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Re: 1999 mercury villager [vangonebad]
by cheri6
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May 26, 2009 (4:08 pm)
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Replying to: vangonebad (May 26, 2009 3:05 pm)
Vangonebad, there is many past posts that are similar to yours. They change everything under the sun they can think of and it often turns out that it is the distributor. These vans are notorious for this. The nissan dealer told me that the metal bearings in the dist. give off metal shavings and these shavings get in the way causing the dist. to not work right. They can sometimes be cleaned out and the photo eye sensor in there needs to be cleaned also. Or the bearrings get too small from getting shaved off and they roll around in there causing problems. This is commonly a problem with this van and the stalling issue.
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Re: 1999 mercury villager [cheri6]
by vangonebad
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May 27, 2009 (3:35 am)
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Replying to: cheri6 (May 26, 2009 4:08 pm)
I did read alot of this, too and am going to tell the mechanic to check this. Thanks so much for the advice.
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Re: 99 villager repaired distributor, now hot exhaust (lean condition,or cat?) [cheri6]
by prez_
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May 27, 2009 (10:12 am)
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Replying to: cheri6 (May 26, 2009 7:08 am)
Just got the new replacement distributor today. Good news is my $12 bearing replacement does work, bad news is problem still exists with new dist. Still lopes at idle, revs to and holds steady at 2500 in gear, haven't run for more than 2 mins so I don't know about the lean cond/hot exhaust. Still has knock sensor code and now has random misfire code, but doesn't miss noticeably (hear or feel).
Something related to the timing or knock sensor was possibly damaged from operating it with the bad bearing I guess. Or those fuel additives were mixed too strong, maybe.  Next step is to fill the tank up and see if there are any changes after it gets diluted & circulating.
BTW, I may have a discounted nearly new distributor (cap & rotor never used) to get rid of in the near future.
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Re: 99 villager repaired distributor, now hot exhaust (lean condition,or cat?) [prez_]
by prez_
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May 28, 2009 (7:41 am)
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Replying to: prez_ (May 27, 2009 10:12 am)
No change so far from fuel, also cleaned the IAC valve. I've run out of options.
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Re: 99 villager repaired distributor, now hot exhaust (lean condition,or ca
by markhagen
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May 28, 2009 (12:32 pm)
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Replying to: prez_ (May 28, 2009 7:41 am)
this van should have had at least a distributor recall. i hate my villager with passion. i have had it less than 2 years. it was great up until 3 months ago. now everything is falling apart 
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Re: 99 villager repaired distributor, now hot exhaust (lean condition,or ca [markhagen]
by rockmobile
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May 28, 2009 (1:57 pm)
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Replying to: markhagen (May 28, 2009 12:32 pm)
I thought that by changing the distributor your problem had been solved. Is it acting up again?
I keep following this thread because I have a 99 Quest. I spent 2500 dollars on repairs last year and it's running fine now but I don't think I'll be sinking any more money on it if something else pops up. The book value is no more than 4k.
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1993 villager bogging on hills.
by cheri6
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May 30, 2009 (2:38 am)
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Well the guy that sold the villager to me has replaced the distibutor, o2 sensor and the TPS and no improvement. Still the bogging in and out on a steeper hill. I read an old message on here about the EGR hose connecting to the BPT (Back pressure transducer) and how it corrodes. Well I stopped at a new shop and asked them to check this and here he found the EGR hose flapping in the breeze with a bolt stuck in the end of it to plug it up.He took the bolt out and plugged it into where it obviously should have gone and it now seems better but still somewhat boggs on the longer hills. Not on the smaller hills! He also told me that there is NOT a catalytic converter on this vehicle. Someone took it off!! My question is could this missing catalytic coverter be causing the problem? Any thoughts about this? Thanks.
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Re: 1993 villager bogging on hills. [cheri6]
by rockmobile
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May 30, 2009 (6:54 am)
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Replying to: cheri6 (May 30, 2009 2:38 am)
You may have problems passing inspection without a catalytic converter. It may also be needed for some back-pressure, but I am not 100% sure on that.
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Re: 99 villager repaired distributor, now hot exhaust (lean condition,or ca [rockmobile]
by prez_
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Jun 17, 2009 (4:03 am)
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Replying to: rockmobile (May 28, 2009 1:57 pm)
Finally got it, the dist was one tooth off. Turns out there is a notch on the inside, with a matching tang on dist side. Ah well, if anyone needs a dist send them my way. Have the new one, only ran for 30 min, cap & rotor never used, gladly sell it for $140 shipped USPS priority.
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Re: 99 villager repaired distributor, now hot exhaust (lean condition,or ca [prez_]
by canyonsvo
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Jun 23, 2009 (11:40 am)
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Replying to: prez_ (Jun 17, 2009 4:03 am)
I may take that distributor off of your hands. Van has started acting up again. Once I get it back to the house I'm going to inspect the dizzy again. If it is full of shavings again, I'll likely need to buy a new one.
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