Royalflesh
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- Saint Paul MN
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- 1999 Ford Explorer 5.0 v8
Hi guys I am new here and this is my first post.
I am having trouble with my explorer. I have a 1999 Ford explorer v8 with the 5.0 engine.
My truck has been very reliable I have taken great care of it. The only problem i have is the high miles, (223,x..) and the exhaust. There is a few holes in the exhaust and it sounds a little loud, other then that it's been really good to me.
Then one day I was driving to work and I broke down in the intersection. I got to the intersection and the truck shut off. I tried to start it back up and it didn't start. At first When It turned over it acted like it wanted to start, But never did. Each time I turned it over it seemed to get a little slower and slower, like the battery was dying or the belt was to tight. But my battery seemed fine the lights were not dim or anything like that. The battery is only about 4 months old.
Luckily a co-worker (who says his side job is a mechanic) pulled up behind me and wanted to try to jump start my truck, and it never started up, and one time it back fired. Cops showed up, and We ended up having to push my truck to my job. My coworker put a code reader in my truck (it was a less expensive code reader.) and the only code that popped up was exhaust leak.
With no codes and the way it died My co-worker thought it could be the crank sensor. I removed the belt to get at the sensor. Removed the sensor and there was a lot of gunk on it. I removed the gunk and my co-worker said my sensor looked pretty new and thought maybe it was all that gunk on the sensor and told me to put it back in. I put the part back in, and I went to go start my truck and it started right up no problem. I went to go shut my hood and I noticed that in the excitement of getting the part back installed, I forgot to put the belt back on. So I shut the truck off and got the belt back on. (which was hard with one person).With the belt on I went to go start the truck again and it didn't start. It was doing the same thing as before as it was starting it was getting slower and slower like the battery was dying or the belt was too tight. I made sure I installed the belt correct. I looked at it for so long to make sure I didn't make any mistakes.
So I thought I try starting my truck with the belt off again. I took off the belt and it started right up again.
I have no clue what to look for after this point.
The mechanic at my work ended up quitting, and I never got his number so there no way of talking to him.
Sorry the story was so long I just wanted to get all the details.
Does anybody have any ideas as what it can be? Or what I can check?
Thanks in advance
I am having trouble with my explorer. I have a 1999 Ford explorer v8 with the 5.0 engine.
My truck has been very reliable I have taken great care of it. The only problem i have is the high miles, (223,x..) and the exhaust. There is a few holes in the exhaust and it sounds a little loud, other then that it's been really good to me.
Then one day I was driving to work and I broke down in the intersection. I got to the intersection and the truck shut off. I tried to start it back up and it didn't start. At first When It turned over it acted like it wanted to start, But never did. Each time I turned it over it seemed to get a little slower and slower, like the battery was dying or the belt was to tight. But my battery seemed fine the lights were not dim or anything like that. The battery is only about 4 months old.
Luckily a co-worker (who says his side job is a mechanic) pulled up behind me and wanted to try to jump start my truck, and it never started up, and one time it back fired. Cops showed up, and We ended up having to push my truck to my job. My coworker put a code reader in my truck (it was a less expensive code reader.) and the only code that popped up was exhaust leak.
With no codes and the way it died My co-worker thought it could be the crank sensor. I removed the belt to get at the sensor. Removed the sensor and there was a lot of gunk on it. I removed the gunk and my co-worker said my sensor looked pretty new and thought maybe it was all that gunk on the sensor and told me to put it back in. I put the part back in, and I went to go start my truck and it started right up no problem. I went to go shut my hood and I noticed that in the excitement of getting the part back installed, I forgot to put the belt back on. So I shut the truck off and got the belt back on. (which was hard with one person).With the belt on I went to go start the truck again and it didn't start. It was doing the same thing as before as it was starting it was getting slower and slower like the battery was dying or the belt was too tight. I made sure I installed the belt correct. I looked at it for so long to make sure I didn't make any mistakes.
So I thought I try starting my truck with the belt off again. I took off the belt and it started right up again.
I have no clue what to look for after this point.
The mechanic at my work ended up quitting, and I never got his number so there no way of talking to him.
Sorry the story was so long I just wanted to get all the details.
Does anybody have any ideas as what it can be? Or what I can check?
Thanks in advance