91 Taurus hesitant throttle

[Acooljt]

Hi, my friend has a 91 Taurus. He's doin me a huge favor so I figured the least I could do for him was try and fix his Taurus. Anyway, sometimes the car will hesitate when you first take off from a stop sign or whatever and then it will run fine. Now I'm not exactly asking for an exact fix unless you have one, but I was wondering, how do I check the codes? Also, where do I find what the codes mean? I know it's possible to do it without taking it to a dealer cause my bro has a 91 Explorer and we pulled the codes on it ourselves so I'm betting you can do the same with the Taurus.

[zoey]

Purchase or borrow a Ford code reader and then pop the hood , you will find the code reader connection near the fire wall. It is a plug socket hanging on the wiring harness, plug in the code reader and turn on the ignition, depending how sofisticated your reader is you will either get a series of beeps and flashes that you count and write down on a piece of paper or the code numbers will be directly displayed. Then all you have to do is look up the explanation in a Chilton or similar Taurus manual.

[Acooljt]

Yeah, but isn't there a way to do it without the code reader? We did it on a 91 Explorer where the check engine light flashes so many times and that tells you the code. And do you know of any website that has the codes already written?

[stodge]

There's a post somewhere on www.taurusclub.com on how to do this.

[mr_tw]

if ypu find a solution to that problem, could you post it, I have the same year Taurus and it has the same problem as you described, thanks

[Acooljt]

Do you have an e-mail? I'll just shoot it to ya that way when/if we figure it out.

[Willyum]

More information about check engine light codes can be found on www.batauto.com.

[mr_tw]

[email protected], just title it so know what it is as I filter through my junk mail, thanks

[mr_tw]

have you made any progress into diagnising the problem? do you know what error code came up?

[Acooljt]

Sorry bro, I haven't been to his house. But I am going there tomorrow(Tuesday) and we are gonna be doing some other work but I'll try to sidetrack him onto the Taurus for a few to at least pull the codes.

[mr_tw]

Thanks

[mr_tw]

have you been able to pinpoint the problem yet? When you do give me a shout

[__Grib__]

My 94 gl had a similiar problem, it would studder when i had the petal at a sertain point, and i did the simple thing and replaced the fuel filter, wich made a big difference in how it performed, i dont know how resently you replaced your fuel filter but that might help the problem. The engine is just not getting enough fuel might just be the problem.

[mr_tw]

did yours always hesitate, or was it just after startup? Mine usually only does it once or twice after I start it