IndyExpo
Member
Hi All,
New to the site, read many a thread and want to throw my personal situation to you all.
I've had the stutter issue in the past with great success with the spark plug, COP fix. After the fix, the wife ran through a rather large puddle, depositing water in the #1 cylinder port causing the same stutter issue. Pulled the COP and dried both the COP and port around the plug, problem fixed.
Now with 20K additional miles and a move cross country (no trailer), the stutter is back. Zero codes have been thrown. I've replaced the plugs (Motorcraft SP515) and COPS (Accel), Cleaned MAFS, replaced MAFS, cleaned throttle body and swore profusely when the results did not change.
Fast forward to today. I dropped it off with a well-respected garage that services private vehicles as well as fleets. He's packed which is a great sign of a good shop. I received a call stating the test drive went well as they could replicate the stutter. They ran it with the scanner attached to read the real time ignition issue should there be any. There was not. He did, however, see the Torque Converter stuttering in and out. Could this still be an electrical symptom not being seen on the scanner?
Long story short, transmission swap for $4750 to fix it.
With the many threads I've read, no one has had success with a trans swap or fluid change to end the stutter/shudder/shake/rubble strips. Can someone give me some solid guidance with their experience on this issue?
I'm at a total loss as to what to do.............Thx
New to the site, read many a thread and want to throw my personal situation to you all.
I've had the stutter issue in the past with great success with the spark plug, COP fix. After the fix, the wife ran through a rather large puddle, depositing water in the #1 cylinder port causing the same stutter issue. Pulled the COP and dried both the COP and port around the plug, problem fixed.
Now with 20K additional miles and a move cross country (no trailer), the stutter is back. Zero codes have been thrown. I've replaced the plugs (Motorcraft SP515) and COPS (Accel), Cleaned MAFS, replaced MAFS, cleaned throttle body and swore profusely when the results did not change.
Fast forward to today. I dropped it off with a well-respected garage that services private vehicles as well as fleets. He's packed which is a great sign of a good shop. I received a call stating the test drive went well as they could replicate the stutter. They ran it with the scanner attached to read the real time ignition issue should there be any. There was not. He did, however, see the Torque Converter stuttering in and out. Could this still be an electrical symptom not being seen on the scanner?
Long story short, transmission swap for $4750 to fix it.
With the many threads I've read, no one has had success with a trans swap or fluid change to end the stutter/shudder/shake/rubble strips. Can someone give me some solid guidance with their experience on this issue?
I'm at a total loss as to what to do.............Thx