one of the generic ELM-327 version 1.2a that I got on ebay that was sent over from Hong Kong (paid $5, plus $20 shipping). I am using ProScan v5.4 because if I run 5.6, it says that my adapter is not a genuine compatible scan interface, so 5.4 it is. Give me some thoughts of this scan if you would, kind sirs. TYIA.
J/k man. The stupid thing surges at idle at times, and it will also like to stall out when you stop. Honestly, I hate the car and wish I didn't have to look at it, but the guy considers me a "Miracle worker" with what I've done with other cars he knows of that I've worked on. The only advantage I have is most of the people I know have 60*v6s (or at least GM vehicles), I'm observant and think logically when it comes to troubleshooting, and I make good use of my internet connection when I am stumped, lol. One webpage said it might be the exhaust came phaser (ZTEC), so I retimed it. No dice. One Contour forums (I know, what's this world coming to?!) a bunch of people had gotten a new under hood engine wiring harness for $150 because Ford was having a bunch of problems with the harnesses in the Contours due to the temps underhood, causing insulation to flake off and causing shorts. Well I went to the local dealer and there is no way I am going to suggest to these people that they pay the $1k for the one harness or $1.5k for the other harness depending on the engineering tag on it. That's just stupid and the car isn't worth doing that to. I've cleaned the MAF for the heck of it, even though it was clean. Plugs and wires are ok, timing is ok, I found a sticker saying Ford replaced the PCM before... I'm at a loss with this stupid thing, but he said to "look at it when you have time", so it's been at the bottom of my list of things to do, hence why it's still here.
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