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how do u tell between 4.0 and 4.0 SOHC?

silrturbo

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97' XLT
i recently purchased a 1997 explorer xlt; how do you tell if the engine is the 160 hp or the 205 hp? thanks so much!

by the way i have the orginal invoice sticker (that usually is posted on the window) but won't be able to look at it until monday......

thanks for help
 



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There should be a plastic shroud over the engine and it will say SOHC (lift the hood).
 






look at the 8th charachter of the vin number, thats the engine code. "X" is the 160HP OHV, "E" is the 205HP SOHC
 












glad i did the search thing, i was wondering what the letters of the vin meant :)
 






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