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98 sport 4.0 head gasket? (issue)

wangmauler

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'98 explorer sport rust
Hello all!
I have a '98 explorer sport 4.0, and I have an odd issue that just started happening.

When I'm driving on the highway(only), whenever I go up any hills(It only happen above 50/55mph), it almost feels like one of my spark plugs is not firing, and the SUV almost hicups, but keeps going...I had my mechanic check the plugs, replace them, and it still has the issue.

He mentioned It could be a blown head gasket...

Is that what this problem could be? If so, could anyone link me on a thread here on how to change it, if there is one?

Thanks for any and all help you can give.
 












will go do that now...i have not cleaned it since i put it in about 8 months ago! I have gone on the trails, I dont know why I didnt think of that before...I will try that and re-post!
 






Looks like that might have fixed the problem, but I forgot to mention that the problem doesnt happen all the time. i'll keep driving it like normal, and if it persists, i'll post here again! Thanks for the tip.
 






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