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1999 Ford Expedition 5.4 Vacuum leak at PCV Hose

This vehicle had no codes or symptoms that were mentioned before testing and was just a random hookup. When Escan first came online with the vehicle, it was showing Fuel trim out of range on both banks of the info bar lights. We decided to run a Fuel Trim Chart test for this 1999 Ford Expedition with a 5.4
This vehicle has High LTFT at lower RPM  and they come down at off idle, higher RPM. They are also even from Bank 1 to Bank 2. This type of trim pattern leads itself to a possible vacuum leak. At idle a vacuum leak has more of an effect on an engine than at higher RPM. After locating a leaky PCV hose we went for another test drive and we came up with the chart below.
You can see here that the idle LTFT came down about 6 to 7%. The higher RPM's were not effected. This vehicle still exhibits a higher than desired LTFT and could be a cause of concern but the owner declined further repair/diagnosis.
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