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follow up By the way. The symptoms that the engine was displaying... Extremely rough idle, meaning the engine looked like it was going to shake off its mounts. Large amount of black goo blowing out the exhaust. Engine was making so much noise you couldn't hear yourself speaking witht he hood...

follow-up Thanks for your response. So I decided not to assume the engine was blown just because a mechanic buddy of mine told me it wasn't worth the hassle with the 270,000 miles on the engine. Went and bought a compression guage and ran the cylinders. Only did the dry test since my readings...

Hi everyone, bought a 93 explorer about 15years ago. Daughter learned to drive in it and now has her own 06 explorer. Son learned to drive in it and has been driving it unitl last week. After over 270,000 miles... the engine has finally gone on to greener pastures. Other than the miles, the...