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I just replaced all of the timing components last week and had the heads freshened up after a hole in a combustion chamber leaked coolant into the cylinder. See thread ...http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=271943 I noticed a slight tapping when I got it back together last...

I keep seeing vroom vroom and weird words out of place in the forum. Also when typing a post, it put vroom vroom in the middle of a sentence.

After deciding that my head gasket was blown (see thread) http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=270522 I removed the head to find no visible damage to the gasket. Is it posible that it still failed and I just can't see the place where it failed? The motor never overheated, so I...

I am replacing the head gaskets on my Explorer, the motor is bare and I am at the point that I am ready to pull the valve covers. I wanted to know if I need the OTC cam tool kit prior to removing the head. I have a Haynes manual and the instructions do not say to use the tool until reinstalling...

I am having reservations about putting $300.00 or more into replacing the head gasket on a 193k mile motor. Not to mention the job will take several days to complete. If I can get a lower mileage motor for a few hundred bucks more, I want to weigh that option. So I would like to be armed with...

It smells to me like antifreeze coming from the exhaust and was spewing steam the whole way home, then it started running rough and by the time I got home, it threw a CEL. Turned it off, went in the house, came back out hooked up the OBD2 reader and it said misfire in cylinder 3 and 5. So I went...

I just purchased a 98 X and it recently started randomly increasing the idle speed at will. It occasionally dips low, (like when moving from reverse to drive), but at random times, in neutral or park it revs up to 1500, 2000 and 2500. In "drive" it goes to around 1100-1300. Then for no reason...