Fifty150

For the next person who is having an issue with their van being "emissions ready", here are some Parameter IDs that you can use with FORScan. I hope it helps.

There's a lot more going on than I can understand. In theory, the car's computer measures the volume of air, and the temperature of the air, in order to adjust the amount of fuel. Cold air is denser, and more fuel is added. Hot air is not as dense, so less fuel is added. In theory, the car is most efficient with hot air. That is why OEM engineering is an enclosed air box under the hood, with the intake pipe going over the front of the engine. Cold air will cause a richer fuel mix, which may or may not be just wasted fuel. Tuners are allegedly able to recalibrate the air/fuel mix, timing, spark, etc to take advantage of that and produce more power. A cold air intake, or even just an oiled filter, may simply just be a waste of money and fuel in the mix, without custom tuning. I don't know. What I do know is that the Transit Connect intake air temperature, the last time that I looked, a few days ago, was 120 degrees. When I looked at the intake air temperature for the F-150, which has a cold air intake, was 54. I will assume that ambient air temperatures were about the same. Intakes do "work" in the sense that yes, you do get cold air as opposed to hot air. But simply just installing an intake does nothing, unless you like to lift the hood to show your friends. I suspect that an oiled filter may be similar. The filter alone does not gain any sort of performance. Maybe the oiled filter does allow for more air flow, and the fuel mix is richer; which just means more fuel wasted. My butt is not sliding in the seat, and my head is not snapping back.

I installed a new battery around Christmas Eve. With a battery disconnect, stored data is lost, and the car's computer has to relearn everything. It's now February. I've been monitoring. And today, finally, the car's computer is satisfied with all of the sensor readings. According to the car's computer, I have only had 8 warm-ups, and 87 miles since that event. I was confident that the car was fine, the emissions system did not have any failures, and that it would eventually clear with enough driving. I can't even imagine how stressed somebody would be, if they had to pass a smog test. They could be out every day, with some sort of code reader, and trying to replicate all of those different driving conditions that are supposedly necessary to complete the Ford drive cycle. Ford Motor Company Driving Cycle.pdf

I have the feeling that the small van segment of the market, is being abandoned in The USA. Every manufacturer is pulling out.

Keep us posted on that. Post some photos if you can.

@williaty Is your van still leaking?

My eyes hurt. My head hurts. @ HipOldTimer You don't need our help. You need a lawyer. Someone sold you a piece of junk. Maybe they even lied to you. How did you give this seller a "non-refundable" deposit, and why? Why would you pay money, for a car you've never seen? On top of that, they cheated you on the financing. On what earth can they add 12 more payments to your loan? I don't know all of the facts. I don't want to know all of the facts. But it sounds like you got cheated by an unscrupulous car seller. Some laws may have been broken. You need to speak to someone at your local level prosecutor's office to see if they can steer you in the right direction. And you need to hire a lawyer to see if you can get any money back, nullify the purchase agreement, and/or even nullify the lending agreement.

With FORScan, when you search for battery, dozens of options appear. Apparently, FORScan sees it as an option in the various computer modules. But it does not mean that my van actually has any of those options.

It's never a good idea, in any car, to simply leave old fluid in the transmission and wait for the transmission to reach the end of it's useable service life. Lifetime transmission fluid for the lifetime of the transmission. You can leave the fluid in the transmission until the transmission fails. Don't worry about it. Transmissions don't fail until after the warranty expires. Change the fluid. Amazon is selling Valvoline at a decent price.

I am sure that you are correct. As the van does not have a physical BMS device attached to the battery.

I don't have a battery current sensor. It's just odd that with FORScan, I can reset the BMS which does not exist.

Reset of the battery monitoring system is an option on Forscan. I have the 2.5L engine, and there's no BMS. I don't see one. There's nothing hooked up to the battery. When I try to read the battery's state of charge, nothing comes up on the gauge. Nonetheless, I followed through on FORScan and rest the battery monitoring system, which does not exist. I don't think that it did anything.

I guess I won't pass the smog inspection.

I reset the battery monitoring system. I don't know what, if anything, that does. They say that you are supposed to do that with newer cars. I wonder how many shops actually do that for the customer. Imagine all of those people with new batteries, that never did it.

Which dealerships are you going to?

To me, this filter is clean. Next is oil. The biggest fear is over-oiling. I added oil very lightly. Then slowly waited for it to soak in. The worst thing is when you add too much oil. I added the oil from the side facing the air. Then monitored the side facing the sensor.

Winter. First month of the year. Makes it easier to remember maintenance, if I forget. I can always say that I must have done it in January. Although I do keep a record online with the Ford Owners website. I swapped the air filter in the truck. Took out the oiled filter for cleaning. I'll get around to cleaning it and reoiling sometime this week...... Maybe. I have a dry filter for this purpose. And I am so lazy, the oiled filter may not go back into the truck for years. Why do it if the dry filter isn't dirty? Any opinions on the dry filters like AEM? I don't remember how long the oiled filter has been in the truck. Maybe 8 or 10 years. It really was not that dirty. But there was dirt.

Fumoto is not the only seller. EZ-107(12mm-1.75) EZ Oil Drain Valve with EZ Oil Drain Valve Adapter A-107 works just as well. My truck, which also has the 12mm-1.75 thread pitch as the Transit Connect, has this combination installed. Works exactly the same. A simple ball valve. It makes oil changes so much easier. Drain directly into the disposal container. Zero mess. No oil gushing out and splashing everywhere when you first pull the drain plug. No pouring oil from the drain pan back into those little bottles. If anything is big enough to be 20+ inches off the ground, and can fit between the crossmember and the sway bar...... it gets knocked off and I lose my oil.

For you and I, we are fortunate to be in a location where we have options. Because I live in The Big City, I have battery distributors, auto parts stores, and every brand of car dealership within a reasonable distance. And still, I'm trying to save a few dollars by buying batteries online. I'm spoiled. Anything and everything is available in The City. I feel bad for people who have to drive hours, or wait a week for shipping.

It's now 2024, and they are still working.