Two questions for ya...and I need a REAAALLLL honest answer from the experienced wrenchers.
Test drove an 06 King Ranch with 33K miles on it. I experienced an intermittent virbration (very rough vibration when backing up and incline) that I was unable to recreate during my test drive, despite how hard I tried. Seller (independent dealer) took the truck to the local Ford dealer and they were able to recreate the vibration.
The fix, the Ford tech said, was to rebalance the cyclinders.
My questions are as follows:
1) would unbalanced cylinders cause rough idling intermitantly?
2) How concerned should I be at the need to rebalance cylinders at 33K miles; how likely is this (cylinders get unbalanced) to happen again?
3) How do cylinders get unbalanced anyway.
Need honest answers, gang. I really like the truck but dont want to purchase a headache.
Test drove an 06 King Ranch with 33K miles on it. I experienced an intermittent virbration (very rough vibration when backing up and incline) that I was unable to recreate during my test drive, despite how hard I tried. Seller (independent dealer) took the truck to the local Ford dealer and they were able to recreate the vibration.
The fix, the Ford tech said, was to rebalance the cyclinders.
My questions are as follows:
1) would unbalanced cylinders cause rough idling intermitantly?
2) How concerned should I be at the need to rebalance cylinders at 33K miles; how likely is this (cylinders get unbalanced) to happen again?
3) How do cylinders get unbalanced anyway.
Need honest answers, gang. I really like the truck but dont want to purchase a headache.