Edmunds Answers questions

What do I do for a rear seal oil leak?

nobodycares88 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:32:47 GMT

Have a 1988 ford E250 van, automatic 6 cyc. Van is leaking oil. Any suggestions?

I have a 2001 diesel 3/4 ton Ford E-250. It spilled oil from tranny, when it is stopped after pulling a camper.

okie5 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:22:57 GMT

I have put another cooler on the tranny, it discharges the oil at the front seal or torque converter, will discharge up to a gallon. but if the engine is shut off, no oil will be discharged. Have not found, a ford place in ky, ar, tex, and oklahoma that has ever heard of this problem but have several friends with the same problem

Is it possible for a Ford E-250 to slip gears and roll if the keys are not in vehicle? A driver claimed it happened.

gfscgill — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:59:19 GMT

I have 68 Ford E250's with my delivery businees and back in Jan, 2007 the driver came out of a stop and the vehicle had rolled and hit a car... He claims he took the keys out of the vehicle and locked the doors. I have never had an issue with any of the other vanas doing this or this paticular one ever having this issue again. It is still in service... Ford Dealer check it out and said there were no issues with the van.

Anyone have any info/reviews on the 2007 Ford 4.6l V8 engine used in the E-250 and F-150? Good? Reliable? Power? Thanks.

dgrip — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:32:16 GMT

Looking to see if it is a reliable engine and if it has power to tow. Or if I really need to get the 5.4l V8. I've found a great deal on the 07 46.l V8 in the e250. It's my work truck and need to be able to tow and haul equipment. Not to worried about gas mileage. It's a truck i know it's going to be bad. Any info or review sites would be great. I believe it is the same engine in the f series trucks also.
Thanks

Does my 1998 Ford E-250 have a passenger side airbag?

splitlip — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:29:59 GMT

It was originally a rental truck. driver side visor and steering wheel hub both indicate air bag. The passenger side of dash has what appears to be the panel that would be over the airbag but it has no markings indicating the presence of an airbag. the passenger visor also does not have the decal or any other indication that an airbag is present. I've read that driver and passenger airbags were standard equipment but I must verify the airbag is or is not present. I could give the VIN if that could be used to determine this.

1990 Ford Club Wagon E-250 gvwr 8550 by definition MDPV. Who to contact to make cat1 instead of cat3? Want minivan.

dog007dog — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:33:45 GMT

I am writing to you concerning the Cash for Clunkers program that the government is doing. When this first came out I was excited because I own the ultimate gas guzzling clunk. I want to purchase a more fuel economical minivan that will seat my family. The average minivan is rated above 20 MPG. My vehicle is a 1990 Ford Club Wagon E250 passenger van with a 7.5L/460 engine in it and GVWR of 8550. The front has two seats for the drive and passenger and then the back has two bench seats that seat three people each. This van is lucky to get 10 MPG on the highway.

Due to the GVWR of 8550 and my vehicle not being listed on the fueleconomy.gov web site the cars.gov website puts my vehicle in category 3. Category 3 truck define by the 136 page PDF rule on cars.gov (http://www.cars.gov/files/TheRule.pdf) page 26 states “A category 3 truck is a work truck and is rate between 8,500 and 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight. This category includes very large pickup trucks and very large cargo vans.” My van is neither a work truck nor a cargo van but a passenger van. The rules for purchasing if you have a category 3 is that you can only purchase another category 3 or category 2 vehicle, not a category 1.

In addition on page 25 the rule states that a category 1 truck is “a non-passenger automobile. This category includes sport utility vehicles, medium-duty passenger vehicles, small and medium pickup trucks, and small and medium passenger and cargo vans.” The footnote for medium-duty passenger vehicles states that it is defined in 49 CFR 523.2. 49 CFR 523.2 (http://law.justia.com/us/cfr/title49/49-... ) as well as the glossary link from the cars.gov web site (http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/carsgloss...) defines Medium Duty Passenger Vehicle (MDPV) “A vehicle with a GVWR greater than 8,500 lbs. and less than 10,000 lbs. that is used primarily for transporting passengers. These vehicles are designed to seat 9 or fewer passengers behind the driver or designed with a seating capacity of 12 persons or less”

By the definitions and rules my van should be a category 1 vehicle. I have contacted the cars.gov hotline twice only to have my name and number taken down and that a specialist will be contacting me in two days. It has been a week and no one has contacted me. The hotline also told me to contact my representative if I did not like they way the government was doing the program. I have contacted many dealers, but all of them state if the web site says category 3 there is nothing they can do. I could live with my vehicle being a category 3 if it let me purchase a category 1 vehicle. My only option now is to by a vehicle considered a work truck as many of the larger passenger vans that would be a category 2 vehicle are not qualified under the program because they do not get at least 15 MPG.

I am turning to you as a last resort. I am not trying to cheat the system. I feel I have a legitimate gas guzzling clunker and it models what the program is supposed to do, get large clunkers off the road and newer more efficient vehicles on the road. I would like my van to be in category 1 on the cars.gov web site or the government should at a minimum change the verbiage in the 136 page rule.

Ford E-250 fueling problems.

omnicw — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:51:42 GMT

Company van. Just came back form shop, for various issues. It's a 2008 E250. Ford replaced fuel pump, thinking this would resolve issue.

ISSUE: Takes at least 30 minutes to fuel vehicle. Can anyone give any insight into why this is happening, apparently Ford can't figure it out.

Will a 1996 E- 250 Ford van's 8 lug wheels fit a 1971 F-250 Ford pickup? It has 8 lug wheels as well .

lockman3 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:30:50 GMT

I have a 1971 ford pu e250 it has 8 lug wheels they are the split rim style, I have a chance to purchase 4 wheels from a 1996 ford e250 van that has 8 lug wheels. Will the 96 ford van wheels fit the 71 ford pu?

93 Ford E-250. Have 4.9. Won't idle down. Need help.

lucky3s — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:06:12 GMT

replaced idle air control valve also replaced the throttle position sensor