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A recent development with my 193K miles 94 Eddie Bauer is an irregular ticking sound loudest between engine and firewall that sounds identical to an engine knock (ping or pre-ignition or detonation or dieseling) and is observable at idle and highway speeds. It increases sometimes when...

So, I haven't posted in this forum just yet. Thought I would take the time and offer up a quick fix to several annoying symptoms. I bought a 94 XLT in November 2012. The truck ran well, but pinged real hard as is common in this vehicle. Symptoms began when I moved from the Bay Area to...

My 1998 Ford Explorer 4.0L OHV recently started misfiring erratically. I took it to the shop and had them take a look but since I'm rather low on funds I had them do my brakes and I decided to do the plugs, wires, and ignition coil myself. This is the first car I've ever worked on. I replaced...

So... I'll start at the beginning. For a couple years now my 4.0 makes a knocking, or perhaps pinging noise if I am driving up a long grade. Its only while its under power, If I let off the gas it stops. Gear/RPM does not seam to matter. Last summer it started running hot. I noticed my...