JFKatz23
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- 2006 Explorer Eddie Bauer
Hello,
I have a 2006 V8 Eddie Bauer. For several years now and on several occasions, I will get a loud roaring noise while in lower gears and while accelerating. I've noticed that it's been after a really hard rain or even sometimes while driving during a storm.
It sounds like I'm driving a semi truck engine with half of the acceleration. Once it gets into a higher gear the noise will generally dissipate, but will then come back if I'm accelerating from a stop.
After a while or as I've determined, after things have dried out, the noise will go away and the car will run as normal.
We had a hard rain yesterday and I hadn't driven the truck since then. The noise started immediately upon startup this evening but now the noise hasn't gone away. I drove for about 15 miles, with no rain to be seen and it still persisted. Then just as I was about to get home my Service Engine light was flashing while accelerating. It then went away after about 20 seconds or so and didn't come back on. (That has never happened before)
I've taken it to an outside mechanic and he couldn't determine the issue in the past. It wasn't really a huge deal to me because it happens so little and goes away but now I'm more worried. Does anyone know what could be causing this and/or a possible fix?
I've read some threads about how it's possibly a fan clutch issue but that doesn't seem to be necessarily my issue and no one has mentioned, rain or anything of that sort as a cause.
HELP!
2006 Ford Explorer V8 Eddie Bauer
I have a 2006 V8 Eddie Bauer. For several years now and on several occasions, I will get a loud roaring noise while in lower gears and while accelerating. I've noticed that it's been after a really hard rain or even sometimes while driving during a storm.
It sounds like I'm driving a semi truck engine with half of the acceleration. Once it gets into a higher gear the noise will generally dissipate, but will then come back if I'm accelerating from a stop.
After a while or as I've determined, after things have dried out, the noise will go away and the car will run as normal.
We had a hard rain yesterday and I hadn't driven the truck since then. The noise started immediately upon startup this evening but now the noise hasn't gone away. I drove for about 15 miles, with no rain to be seen and it still persisted. Then just as I was about to get home my Service Engine light was flashing while accelerating. It then went away after about 20 seconds or so and didn't come back on. (That has never happened before)
I've taken it to an outside mechanic and he couldn't determine the issue in the past. It wasn't really a huge deal to me because it happens so little and goes away but now I'm more worried. Does anyone know what could be causing this and/or a possible fix?
I've read some threads about how it's possibly a fan clutch issue but that doesn't seem to be necessarily my issue and no one has mentioned, rain or anything of that sort as a cause.
HELP!
2006 Ford Explorer V8 Eddie Bauer