Scotty, I'm having a problem with my 2008 Lincoln MKX. I was coming out of Dallas, after fueling up, and it just cut on me going 80mph! No warning, NOTHING! I got it towed to nearest hotel, had a couple people look at it. They all said it was a junk motor cause couldn't get it to turn over but I thought, NO WAY! There would be some kind of warning signs. I am female and traveling alone with my puppy, and decided to let this BEAUTIFUL car go for $600 but first I have to jump it to get my cds out of stereo. Well I decide to see one last time about this seized motor and Lo and Behold, it starts!! But is sputtering and battery is still not keeping a charge.. so maybe the battery was the problem? I know the water in cells were extremely low! What would you do with it now, Scotty?
boost it from another vehicle.
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Load test the battery and alternator. Also, pressure test the fuel pump.
Buy a new battery?? Who was the mechanic, Bozo The Clown??
Obviously the mechanics tried to scam her out of that car.
They're not clowns - they're just evil.
So after you avoided this clever scam, you probably just need a battery.
FYI - a Ford Cyclone engine won't suddenly die (Unless you see a piston flying out through the hood). those Ford Cyclone (DuraTec 35) engines are solid, and there was pretty much a 0% chance it just randomly seized without any previous signs of trouble.
What's probably happened is either a dead battery, or a dead alternator.
get it towed to a different shop preferably in a different town. get a battery and if after that it'll quit again, it's probably your alternator.
It's just a Ford Edge (and that is a a lifted Mazda 6) with fancy badges - you don't need some specialist to diagnose what seems like an extremely simple issue.
You can't really blame the car - battery and alternator issues happen on everything form Toyotas (even generators and hybrid batteries on their Hybrids - and that costs fortunes to repair, unlike on your Ford where it should be cheap) to pretty much any car you can think of. It's just a common issue cars had for probably a century.
