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my truck runs pretty well considering it has 185k. it has a rough idle, which may or may not contribute to this problem: it accelerates fine until it warms up, then if i step on it to pass someone or merge onto the interstate, it falls on its face somewhere between 3 and 4000 rpms. it does...
First clue: During a couple of snow storms last winter, felt like tranny was intermittently downshifting. Occurred most often around 50-55mph and approx 1600 rpm.
Now feels like torque converter is intermittently locking/unlocking under light to medium load all gears. Feels like going over...
2000 XLT 4.0 SOHV Having occasional missing problems at idle. Missing real bad during hard acceleration at about 40mph. Changed plugs, wires & cleaned iac. Still same.... Thinking maybe a EGR? no check engine light.
I have discovered that the weather temp has a lot to do with the killing problem I am having- when I drove it on a 70 degree day, it only killed 2 times (idling at stoplights), when I drove it on a 90 degree day it killed virtually every time I stopped, and put it in reverse. Even chugged a bit...
I've been reading about some similar codes issues here, but have not found the fix yet, and I'm into my local dealership for more than 1,000k and they still can't figure it out- I'm a single mom-help!!
Repair#1: started 2 months ago on an interstate freeway in Iowa, car died and alt. gauge...
My 92 explorer smells hot. When I look at the temp gauge it's usually in the middle. It does not smoke. But I notice that around the exhaust manifold it's grimy/greasy. I'm not loosing oil though. Also, the gauges seem to be all over the place, the speed and tach do not operate smoothly, I...