Fuel Module
02-18-2012, 09:20 PM
#11
It's not that big of a deal. Yeah I don't experience snow in Texas, but the part itself is less than $100 and takes a few minutes to replace. I know because I cleaned mine because there was a lot of mud/dust on it. I don't think you should quit on Ford just because of something like this...
02-18-2012, 09:35 PM
#12
Senior Member
The 2002 is a different animal completely. Different fuel system.
As to sticking or not sticking with Ford, it's not the expense of the part (though the collateral damage mine did when it went caused a four figure repair bill) it's the basic engineering idiocy involved with placing a module with an aluminum housing against the steel frame, and placing a critical piece of electronics in an exposed location. Guys, that's basic crap engineering at its finest.
02-18-2012, 09:46 PM
#14
Paint it black
The 2002 is a different animal completely. Different fuel system.
As to sticking or not sticking with Ford, it's not the expense of the part (though the collateral damage mine did when it went caused a four figure repair bill) it's the basic engineering idiocy involved with placing a module with an aluminum housing against the steel frame, and placing a critical piece of electronics in an exposed location. Guys, that's basic crap engineering at its finest.
As to sticking or not sticking with Ford, it's not the expense of the part (though the collateral damage mine did when it went caused a four figure repair bill) it's the basic engineering idiocy involved with placing a module with an aluminum housing against the steel frame, and placing a critical piece of electronics in an exposed location. Guys, that's basic crap engineering at its finest.
02-18-2012, 09:58 PM
#15
Senior Member
That damage incurred was a new ECU, and hours of troubleshooting which were the result of the ECU failing. It evidently got some feedback through the driver module. That which is supposed to receive logic voltages doesn't work too well when it gets blasted with the drive voltage for the fuel pump.
02-18-2012, 10:07 PM
#16
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Hours of troubleshooting usually to me means one of ONE thing.... **** poor knowledge, from a **** poor mechanic at your dealership, lets face it, intermittent issues will be more and more common with the amount of electronics used and the sophistication of the systems used. However, dealerships love to gorge you when they spend time looking in areas they shouldn't have been looking at for the problem in the first place....
One of the many issues with the automotive industry today.
Discouraging do it your selfers with hi tech ****...
Parts prices and limited availability through dealer only parts... list goes on.
All Brands have the same issues.
You'll spend more on Import parts and labor/"hours of their troubleshooting"
STICK WITH FORD
One of the many issues with the automotive industry today.
Discouraging do it your selfers with hi tech ****...
Parts prices and limited availability through dealer only parts... list goes on.
All Brands have the same issues.
You'll spend more on Import parts and labor/"hours of their troubleshooting"
STICK WITH FORD
02-18-2012, 10:21 PM
#17
Senior Member
Nice job jumping to conclusions with no information.
It wasn't a dealership, it was a small private shop with excellent mechanics.
It wasn't an intermittent problem, it was a constant problem with migrating symptoms. Once you feed voltages across electronic components that they're not designed to take, you can get very, very unstable results.
Ford engineers dropped the ball in a number of areas on these trucks, the FPDM is just the most blatant example of **** poor design.
It wasn't a dealership, it was a small private shop with excellent mechanics.
It wasn't an intermittent problem, it was a constant problem with migrating symptoms. Once you feed voltages across electronic components that they're not designed to take, you can get very, very unstable results.
Ford engineers dropped the ball in a number of areas on these trucks, the FPDM is just the most blatant example of **** poor design.
02-18-2012, 10:44 PM
#18
Paint it black
Nice job jumping to conclusions with no information.
It wasn't a dealership, it was a small private shop with excellent mechanics.
It wasn't an intermittent problem, it was a constant problem with migrating symptoms. Once you feed voltages across electronic components that they're not designed to take, you can get very, very unstable results.
Ford engineers dropped the ball in a number of areas on these trucks, the FPDM is just the most blatant example of **** poor design.
It wasn't a dealership, it was a small private shop with excellent mechanics.
It wasn't an intermittent problem, it was a constant problem with migrating symptoms. Once you feed voltages across electronic components that they're not designed to take, you can get very, very unstable results.
Ford engineers dropped the ball in a number of areas on these trucks, the FPDM is just the most blatant example of **** poor design.
02-19-2012, 12:06 AM
#19
Zack AKA Doctor guy
I am curious now. My truck is reaching 92,500k miles ish and I am the second owner and I'm making a 2500 mile trip this summer and I need to have some questions answered about this topic.
Idk if I need to replace or change it but would it be a good idea to replace my FPDM and fuel filter just cause? Or do I wait for a problem to arise?
Idk if I need to replace or change it but would it be a good idea to replace my FPDM and fuel filter just cause? Or do I wait for a problem to arise?