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why? for the love of God why!?!? Sometimes the throttle gets bucking or surging because of this also when trying to be light on the pedal and go slow. This is a new vehicle to me, EB 4.6L 4x4 200 000km. Also the door seals have shrunk and it needs new front struts. The audiovox roof mount dvd...

Any advice from the gurus about my latest purchase? 200 000km on the odometer, paid $2000cdn. Should I use 5w20 or 5w30 full synthetic?

Today at approx 3:20pm est the pistons met valves on one side of my 2000 Amazon Green Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L SOHC 4x4. Rip@280 000km. Rattled after 2000rpm for the longest(80 000km) time but nothing god awful however it must have jumped time when I shut it off today because it went from...

Hey all, long time no see.... My green 2000 sport with 5r55e and 4.0L SOHC rattles under load, it sounds like a spray can rattling. I remember somebody saying what that was in the transmission but I forget, anybody able to refresh my memory?

My '97 4.0L OHV 4 door 4x4 Explorer with 270 000kms which is now used as a field truck was having fuel pump issues. Took it apart and found that it's the original pump and that the material in the sock/filter at the base of the pump had disintegrated and was being sucked into the pump, clogging...

Hello! I'm new to the 3rd gen side of the forums as most of my participation has been in the 2nd gen portion but there's a 2003 black Lincoln Aviator that I'm looking to purchase around these parts. They are based off the 3rd gen explorer so I wondered if anyone has any tips or need to know...

I keep a 2000 4L SOHC sport 4x4 on the back burner as a spare vehicle, it's got 194 000kms on it and of course has the start up rattle. I took it for a short warm up drive today which I do with all my vehicles that don't see regular road use and after a short time started to smell antifreeze...

Build Date: 03.05.1996 Vehicle Line: Explorer/Mountaineer Body Style: 4 Door Wagon Version: Ford Series Engine: 5.0L OHV SEFI V8 (NP) Transmission: 4R70W (AODE) 4-Speed Auto Trans Drive: LHD 4WD (FTD) Axle Ratio: 3.73 Emission: Canadian Requirements Air Conditioning: Manual Air...

Can screwed up front abs sensors make the 4 wheel drive stay on? 2000 4.0L OHV Sport 5speed manual transmission with automatic 4x4.

It's got the rearview mirror autolamp stuff, is there any usual suspect for this thing killing the battery after only sitting for 3 days? It's been doing it over and over and the battery is good. On another note, my daily driver 2000 sport 5spd ohv had the passenger side upper ball joint come...

It's -23c .. much worse with the wind chill. My fan(blower motor) has decided it won't start unless you open the hood and whack it with your hand. Knuckles bloody after 20 whacks in the dark. <insert joke here> For reference, blower motor died @340 000 Canadian kilometers. My father puts a...

Looking up the VIN# didn't help for the colour of the fender flares and I'd like to get some matched paint cans. Are they Ford Silver Charcoal? Thanks in advance.

Donor : 1998 Explorer XLT 4dr 4.0L SOHC Automatic trans.(5r55e) 4x4. 3.73 gear ratio. Recipient: 2000 Explorer SPORT 4.0L OHV 5-speed manual 4x4. 4.10 gear ratio. So, the sport has become my daily driver due to the transmission in the Donor crapping out on me, I love the sport manual...

Fine Ladies and Gentlemen of the explorer forums .. I am in in need of your urgent help in diagnosing my tranny issue. Recently the o/d light has begun flashing always at some point, every drive sometimes going away for awhile. The tranny seems ok even when the light is flashing although...

Hello all, I apologize for creating a new thread but I figured this would be the best way to get some answers for my problem alittle more promptly. I have a 98' Explorer 4dr XLT 4.0L SOHC as my daily driver and quite sometime ago I had pulled the fuse for the daytime running lights because they...