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4.0 v6 SOHC.

I took my 1997 explorer in and had 1500 dollars in work done to the engine, and an alignment and 2 new tires. Well I should have had them do a compression test before doing the upper and lower intake manifolds. Come to find out 2 cylinders are not compressing correctly, not really sure what...

Will it completely ruin the engine running on 2 bad cylinders? I am going to take it back to the mech and do the dry and wet test and see exactly what is going on. He told me that eventually the HP would go down and down until it ran like a yugo. so if it is a dry test and from what I am...

Well I kind of like the engine in a can fix since there is nothing worse that can happen to it at this point. My HP went from 230 or so to about 100 HP so I get no get up and go! Eleaborate on what I can do to bandage this thing for 1 to 2 years until I can dump it for a newer explorer. the...

I sunk 1500 dollars in getting my truck fixed. Front end aligment and plugs and wires done correctly this time, the rattling under the car has been fixed. got the ac unit fixed. and upper and lower intake manifolds rebuild. seeems a little better now. But the bad news is the compression...

I have a question about these. Can any damage occur by having bad gaskets for an extended period of tiime. I notice I am losing coolant through the intake, also I am getting 7 miles to the gallon. And the truck has trouble starting and chokes and dies several times when first started. Once...

Well today I had the following done: 1. 2 new tires, put the spare back under the truck, had the front end aligned. 2. Fixed the AC system, the accumulator had a major leak. Now it blows ice cold air just in time for the texas heat! That cost me another 620 bucks but it was well...

I'm in Plano also! Would love to get a get together of fellow X's. If anyone cares or does not have to work today (Thursday March 17th) I will be at Driver's Edge Auto Shop getting my truck in tip top shape. It is off of Coit and Legacy. Would love some support for my $$$$ investment to the...

The only things left to do in the near future are the following...mostly cosmetic: I am going to get the truck detailed and carpet shampood and entire inside of truck cleaned out. Then I need to get this gehtto box in the rear of the truck out and proper speakers put in the back panels. I...

Well come to find out I am using a 15" spare on the right passenger side right now and all the others are 16" so the tech said thats probably why it is pulling to the left with unmatched tires. Which I am going to get fixed on friday! LOL I have to hold the steering wheel to the left a little...

I was debating on wether to buy a new car with 1000 down or use 500 to fix my exp to working order. I chose the later. I went to my shop which btw have great prices. They did the following to fix my explorer. They still have 4 or 5 things left to do on my payday on friday but this is what...

A couple Issues need advice on First of all my gas pedal snapped the rivets off the firewall and I am getting terrible acceleration. I have jerry rigged it so I have to stomp the pedal to the fireall to get any gas. Which is the best way to fix that gas pedal. Second Would a bad ignition...

when I am driving it seems to be ok.. But when I go over a bump in the road it is very loud. It doesnt last long maybe 15 seconds. But it is annoying. seems to be related to the amount of gas I accelerate it seems to happen. But in 15 seconds it is gone...I let up on the gas and the sound...

Sorry didnt see that...I thought this was a 1 of a kind freak thing, but alas ford has amazed me again with BUILT ford tough. Well no need to bring this up again mod can delete this if they want

has this ever happened to anyone? seems while I was on the highway my gas pedal snapped 3 rivets from the bracket to the firewall!!! I mean the person before me must have had a real lead foot or what! Luckily I was able to make it to a gas station. THANK god it wasnt the brake pedal that...

I used your advise and floored the pedal while trying to start it and it worked!!! So I reved it up and warmed it up and drove it to the nearest gas station and filled it up! I should have never let it get that low with an important interview coming up! Thanks for all your help!

I have an interview in 1 hour I need to be at and my 97 4.0 SOHC v6 will not start. It seems to be turning over ok but just not either getting fuel or a spark. I tried for 20 min. Any idea on how to get it started I need it bad. Computer says I have 2 gallons in the tank and I am also on an...

I have an eddie bauer with the center console with trip/miles/etc and when I got the vehicle the only thing that did not work was the range button on it. I would push it and nothing so I figured it was a contact issue. But then last week all of a sudden it started to work again? So just...

Ya I tried that for like 30 minutes to no avail. I pushed and pulled and even tried to pry and cut but that sucker would not come off!!!! I was pinned in my own vehicle.!!!!

Awesome job!!!! I like what you have done. Rust is a horrible cancer in the north east, I am glad here in Texas they use sand instead of salt....You put a lot of work into it, nicely done!!!

Funny you say that....The manager came out with a knife from the kitchen to try and pry or cut it off me, to no avail!!! I got a free lunch out of it though, I guess they felt sorry for me...lol

I went to a local restaurant to eat and when I got there I parked and my seatbelt would not unlatch...I pressed in I pulled etc...the button was depressed all the way I wiggled it for 1 hour. So Finally I had to call 911 since I could not get out of my truck. They came and cut my seatbelt off...

I've got my camcorder ready for a 10 mile trip today so I can record the rattling/knocking sound so you can hear it.

OK let's say I find the offending piece of metal how do I go about fixing it. Welding is not an option for me. I might just take it into the mechanic and see if he can fix it.

You should have told the tech that you have been putting in cooking sherry in the oil cause it was soooo much cheaper and it runs great! He would be so torqed off I would like to see his expression. LOL