Question by jazzmama0407: Ford Focus 2002 rough idle until warms up and other issues…?
I have never had any problems with my car, besides the something wrong with a rear tire. All these problems started around the same time. They are in the order that they started. I have no idea if they are related or not.
* Very rough idle but stops when car warms up. Does not matter if cold/hot, wet/dry weather. Whole car shakes and is very loud. Sounds like exhaust leak, but quiets down when either put into gear, gas pedal is pushed, or engine warms. I’m thinking EGR valve or engine mount?
*Front passenger tire “shimmies” and shakes, but not a lot when putting any torque or hitting a bump.
*Feels a little sluggish when accelerating on occasion.
I do have an oil leak from the head gasket, but it is a very small slow leak. I have replaced all the plugs, fuel filter, air filter, did oil changes and other maintenance regularly. Car has 114,000 miles, most from Florida.
did the wires with the plugs
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Answer by Tom
If you have an oil leak from the headgasket, then that is probably the problem, have a reputable shop perform a cylinder leaf down test. If the oil leak is from the valve cover then that may be a whole different issue. The tire probably needs to be balanced, either you lost a wheel weight or something threw it off balance. While the car is at the shop have them check the cv axles as they do wear out and will cause shimming as well, you MAY be able to here a clicking sound coming from the wheel when turning to either side while driving ( make tight circles in an empty parking lot).
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Nightfall Mysteries: Curse Of The Opera Game Review
Whenever you’re stumped about what to give your husband, or your dad for his birthday or on fathers day, you immediately turn to the internet where any number of people will tell you to buy golf balls or car tires. Some will go so far as to suggest that you treat your husband to an outdoor experience like mountain climbing or kayaking. What no one realizes is that these kinds of gifts are one of two things; really cheap and small or really expensive and unnecessary. What they have in common is that they say nothing about the important role of a father in your life or in your kids’ lives.
Here are three gifts that you’d never think about giving your husband on fathers day but will mean more to him than a new paint job for the car.
A card, picture or even a letter of appreciation
You may think that there’s nothing like a baseball game to delight your husband but anything that actually puts your appreciation and your kids’ love into words will make him feel even better. To men, awards and accomplishments mean a lot and unlike women, they can’t go very long without some sort of substantial acknowledgement so a nice card or the letter of appreciation gift (a simple letter or certificate you can print at home) will be a great hit and it’s likely to be put up on a wall.
Time, time and time
What’s even rarer in a man’s life is time to relax or time to spend with the family. Try and plan a special day for your husband on father’s day where he gets to spend as much time playing with the kids. Make his favorite stuff for breakfast, lunch and dinner and if you get this all on video, it’ll be worth a thousand cherished memories.
Food
You know how they say food is the way to man’s heart, well they’re right! Just about anything special that you make will be a great gift for your husband on fathers day. Try fathers day fruit baskets to treat him to all sorts of unique fresh fruits if you’re not a good cook yourself or you’re not sure just what he’d like. If fruit baskets aren’t what you consider special, try fruit bouquets. They’re fruit arrangements that are made with fresh fruit dipped in chocolate. The arrangements are available in special sports themed containers and I know for a fact that men love them!
Nightfall Mysteries: Curse of the Opera is an action-packed hidden object adventure game, in which an opera troupe visits a quaint village for a performance only to become entangled in mysterious disappearances and murders.
You play the part of a stagehand in this famous opera troupe which has been invited by a Count Vladd Vansig III to perform for him in his small village. Strangely enough, the village is empty except for the count and his manservant. (Honestly though, if you have been invited to perform in a village in which the only residents are a man named Vladd and his manservant, the best course of action would have been to run away!)
You start the game in your car driving the stage props to the village. Unexpectedly (or expectedly, considering this is a mystery thriller game), a car tire goes flat and the engine stalls. Your hidden puzzle adventure begins as you attempt to find your way to the village and locate the rest of the opera troupe. As you enter the village and interact with the people there, you start to realize things are not what they seem, and everyone seems to have their own hidden agenda. Then someone gets murdered, and the adventure begins in earnest.
The gameplay in Nightfall Mysteries: Curse of the Opera is primarily like an adventure puzzle game, with hidden object scenes and mini-puzzles present at almost every turn. You move between interconnected scenes and locations while trying to solve puzzles and overcome various obstacles in order to progress further.
The scenes or locations in the game are all connected similar to the dungeon maps in role-playing games. To advance from scene to scene, you would need to overcome obstacles such as opening a locked door or crossing a river whose bridge had been washed away. Solving these obstacles will involve obtaining items such as keys, which in turn are obtained by solving other puzzles, hidden object scenes or interacting directly with the environment. For instance, if you need a tree branch to solve an obstacle, you could find a saw or axe and chop down a tree in a forest scene.
The hidden object scenes that you encounter in the game are not excessively difficult. They are the traditional puzzles where you are required to find a list of random items in a busy scene, some of which can be used to solve subsequent puzzles or overcome obstacles. There are also the hidden puzzles where you are required to find 6 birds and 6 musical notes and the like. The mini-games and puzzles require more logical reasoning and problem solving, and are a refreshing break from the item-hunting in the rest of the game. If you get stuck though, there is always the option to skip the puzzles and continue with the story.
The game progression in Curse of the Opera also slightly differs from traditional hidden object games. Similar to role-playing games, your objectives or “quests” are obtained by talking to characters who are located in an “inn”. And when you complete those “quests”, you return to the character in question and obtain the next part of their quest.
These characters are very colorful and add a whole lot of life into the game. You have the creepy count, the soprano diva, the silent violinist, the nonchalant engineer and more. And all of them have great voice-acting complete with accents appropriate for a grand international opera troupe. The atmosphere and artwork are very immersive as well. Although all the scenes and locations are dark and gloomy (the game is called Nightfall Mysteries after all), they perfectly portray the mysterious village and its sinister inhabitants.
Curse of the Opera delivers a respectable mystery adventure game that combines the role-playing game, hidden object and puzzle game genres pretty well. It is well worth your time to come explore the mysteries surrounding Count Vladd and his secluded little village.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
You can read more about Nightfall Mysteries: Curse of the Opera at http://www.hidden-puzzles.com/curse-of-the-opera.html
Steven maintains Hidden Puzzles at http://www.hidden-puzzles.com , a website devoted to the most popular hidden object and puzzle games. You can read game reviews, download and play them online.
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Issue #1 is probably the temp sensor giving the computer false info. could also be throttle position sensor.
Issue #2 is either a bad tire of work steering parts. this can be very dangerous and needs to be checked today.
Issue #3 you should have changed the wires with the plugs.
You never mentioned whether you have a check engine light.
try cleaning the throttle position sensor, throttle body, and mass air flow sensor with appropriate cleaners. Also, have you ever replaced an oxygen sensor? If it’s a really rough idle double check those plugs, wires, and the coil pack.