[wowtaxi]

Hi, I posted before about 2001 254,000 Windstar mikly powersteering...well had to replace rack & pinon ...it was leaking pretty bad as time went on. But now my other///Ford Windstar 2000. 237,000 miles. Had isolators & upper intake seals replaced by Ford dealer in early 2005. Yep $535.00. 2 mo ago van won't start. Tow to closest mechanic. Does tune up, new battery, Van runs great for two weeks. Then stops dead in middle of road. Won't start. Tow to my mechanic. He says it's the coil. New coil put on. Van runs great for a week. Dies again in the middle of the road. Poor driver. Anyway...mechanic after a week tows van to dealer saying it's the PCM... dealer has van for 3 weeks we put on a new PCM.that took a week alone..van still will not start Ford tech going crazy..calling Ford Hotline....I never knew there was one. Dealer exchanges coil...decides other new coil faulty. Van starts...runs a half hour then will not start again. Hotline tells tech to check the wire looms. Turns out somewhere down the line the splash guard wasn't there...water, road dirt etc splashing around engine for quite awhile I guess. Anyway, some wires in the loom corroded and snapped. Dealer fix the wires....no did'nt need a new loom what a shock. Dealer did point out that I should have the shift cable replaced because its all shreddered and being held together by electrical tape.. someone I guess when the trans was replaced in 2004 must have done that. So after 4weeks & $1,036.72 van is finally up and running great for about a month. Now a clicking noise coming from front of engine. Van still running good. Noise goes after van is warmed up and going about 40 mph. I give driver a bottle of Lucas fuel lube & cleaner. I point out to use 5 oz on fillup. He used whole bottle putting in a few oz every other day. We use a whole tank sometimes two tanks every day of fuel. I didn't say use the whole bottle. Oh well. But driver said noise stopped for three days and now came back. He takes it to mechanic...who fusses with the belts and check oil etc. He think one piston isn't working. Doesn't run a computer diag. why I don't know. They decide to put a heavier oil in. Noise has stopped for the moment. I'm not happy with this. Its not the 50's anymore...putting heavy oil in these computer cars is not good I think. I'm having driver take van for computer diag. I think maybe a good engine flush and a superior oil will help??? Has anyone out there used Amsoil Products??? Would the shifter cable have anything to do with this. Course when the tuneup was done I don't know what kind of spark plugs were used. I guess I could call where it was done and ask. Man, I've put a ton of $ in this van in two months. Now the lifter's or piston decides to go?? I read this forum often but can only squeez time to write late at nite after driving 15 or so hours. So, excuse grammar etc. I really haven't figured out how to start a message or thread so I just fill in reply too. Any insight would be most appreciated.