Originally Posted By: dishdude
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Originally Posted By: meep
the I6 4.0 always sounded like the battery was dying, but it gets honorable mention.
We have had a bunch of those. They always turned over pretty slow but it doesn't take much to get them to run. My 2000 has cranked slower than normal until I replaced the battery cables. Still slow, though.
My favorite is the '87-'90 with the Renix FI because you get to hear that starter spin for 3 minutes before the engine fires!
Friend of mine has a 90. We always joked how far it would have to roll in gear to push start it should the starter failed.
Well, the starter failed on it. It only had to roll 3 blocks in gear to start. I kid, I kid.
It does take a lot longer than seems normal for it to get the cam/crank signals picked up to run. But for a renix FI, it doesn't crank too long. Probably 15 seconds which is really good for one of them.
Originally Posted By: SatinSilver
I think the worst one is the 05 Matrix. Sounds like an old bird on it's last leg coughing and wheezing to life. It did have a warm no start issue that took two dealer trips to figure out. Always starts when cold. They did a software update and it's been fine ever since. Plus it kind of revs on the high side after starting about 1900 rpm. I don't wait for it to idle down, put it into gear and go. Rpms in drive are fine when cold.
Up to the '13 Escape, our Fords have always had ridiculously high idle when cold. The Taurus and F350 (2001) and my '11 Focus. It's really annoying in the manuals trying to shift when it's -30F out and it HAS to run at 2500 RPM.
One time the exhaust fell off the F350 right after the crossover. I swear that thing woke a few people up in the cemetery across the street when that thing would fire up and idle at 2500RPM for 3 or 4 minutes.
If I started my Taurus and put it in drive, it would accelerate to 30 or so on its own until it calmed down the idle.
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Originally Posted By: meep
the I6 4.0 always sounded like the battery was dying, but it gets honorable mention.
We have had a bunch of those. They always turned over pretty slow but it doesn't take much to get them to run. My 2000 has cranked slower than normal until I replaced the battery cables. Still slow, though.
My favorite is the '87-'90 with the Renix FI because you get to hear that starter spin for 3 minutes before the engine fires!
Friend of mine has a 90. We always joked how far it would have to roll in gear to push start it should the starter failed.
Well, the starter failed on it. It only had to roll 3 blocks in gear to start. I kid, I kid.
It does take a lot longer than seems normal for it to get the cam/crank signals picked up to run. But for a renix FI, it doesn't crank too long. Probably 15 seconds which is really good for one of them.
Originally Posted By: SatinSilver
I think the worst one is the 05 Matrix. Sounds like an old bird on it's last leg coughing and wheezing to life. It did have a warm no start issue that took two dealer trips to figure out. Always starts when cold. They did a software update and it's been fine ever since. Plus it kind of revs on the high side after starting about 1900 rpm. I don't wait for it to idle down, put it into gear and go. Rpms in drive are fine when cold.
Up to the '13 Escape, our Fords have always had ridiculously high idle when cold. The Taurus and F350 (2001) and my '11 Focus. It's really annoying in the manuals trying to shift when it's -30F out and it HAS to run at 2500 RPM.
One time the exhaust fell off the F350 right after the crossover. I swear that thing woke a few people up in the cemetery across the street when that thing would fire up and idle at 2500RPM for 3 or 4 minutes.
If I started my Taurus and put it in drive, it would accelerate to 30 or so on its own until it calmed down the idle.
