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After 2 days of rain I went out to start my 1997 Ford, F150. Rain water had leaked in from firewall area on to the intake manifold area and leaked in through a fuel injector fitting and found its way to a piston. The first attempt to start the starter engaged and abruptly stop after 3 more attempts at starting the engine it turned and started.the engine had severe banging noise(about 100 decibels ).I was told I had a bent piston rod from water being on top of piston and the engine was ruined!
Check engine came on while driving. Vehicle was towed to kip killman Ford in tyson's corners, va. They performed an engine diagnosis test then replaced 2 hego sensors (total cost $269). Problem surfaced again 6 days later after only having the vehicle 6 days. Taking vehicle back to kip killman to give them another try at practicing Ford truck repairmanship.
- Leesburg, VA, USA
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- Wellington, FL, USA