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HI everyone, working on my 99 EB Explorer, 4.0 SOHC, trying to read codes, which connector pins do i jump, sorry to be short, kinda busy. oh i have the connector thats under the dash it looks like from the top left to right blank, pin, blank, pin, pin, blank, pin, blank bottom...

I have had a slight oil leak on my 130,000 mile, 99 Explorer 4.0 SOHC for some time, finally decided to get to the bottom of it. Thinking it may be coming from a valve cover as the PCV valve my be bad, i dug around on the top of the motor to check and clean the PCV valve, seemed ok, and no...

Mine had that issue, i bought it new and i cant remember if it did it then or not, its been doing it for so long. I did the upper and lower gaskets last weekend, and it stopped doing that. Could be a vacume leak repair in your future.

Thanks McSlug, good to know, i didnt want to take it apart and not be able to put it back together. I read the horror stories about the issues with trying to remove the sensors. I think i will go get a replacement before i remove the old one, may as well replace it if i am going to remove...

I was thinking about that the other day, i dont remember getting it.

So, i finished my 0012M fix yesterday, well most of it. I replaced the upper and lower O rings, kinda puzzled at Ford, dont see any reason they actually make the intake manifold in two pieces. Both sets were rock hard, and you could see on the lower where it was leaking through the seal...

rodger that, 49 ft lbs

Hmm, I havent checked, but is it really a metric or standard size? Any sealer go on that compression ring?

oh gotcha, mine has that. No other instructions other than the same sheet in your picture. What did you use for the tensioner, big socket or big wrench?

so Fed ex brought my kit today. what is the long rod thing for in the kit? The tensioner looks like it needs a oring around the base of the hex where you thread it into the hole, do i use one that is still on the old one?

neat videos and info, thanks

UPDATE, Replaced Intake Gaskets and cam tensioner fix So, here i am waiting for my 00M12 kit, and just wondering, Is the tensioner spring loaded or does it work off of oil pressure? Sometimes my chain rattles like heck, and when the oil pressure comes up it still makes some noise. Other...

WOW, lots of high milage trucks out there. Our 99 only has 119,000.

I did my plugs last summer, everyone said it was hard, only took a hr or so, did it through the fender, not bad, I have the SOHC.

I bought my 99 EB brand new and its done this high rev at startup ever since i have had it. I thought i was the only one. I am going to check the TB seal and see if that is the issue. I have tried everything else, mybe the computer flash wil work for me.

Great thread, i am just about to start my repair too

Roger that, i will leave it alone and se eif the upper/lower gaskets are the culprits

Thanks Scucci, thats some good info

Time to take on the Upper/lower intake manifold gasket and the oil check valve fix. A few weeks ago, someone posted the part number and link to a Ford site that you could order the kit from anyone have that link, i cant seem to find it. I am also going to do the coolant temp sensor, just...

Think that is bad? I worked for Chrysler for a bit, I think it was a Cirrus, to replace the horn, you had to take the battery out, the headlight, the support and the evap canister, it took me 2 hrs to do my first one.

Cool, thanks, i will look for it tonight.

On post number 9 on your thread, the 2nd and third image, is that the sensor on the lower right? I cant really get a reference on the location. I see your upper radiator hose, but it looks like it may be routed different maybe.

Ewww, lower intake manifold, as in the actual device that is attached to the heads? Hmm dont know if i am in the mood to do that till it warms up. I must be blind or something, when i had the upper off i didnt see anything like that next to the tensioner. I will have to look again. I will...

We have a 99 EB, 4.0 SOHC. 160,000+, the only things i have done besides tune ups and oil changes, IAC Upper Intake Gasket Thermostat Right front wheel bearing went bad at 75,000 Trans Service We have pulled a 17 foot boat with it for the last 5 yrs, no problems yet

My 99 4.0 SOHC has always done this, since it was new, maybe not for 20 sec, but it revs really high when you first start it, cold or warm. I thought it was normal till i rode in someone else's 99 Explorer.