# Intake manifold left bank stuck open **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 28, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377 "2016-01-28T02:40:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![donnieduck1962](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@donnieduck1962](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donnieduck1962)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/1 "2016-01-28T02:40:06Z")
I bought a 2002 Ford Windstar, it has over 154,000 miles on it. My problem is I got a ODB II code reader and it said that the Intake manifold on the left bank is stuck in the open position. How do I keep it from sticking. Any info would be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/2 "2016-01-28T02:44:16Z")
What was the exact DTC ? Tester ---
**Author:** ![donnieduck1962](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@donnieduck1962](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donnieduck1962)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/3 "2016-01-28T02:50:55Z")
DTC ? What is that short for. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/4 "2016-01-28T02:53:16Z")
DTC=Diagnostic Trouble Code. Tester ---
**Author:** ![donnieduck1962](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@donnieduck1962](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donnieduck1962)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/5 "2016-01-28T02:53:55Z")
According to the repair manual, the code read intake manifold stuck open ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/6 "2016-01-28T02:54:32Z")
It’s what you called the ‘OBD II code’. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/7 "2016-01-28T02:58:51Z")
The code will either be P0XXX or P1XXX. Insert numbers where the X’s are. Tester ---
**Author:** ![donnieduck1962](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@donnieduck1962](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donnieduck1962)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/8 "2016-01-28T03:09:05Z")
Ok. ---
**Author:** ![donnieduck1962](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@donnieduck1962](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donnieduck1962)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/9 "2016-01-28T03:15:22Z")
The code is P1581 ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/10 "2016-01-28T03:29:10Z")
DTC P1581 for FORD = Electronic Throttle Monitor Malfunction. Or in other words, there’s a problem with the throttle position sensor. [https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=2413340&cc=1385782&jnid=511&jpid=2](https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=2413340&cc=1385782&jnid=511&jpid=2) Tester ---
**Author:** ![Sloepoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sloepoke](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sloepoke)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/11 "2016-01-28T03:31:52Z")
Raise the hood and look at the left side of the intake manifold just above the belt. A small black box with 2 rods connected to it, one rod to each side of the manifold. The rods are only 3 or 4 " long. Make sure the wire connector is plugged into the box and if you look at the back of the box where the rods are supposed to attach, that arm should move when the key is turned on. Watch for this as someone gets in and turns the key. DO NOT START the engine while you are watching for this. Just key on, engine off. There are little white plastic clips that attach these rods to the box and the manifold. They get brittle from the engine heat, break or otherwise fall apart, and the rod falls out, a common problem with this engine. P1518 ---
**Author:** ![donnieduck1962](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@donnieduck1962](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donnieduck1962)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/12 "2016-01-28T03:34:00Z")
I’ll look at that, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/13 "2016-01-28T03:37:02Z")
Uh? The DTC is P1581. Not P1518. Tester ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/14 "2016-01-28T05:32:07Z")
Might also be the intake manifold runner control. .aka IMRC. .has just one side come apart where the clips hold the rods to the runners. At the front of the intake plennum there is a box that is an electric motor that opens/closes the intake butterflys. It works both simultaneaously so if your problem is just one side . . a rod has come off. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 8:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/15 "2016-01-28T08:09:39Z")
Is this a dual plane intake problem? If so I am just now cathcing on. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 8:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intake-manifold-left-bank-stuck-open/92377/16 "2016-01-28T08:30:08Z")
@Rodknox I believe he has a problem with the long runner/short runner control actuator linkage.