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Gen 2 - How bad is it to drive with faulty IWE actuator(s)?
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<blockquote data-quote="smurfslayer" data-source="post: 1864613" data-attributes="member: 21926"><p>Welcome to FRF. Pictures, or it’s a prius.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I’ll bet it doesn’t do it when it’s cold either. Because that’s apparently a reprogram Ford did a while back; it locks the hubs until up to temp ...ish. </p><p></p><p>Have you tried replacing the solenoid? It’s like 7 bucks off amazon. Maybe 9 bucks now, but easy to replace, accessible, inexpensive and is the most common ‘wear’ part in the system as I understand it. </p><p></p><p>IWE works in that it needs vacuum to keep the truck in 2h, unlocking the front hubs. This way it “fails over” to hubs locked so you can engage 4a, 4h and presumably 4L. </p><p></p><p>when there is insufficient vacuum you’ll get an incomplete disengagement in 2h. The damage to the IWE hard parts comes in when you don’t do anything to avoid the problem. You’re on here trying not to do that, so, likely you’re not at risk there if it hasn’t been observed for long. </p><p></p><p>1) 4A. Learn it. Live it. Love it. Be warned, it’s addictive. You can be a lot less judicious with the throttle in 4a and get away with it. This setting works around the issue.</p><p>2) pick up a solenoid off amazon or wherever. swap it yourself and see if it goes away. </p><p>3) if 2 doesn’t pan out, see #3.</p><p></p><p>[USER=35543]@FordTechOne[/USER] has forgotten more about the IWE system than most of us here know. He’s also shown a ... slight disdain, shall we say, for poor troubleshooting and workmanship exhibited by some stories told here. I don’t remember exactly but I think someone posted a schematic of the IWE system, it’s pretty darn clever. But, it does have some wear items to keep on top of. </p><p></p><p>You should be fine in the short term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smurfslayer, post: 1864613, member: 21926"] Welcome to FRF. Pictures, or it’s a prius. I’ll bet it doesn’t do it when it’s cold either. Because that’s apparently a reprogram Ford did a while back; it locks the hubs until up to temp ...ish. Have you tried replacing the solenoid? It’s like 7 bucks off amazon. Maybe 9 bucks now, but easy to replace, accessible, inexpensive and is the most common ‘wear’ part in the system as I understand it. IWE works in that it needs vacuum to keep the truck in 2h, unlocking the front hubs. This way it “fails over” to hubs locked so you can engage 4a, 4h and presumably 4L. when there is insufficient vacuum you’ll get an incomplete disengagement in 2h. The damage to the IWE hard parts comes in when you don’t do anything to avoid the problem. You’re on here trying not to do that, so, likely you’re not at risk there if it hasn’t been observed for long. 1) 4A. Learn it. Live it. Love it. Be warned, it’s addictive. You can be a lot less judicious with the throttle in 4a and get away with it. This setting works around the issue. 2) pick up a solenoid off amazon or wherever. swap it yourself and see if it goes away. 3) if 2 doesn’t pan out, see #3. [USER=35543]@FordTechOne[/USER] has forgotten more about the IWE system than most of us here know. He’s also shown a ... slight disdain, shall we say, for poor troubleshooting and workmanship exhibited by some stories told here. I don’t remember exactly but I think someone posted a schematic of the IWE system, it’s pretty darn clever. But, it does have some wear items to keep on top of. You should be fine in the short term. [/QUOTE]
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