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Elite Explorer
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2019 Explorer Sport
My 2014 Sport has a hair under 90k on it. Lately, I've noticed a burning oil smell in the cabin. It also smells "hot" when I walk around the front after driving it for a while. I popped the hood and pulled the plastic cover that's on the engine that says ECOBOOST. I looked around and noticed oil pooled in the galley around the throttle body, just below it, on the valve cover. I pulled the piping off the throttle body and the TB, itself, is dry. But the rubber plumbing, down into where it transitions into hard plastic is very oily. I can't really determine if that's normal, first of all. Second, I really can't see how the oil got down in the galley of the valve cover near the throttle body. I can tell it's been going on a while as it's now seeping down the front of the valve cover and onto the exhaust which is what I'm smelling, I suspect. I checked, to be sure, and it's not from them "missing" it when they filled with oil at the oil change. It's too far away.
I'm trying to figure out how to post photos here, but does anyone have thoughts, or experiences with this?
Thanks!
Shumax
I'm trying to figure out how to post photos here, but does anyone have thoughts, or experiences with this?
Thanks!
Shumax