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Got in my truck this morning after it was idling for a few minutes and it threw code P3426 which is cylinder 4 deactivation/ intake valve control circuit performance… can someone help my out with this. Does that mean the code is only thrown when it goes into cylinder deactivation (CD)? And I...

Valve cam timing solenoid. They refer to them as vvt, vvt and vct, essentially the same thing. Variable valve timing, valve cam timing. Some of the solenoids are specific to the cam so hence vct

Thank you! I just don’t remember the idle being that high. Like I said drops and runs normal so I should stop over thinking it

Ok that’s good. It drops after about a minute and doesn’t throw any codes. I didn’t put a ford oem vct, it was a Napa part, I believe made by dormon. I couldn't get one the day I had the time to work on it and it was kind of a last minute fix, I wonder if that was the issue. But it drops and...

Has anyone with a 5.0 had an issue with a higher than normal high idle at start? Mine goes up to 1500 rpm then drops. It seems higher than normal. I just replaced the vct exhaust solenoid for a different reason. Anyone else have a similar issue or idea?

I had just bought the truck and I took it to them for the first oil change I had done on it. Could’ve been done before and sealed somehow but it wasn’t leaking before. Wasn’t worth arguing with them as they didn’t seem they wanted to help after being called out on a mistake. Learned a lot on the...

For anyone wondering bc i couldn’t find any info on the 14 gens, this is what I’ve learned the last two days changing the oil pan out. To change out the oil pan u have to completely take out your diff (not just lower it, and u gotta pull ur cv axles to get the diff out). And you also have to...