Originally Posted by tbirdman

I have a 2003 windstar that started out having a cylinder 2 misfire, so I replaced spark plugs and then it went to cylinder 2 and 3 misfires and started backfiring and smelling like gasoline, but there is no fuel leaking anywhere. I had it towed to a garage, and they could not find out why it was running rough and told me that when they did a compression test, cylinder 2 only went to 60 lbs and 3 went to 100 lbs. Also, when I checked out the codes in OBD, it came up with P0230, P0231, P0402, P0171, P0302, P0303 & P0316. When I was told of the compression test, I believed that it sounds like I would need engine overhaul, which is more than it is worth. I decided to just bring it back home, and we could not get it to drive over 20 mph, and when I got it home, the hoses from the dpfe sensor were blown off. I tried to put them back on, but they would not stay on. Any ideas of why it is doing that? Or, should I just send the old van to the scrap yard and say goodby to it after 19 faithful years and 216,000 miles?