Texan01
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- City, State
- Dallas, TX
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1995 Explorer XLT
So I have a 323,000 mile 1995 XLT with the pushrod 4.0 and automatic. Last night I was getting on the highway and working it rather hard, got it to 70 and wound up the engine to 4,000 rpm (nothing new for this mill) it cruised along for a bit then lost all engine power.
Coasted off the highway and tried to restart it, it just sounds like there is no compression or the plugs are all out of it, no rods sticking through the block, and it builds great pressure for a factory bottom-end engine with 300k+ miles on it, the belt spins, and no weird noises are coming from it.
i'm thinking that it jumped time or the bolt on the cam sprocket backed out enough to have it slip off the dowel pin. Is the pushrod 4.0 an interference engine? I've read that the SOHC is, but nothing conclusive on the OHV
And thanks for the ribbing on the FB site.. I needed that! 5.0 swap would be more fun with a newer X than my 95.
Coasted off the highway and tried to restart it, it just sounds like there is no compression or the plugs are all out of it, no rods sticking through the block, and it builds great pressure for a factory bottom-end engine with 300k+ miles on it, the belt spins, and no weird noises are coming from it.
i'm thinking that it jumped time or the bolt on the cam sprocket backed out enough to have it slip off the dowel pin. Is the pushrod 4.0 an interference engine? I've read that the SOHC is, but nothing conclusive on the OHV
And thanks for the ribbing on the FB site.. I needed that! 5.0 swap would be more fun with a newer X than my 95.