engine light & fuel red button

[bawazir]

Well i changed my fuel filter, and my check engine light came out?
Took it to autozone to read the check engine light it say that my 4th cyl is not firing up right , and fuel leak??? so i changed it with all new motercraft spark plugs. I took a look in the back of my trunk to restart my fuel button, the button dose not push down is that normal? No movment on the fuel button, is like it's already pushed in??? i tryed my best to hit it, still the Red button sucked in? dose your fuel button look like mine?


All this happend after i changed my fule filter

[RR|Suki]

Well i changed my fuel filter, and my check engine light came out?
Took it to autozone to read the check engine light it say that my 4th cyl is not firing up right , and fuel leak??? so i changed it with all new motercraft spark plugs. I took a look in the back of my trunk to restart my fuel button, the button dose not push down is that normal? No movment on the fuel button, is like it's already pushed in??? i tryed my best to hit it, still the Red button sucked in? dose your fuel button look like mine?


All this happend after i changed my fule filter

You can't push the button unless some kind of shock caused it to pop. It's a fuel cut off for the entire system

[FordNut]

Geez...

The CEL came on because you changed the fuel filter and didn't prime the system afterward. You need to turn the key on & off several times without starting the car in order to get fuel pumped into the filter before starting the car.

You changed plugs, did you do any research on how to do it right? Lots of people have done that and a few weeks later a plug blew out of the head resulting in expensive repairs.

Change plugs only on a COLD engine. Aluminum & steel expand at different rates, a hot engine can cause the plug threads to sieze with the head threads.
Apply a very small amount of anti-sieze on the threads. Aluminum and steel surfaces can corrode and sieze, so the next time you change plugs the threads may get stripped.
Torque the plugs to approximately 10 ft-lb. Over-tightening can strip the threads, under-tightening and they'll blow out due to cylinder pressure & vibration loosening.

[bawazir]

Geez...

The CEL came on because you changed the fuel filter and didn't prime the system afterward. You need to turn the key on & off several times without starting the car in order to get fuel pumped into the filter before starting the car.

You changed plugs, did you do any research on how to do it right? Lots of people have done that and a few weeks later a plug blew out of the head resulting in expensive repairs.

Change plugs only on a COLD engine. Aluminum & steel expand at different rates, a hot engine can cause the plug threads to sieze with the head threads.
Apply a very small amount of anti-sieze on the threads. Aluminum and steel surfaces can corrode and sieze, so the next time you change plugs the threads may get stripped.
Torque the plugs to approximately 10 ft-lb. Over-tightening can strip the threads, under-tightening and they'll blow out due to cylinder pressure & vibration loosening.


thanks alot of the info, should re change it i forgot to put that anti-sieze ? **** **** **** ****

[a_d_a_m]

Geez... You said it.

[ntd]

should re change it i forgot to put that anti-sieze ?

pull the plugs on a cold engine brush a little anti-seize on the threads of the plugs and use a Torque wrench 10 ft-lb like FordNut said.

[bawazir]

Should i stick with moter craft spark plugs?
or should i go with some other brand?

[fastblackmerc]

Should i stick with moter craft spark plugs?
or should i go with some other brand?

You can use moter craft spark plugs (translation: Motorcraft spark plugs).

[fastblackmerc]

You said it.

Sounds like his first car.

[a_d_a_m]

There's a saying about putting good money after bad, and there's one about throwing money and parts at a problem hoping it will go away. Both apply here.

What I mean to say is, if you change a fuel filter, and the car starts running WORSE, the problem is most likely that you installed the fuel filter incorrectly. Not that the spark plugs (which assumedly were fine prior to the fuel filter install) miraculously failed during that time.

Stop dicking around with the plugs, prime your fuel system, disconnect the battery (to reset the computer), wait, reconnect the battery, hope for the best.

In the future:
Do one thing, make sure it works.
If it doesn't work, fix it until it works.
THEN go on to the next problem.

[bawazir]

thanks, i remove it when it is cold and apply that anti-size.

[a_d_a_m]

Sounds like his first car. Profile says he's 28. If it's his first car at 28...:eek:

[FordNut]

Just use a tiny bit of anti-sieze in the threads. If it gets on the electrodes it will foul the plugs.

[a_d_a_m]

fyi !
I use to drive toyota GTS & Supra's which u never lay a hand on. 4th place drifter at Adams Motorsports Park Riverside, ca. So check your self before u comment. You still can't change a fuel filter...or your own oil (http://mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=58818)...so I don't really see why I need to check myself.

Furthermore, I was responding to this:

Sounds like his first car.

[MM03MOK]

Bawazir - fair warning, we don't tolerate foul language here, especially language with racial overtones. Clean up your act or you'll be shown the door.

[bawazir]

Who are you?

[MM03MOK]

Who are you?
A co-owner, chief administrator, manager of this website and lady with the delete button.

[bawazir]

Bawazir - fair warning, we don't tolerate foul language here, especially language with racial overtones. Clean up your act or you'll be shown the door.


An owner, chief administrator, manager of this website and lady with the delete button.


Oh Okay, well i hop you know that i did not start all this.

[bob6364]

you may not have started it but she sure can end it.....bahahaha

[Motorhead350]

Darn it what did I miss?

[massacre]

This thread is funny.

[bawazir]

Geez...

The CEL came on because you changed the fuel filter and didn't prime the system afterward. You need to turn the key on & off several times without starting the car in order to get fuel pumped into the filter before starting the car.

You changed plugs, did you do any research on how to do it right? Lots of people have done that and a few weeks later a plug blew out of the head resulting in expensive repairs.

Change plugs only on a COLD engine. Aluminum & steel expand at different rates, a hot engine can cause the plug threads to sieze with the head threads.
Apply a very small amount of anti-sieze on the threads. Aluminum and steel surfaces can corrode and sieze, so the next time you change plugs the threads may get stripped.
Torque the plugs to approximately 10 ft-lb. Over-tightening can strip the threads, under-tightening and they'll blow out due to cylinder pressure & vibration loosening.

Just wondring i never had a chance to anti sieze my spark plugs can i just do it when summer arrive, or do i have to change it asp, the car run's fine. is just the spark plug hand tightend... can i waite till the summer or couple week from now??

[Stranger in the Black Sedan]

Spaaaaaaark plug rockets in flight (bwoooop!) afternoon delight!

[RF Overlord]

Just wondring i never had a chance to anti sieze my spark plugs... can i waite till the summer or couple week from now??Proper spark-plug torque is more important than whether anti-seize was used. The factory doesn't use anti-seize so as long as you are sure you torqued them correctly, don't worry about it.

[bawazir]

Proper spark-plug torque is more important than whether anti-seize was used. The factory doesn't use anti-seize so as long as you are sure you torqued them correctly, don't worry about it.

Thanks alot for your help,

[Brian H]

Wow!!! what a beatdown over a fuel filter swap....

[SC Cheesehead]

Wow!!! what a beatdown over a fuel filter swap....

Well, he kinda set himself up for this by some other posts.

[fastblackmerc]

Who in their right mind would "hand tighten" spark plugs??????

You don't even "hand tighten" them in a lawn mower.......

[RR|Suki]

Who in their right mind would "hand tighten" spark plugs??????

You don't even "hand tighten" them in a lawn mower.......

That's how I do mine, and it's worked great, 10 ft/lbs is not that hard to estimate. All the engine builders I know do it the same way too.

[Glockafella]

Who in their right mind would "hand tighten" spark plugs??????

You don't even "hand tighten" them in a lawn mower.......



well not all of us are nancys like you...I can hand tighten a bolt head off...I am so tough. Chuck Norris aint got nothin on me.

[Glockafella]

That's how I do mine, and it's worked great, 10 ft/lbs is not that hard to estimate. All the engine builders I know do it the same way too.


Tight is tight, right?

[justbob]

well not all of us are nancys like you...I can hand tighten a bolt head off...I am so tough. Chuck Norris aint got nothin on me.
Are you this tuff? LOL
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