WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST COST EFFICIENT WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS MATTER? WHEN I DRIVE, IT SOUNDS LIKE A ROD IS GOING TO BREAK OR LIKE I NEED OIL. THE CAR ALSO STARTS SMOKING AND RUNNING HOT. MY TEMP GAGE FAILED AND MY HEATER STOPPED WORKING WHEN THIS PROBLEM STARTED SO I FOUND OUT MY CAR WAS RUNNING HOT WHEN IT STARTED SMOKING AND MAKING THAT NOISE. I HAD NO FORWARNING THAT MY CAR HAD THESE ISSUES UNTIL LAST NIGHT WHEN SIMPLY TRAVELING 1 MILE DOWN TO THE STORE. I WENT TO PEP BOYS TODAY , THEY GAVE ME THE CODES AND TOLD ME TO GOOGLE THE CODES TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY WERE AND I WAS LED TO THIS WEBSITE. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES WITH A CAR. PLEASE HELP! THANK YOU.
P0402 Mercury - Exhaust Gas Recirculation Flow Excessive Detected
Sounds like your vehicle is in need of maintence. You need your coolent system flushed, your egr valve problem diagnosed. Your car needs some tlc.
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I would have it towed, would not drive it.
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SOURCE: Function of lower Ball Joints and Strut Rod Booshing in 1988Mercu
Ball joints are a serious safety issue, especially if they are making noise. Strut Rod bushings slightly less so. I agree with you, if they are that bad you should have heard your noise before you changed the tires. You didn't sat what kind of noise, but the problems he suggested should make a clunk or snap. Your best bet would be to double check to make sure he properly tightened the wheel nuts when he changed the tires, if you have alloy rims they need to be torqued. If he just put them on with an air gun he may have damaged the rim which could make it break and fall off. And take the car to a repair shop that you trust and have them check your front end. They'll be able to tell you what the tire guy did. Don't put it off because you will find yourself in serious trouble if any of these things are the problem.
SOURCE: Guages stop and irratic idle with dimming lights
what probley happened the alternator started to heat up alittle to much and caused the belt to spin on the pulley i would go ahead and get the alternator replaaced as soon as possible. as for the lights dimming and the gauges not working you was running off your battery making the vehicle mess up i would also get your battery checked while your at it.
SOURCE: what should I expect in costs for a tie rod repair
tie rods are easy pull the front tires off loosen the jam nut, remove nut holding the tierod to the steering knuckle use a tierod tool and hammer to wedge the tierod out of the knuckle what i some times do if i dont have the tool with me is just take a hammer and hit the knuckle at the tierod until the tierod pops loose and then unscrew the tierod off and make sure to count how many turns you turn it off and on to get it' close to where it was then take the car to get it aligned.
SOURCE: I have a 2000 Mercury
Hi,
The overheating and lack of cabin heat both point to a failed engine thermostat which would be stuck closed. At the warm up stage, the coolant stays in the engine block to bring the engine to efficient operating temperature, then it opens and circulates the coolant through the radiator and heat core. If the thermostat is stuck closed, the engine will overheat, and coolant will never reach the heater core, and you will not get cabin heat.
Blinking oil light at idle which goes away during driving could be a low oil level, but may also be a drop in oil pressue. You could have a clogged oil fliter (at best) pickup tube, or a failing oil pump.
SOURCE: I have a 1998 Mercury
I have no idea what your talking about
Oil Leak Where -- Engine Oil ?
There aren't any products that stop leaks
They just take your money thru advertizing
Smoke coming out of what & where?
Tell us the history on your vehicle
Have you had it looked at by a repair shop?
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