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- 04 Ford Explorer 4.6l
Tuesday of this week, Sep. 25th, my ‘04 4.6l with 213k in stock engine, intake and trans (<—holy crap right? )started to run hot at a light. Was at 203° went to 208°.
After starting to drive again, it came back down. Was thinking bad fan clutch. Got on the freeway and when I’m traffic, got back up to 208°.
Decided to get off at hit a parts store to take a look. On side roads it went to 215° and finally 219° by the time I stopped.
It took a full gallon of premixed coolant. Started it up and it immediately came back down in temp, running between 192° and 194°.
Today, Sep. 28th, I noticed a low tone sound over the radio coming from the engine. Almost sounds like the cross over pipe on the intake area. The sound is that of not enough fluid moving through a pipe that should otherwise be full.
And she took another full gallon of fluid.
I’ve noticed for some time that the exhaust has felt wet. But nothing visible, not like my ‘03 Mounty 4.6 which was creating a layer of fog.
Other than being low on coolant, the ‘04 has never ran hot, nor acted up. Drives fine with no misfires.
How many of you think it’s simply a bad intake?
I planned to drive her until she gave up the ghost, don’t plan to rebuild or put in a “new” engine.
Video with engine running, you can hear the “sucking?” noise. Ignore the wind and dieseling engine noise these make.
In the second video, engine off, you can hear what sounds like water drippng. Mind you, there’s no external leak.
After starting to drive again, it came back down. Was thinking bad fan clutch. Got on the freeway and when I’m traffic, got back up to 208°.
Decided to get off at hit a parts store to take a look. On side roads it went to 215° and finally 219° by the time I stopped.
It took a full gallon of premixed coolant. Started it up and it immediately came back down in temp, running between 192° and 194°.
Today, Sep. 28th, I noticed a low tone sound over the radio coming from the engine. Almost sounds like the cross over pipe on the intake area. The sound is that of not enough fluid moving through a pipe that should otherwise be full.
And she took another full gallon of fluid.
I’ve noticed for some time that the exhaust has felt wet. But nothing visible, not like my ‘03 Mounty 4.6 which was creating a layer of fog.
Other than being low on coolant, the ‘04 has never ran hot, nor acted up. Drives fine with no misfires.
How many of you think it’s simply a bad intake?
I planned to drive her until she gave up the ghost, don’t plan to rebuild or put in a “new” engine.
Video with engine running, you can hear the “sucking?” noise. Ignore the wind and dieseling engine noise these make.
In the second video, engine off, you can hear what sounds like water drippng. Mind you, there’s no external leak.