Auto Technician in Ruston

I am in need of a Technician to look at my kids F150. Will not go above 45 mph without sputtering real bad. I am 5 hours away and unfamiliar with the area. Help!!

What year model? Has the fuel filter been changed lately?

2007. It sounds like it has a bad coil

Found On the Road Dead

You might be right,limping it back from Monroe right now.

I'll bet on the fuel filter. My truck did the same thing once. Hope it's not the fuel pump. They put those in the fuel tank on a Chevy.

Is the check engine light on? Might wanna try Ambrose (hwy 80),ABC auto repair(hwy 33), Kirbow (monroe st.),or Ace automotive(hwy 167).

Check engine light is on.

Probably a coil or the throttle position sensor.

Kirbow sold the mech. but still has the tire store next door. Max Hammons, about ten miles up Hwy 33 is pretty good.

You'll have to come back and tell all these shade tree mechanics what the real diagnosis was. :laugh:

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Originally Posted by hoppinmad

Kirbow sold the mech. but still has the tire store next door. Max Hammons, about ten miles up Hwy 33 is pretty good.

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I would agree with those two recommendations. Go with Max now.

Jim Taylor Ford does a really good job. They never try to find something else wrong like most dealerships.

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Originally Posted by otcuff

Check engine light is on.

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If check engine light is on, it should have set a diagnostic code. You can go by autozone and let them hook a diagnostic code reader up to your truck (usually no charge) and get the code and that will tell you what may be wrong with it. It may save you some time and money or at least give you a heads up of what is wrong.

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Originally Posted by BhadDawg

If check engine light is on, it should have set a diagnostic code. You can go by autozone and let them hook a diagnostic code reader up to your truck (usually no charge) and get the code and that will tell you what may be wrong with it. It may save you some time and money or at least give you a heads up of what is wrong.

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Bad coil. I have a 2003 F150 and just had one go bad on me. Same thing happened 2 years ago. Horrible stuttering over 45 or so. Depending on the year/model, the coils are kind of hard to get to, so you might not have a choice but to take it to someone. I went ahead and got all new spark plugs as well because bad plugs can be the cause of the coil going out.

I bought a used F150 (2001 model). A coil -- not the same one every time -- seemed to go bad about every six months. I finally was advised to change all of them at once. I bit the bullet four years ago and did that, and knock on wood... (well, I'm not even going to speak it.)

Ford definitely has a problem with their coils.

And the final answer?

Thanks for all the help. Sending him to Autozone to pull the codes first. He does not have the engine with the coils,he has plug wires.

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Originally Posted by otcuff

Thanks for all the help. Sending him to Autozone to pull the codes first. He does not have the engine with the coils,he has plug wires.

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Originally Posted by BhadDawg

If check engine light is on, it should have set a diagnostic code. You can go by autozone and let them hook a diagnostic code reader up to your truck (usually no charge) and get the code and that will tell you what may be wrong with it. It may save you some time and money or at least give you a heads up of what is wrong.

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+1

But really, everyone should have an OBDII reader anyway. They aren't expensive, and it is one of the most useful tools you can have for any modern car.

Sounds like it might be a good opportunity to upgrade the ignition system. (That is what I always tell myself when somethingon my car breaks). Upgrade the plugs, coils, and wires and it might feel like a new engine.