okay guys and gals, I need help:
Here's the story, my wife and I should never go on dates. At least, never take the Marauder at least. We took it one time to see Jim Gaffigan Hershey, Pa. It was about 70 miles away. On the way home at around midnight the just died while driving. Luckily I was able to pull over to the side without incident. All electronics still worked but it wouldn't turn over. There was clicking but it wouldn't start. Called tow truck at 1am. By the grace of God we got home at 3am. It was horrible. When we got there the car started just fine, like nothing happened. Of course.
But at anyrate, it suggests, as Marty suggested, bad fuel pump. The tuner Marty gave me gave a code that suggested bad fuel rail or bad fuel pump. Anyway, the garage we took it to, that has ALWAYS been great to us in the past swapped out the fuel pump. They, however, are not familiar with Marauders.
Got the car back, check engine light. P0442 code that suggest evap leak. Sure enough they didn't tigheten something, no big deal. Took it back they fixed it. No more code. However, the needle isn't reading right. It tells me I'm empty when I am not. I fill up and the pump says I only put in 15 gallons when it said I was bone dry.
So I take it back. They don't charge me for the new part, obviously, but they do charge me half on labor, which I don't know like but whatever, I have to pay it since they did the work and I don't want to take it somewhere else and pay full price on everything. So now they put in a new fuel pump.
My wife and I go on another date with the marauder out of town... Arturo Sandoval... Big mistake. Again, at midnight, I'm filling up gas because it says I'm at a little over a quarter tank of gas and I have 323 miles on the tank, I don't think it is reading right again. Sure enough I put in 17.5 gallons. If my math is right, the needle is wrong again so the fuel sender is not telling the needle the right amount of gas, again.
Here is the biggest issue. When I was done fueling, a huge waterfall, or shall I say fuel fall of gas came pouring out of my tank! At midnight I had gas pouring out of my tank in the middle of no where. So I had a decision to make, call a tow truck or risk dying in a ball of fire. I choose to risk it and drive home due to the fact that it eventually calmed down and started to just slowly drip. But still, it was scary as hell. When I was home it was no longer dripping at all and is no longer leaking now. But, I am as angry as can be. The garage is as confused as can be too as to why this is not working. They have done many crown vics and don't know what the difference is between this and them. They don't know if there is someting in the tank that is causing the issue because the place they are buying the fuel pump assures that the fuel pump is OEM and is no different than a mercury fuel pump. Are they wrong? What is the garage missing?
If you all could please let me know what I should tell them. Currently the tuner is showing two codes P0442: possible fuel leak... yeah no kidding... and P1235 FDPM. Could that cause the fuel needle to show a wrong reading? Again, this garage has always been great and they are trying to remedy the situation. And believe me I would go to another garage but this garage is willing to make this right without charging me anything, so I would like to get the best advice so as to avoid having to pay full price somewhere else. Thanks guys. I told them to come here too, so hopefully they heed that advice.