Maintenance and Specifications
drivingcycleswithouttheseoranyothertemporarymalfunctions
present,theCheckEngine/ServiceEngineSoonlightshouldturnoff.
(Adrivingcycleconsistsofacoldenginestartupfollowedbymixed
city/highwaydriving.)Noadditionalvehicleserviceisrequired.
IftheCheckEngine/ServiceEngineSoonlightremainson,haveyour
vehicleservicedatthefirstavailableopportunity.
ReadinessforInspection/Maintenance(I/M)testing
Insomelocalities,itmaybealegalrequirementtopassanI/Mtestof
theon-boarddiagnosticssystem.Ifyour“ServiceEngineSoon”lightis
on,refertothedescriptionintheWarninglightsandchimessectionof
theInstrumentClusterchapter.YourvehiclemaynotpasstheI/Mtest
withthe“ServiceEngineSoon”lighton.
Ifthevehicle’spowertrainsystemoritsbatteryhasjustbeenserviced,
theon-boarddiagnosticssystemisresettoa“notreadyforI/Mtest”
condition.Toreadytheon-boarddiagnosticssystemforI/Mtesting,a
minimumof30minutesofcityandhighwaydrivingisnecessaryas
describedbelow:
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First,atleast10minutesofdrivingonanexpresswayorhighway.
Next,atleast20minutesdrivinginstop-and-go,city-typetrafficwith
atleastfouridleperiods.
Allowthevehicletositforatleasteighthourswithoutstartingthe
engine.Then,starttheengineandcompletetheabovedrivingcycle.The
enginemustwarmuptoitsnormaloperatingtemperature.Oncestarted,
donotturnofftheengineuntiltheabovedrivingcycleiscomplete.
CHECKING AND ADDING POWER STEERING FLUID
Checkthepowersteeringfluid.
Refertothescheduledmaintenance
guidefortheserviceinterval
schedules.Ifaddingfluidis
necessary,useonlyMERCONATF.
1.
temperature(theenginecoolanttemperaturegaugeindicatorwillbe
nearthecenterofthenormalareabetweenHandC).
Starttheengineandletitrununtilitreachesnormaloperating
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| Categories | Ford F-150 F-250 F-350 F-450 F-550 Manuals, Ford Manuals |
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| Tags | Ford F-150 |
| Model Year | 2003 |
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