Multiple cylinder misfire loss of fuel pressure

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05 expedition 5.4 Triton ~ 160,000

So I was pulling my 10' utility trailer home on Saturday and noticed the car was starting to shake a little bit and losing some power. Then the check engine light started flashing. Tried to limp home but kept losing more and more power then I noticed white smoke coming out of the exhaust. So I pulled off at a gas station and it was idling VERY rough so I cut it off. It would not start back after that. When I tried it locked up for a second (hydrolock?) then started turning over again but still wouldn't catch so I just gave up and called AAA. Got it back to the house and ran the codes. Showing p0300, p0301, p0302, p0303. Then I checked the live data fuel pressure and noticed it was 1psi KOEO. It goes up when I first turn the key on but drops very quickly. Like back to less than 1psi within 15 seconds.

I am thinking it could be one or more leaky fuel injectors but wanted some other input. To the best of my knowledge these are factory fuel injectors. Also, what are the chances I did serious damage to the engine when it locked up?

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Front three cylinders on the passenger side all start misfiring at about the same time? Did you just fill up with gas before this happened? Water in the fuel system or a clogged fuel filter would be my guess. If it's water in the system try a bottle (2) of that yellow HEET fuel tank additive ( 100% Methanol .... ) to absorb the moisture and burn it through. Unless you find that water got down in the sparkplug wells on that side and shorted out the 3 coils of those front cylinders. For fuel pressure tests, check it with a pressure gauge (kind of involved, have to T-off of the fuel filter line...), don't rely on what the PCM is reporting back through the OBDII port. I'm assuming you don't have any cam phaser noise on that side right?





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Front three cylinders on the passenger side all start misfiring at about the same time? Did you just fill up with gas before this happened? Water in the fuel system or a clogged fuel filter would be my guess. If it's water in the system try a bottle (2) of that yellow HEET fuel tank additive ( 100% Methanol .... ) to absorb the moisture and burn it through. Unless you find that water got down in the sparkplug wells on that side and shorted out the 3 coils of those front cylinders. For fuel pressure tests, check it with a pressure gauge (kind of involved, have to T-off of the fuel filter line...), don't rely on what the PCM is reporting back through the OBDII port. I'm assuming you don't have any cam phaser noise on that side right?





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Last time I filled up was about 2 weeks ago and have had no issues until Saturday. Have around a half tank right now. I will take a look down in the wells and change the fuel filter this afternoon and report back. I have not noticed any kind of cam phaser noise.
 
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Last time I filled up was about 2 weeks ago and have had no issues until Saturday. Have around a half tank right now. I will take a look down in the wells and change the fuel filter this afternoon and report back. I have not noticed any kind of cam phaser noise.
Just replaced the fuel filter and it didn't seem to do anything. Caught the fuel that drained out in a clean container and don't see any water separating. Spark plug wells are dry.

However, after priming (turning the key on and off a few times and pressure still dropping I went under the hood and I can definitely hear something releasing the pressure. And it seems to be coming from cylinder 1 injector. Would that mean it is stuck open?
 

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Only one way to find out ! Pull the rail and injectors on that side and turn the key on and look for a leaking injector(s)... you can try pulling that cylinder's sparkplug and see if it's wet, but that may not give you an honest answer.
 
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Only one way to find out ! Pull the rail and injectors on that side and turn the key on and look for a leaking injector(s)... you can try pulling that cylinder's sparkplug and see if it's wet, but that may not give you an honest answer.
I would say it is leaking a little

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Yeah, I think you found at least one of your problems. How do the rest of them look on that side ? Or you may just want to replace all of them and be done with it. You can get Motorcraft CM-5138 injectors from Rock Auto for about $30 apiece.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog...5.4l+v8,1433355,fuel+&+air,fuel+injector,6224
The other 7 are holding fine. But I decided to bite the bullet and replace all injectors, plugs and coils packs since it has not been done in the time in have owned the car (6 years) and possibly not at all. Everything should be here this weekend. I have all 8 plugs soaking in pb blaster and will try to pull them tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed.
 
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