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water in the gas ...... alright ...tho i have not gone outside to try to get the explorer to start i was talking to a person i know that was haveing problems and told them about mine and they said "maybe it's water " i thought to my self could it be that easy ??? my problem , 3 months...

hey all, been wanting to do a project with some flash light led elements that i have had laying around and want to put them to good use in the explorer. pic, they run @ 3 volts so for me to use them i need to cut the voltage down from 12 volts and @ 3 volts they will just about blind you...

hey all ,went to the yard today and overhead console in really good shape out of a '98 model .i got the bracket and as much as the wire harness i could but i got questions , i read the thread --> http://www.explorer4x4.com/overhead.htm , i need to know if the yellow/grey wire is positive...

hey all ,seem to be haveing a problem here latelly .about a month a go the engine was fine but started up with hard starting ....then it went to really hard starting then total cut out of the engine while it's running .went and pickup a new tps and crankshaft postion sensor ( tho after i...

i was looking on craigslist today and found a shop near me that is selling rebuilt stage one ( factory shift good up to 350hp) for right around 450.00 ! but i also noticed another person selling a 700r4 and their add went on to say that theses transmissions are set up for a electronic...

hey all ..... hood supports ....was going through some junk the other day and found these..... i did manage to find some info on it(http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=230910&highlight=hood+supports) but just wanted to know it the brackets i had were correct ...

http://www.rockauto.com/RSS/vehiclefeeds.php?carcode=1119631&m=wc&l=en&html=true (this is a closeout parts page) just got an e-mail today from rock auto ..last month i ordered a new dpfe module for the egr system . i know that quite a few of you are needing to do some top end motor...

well i'm just about to do my first fluid change since the rebuild of my a4ld ( about 16k on it so far ) the first time i changed it back when i first got the x and i'm not sure but i think the gasket was rubber ( plus it was a generic brand filter kit ...not wix) . so after buying a wix brand...

been reading the latest in temp issue's and was just interested to see what temp stat others have and if they have had any problems . see, i replaced mine about 2 months ago to a 180f and was told that my mileage would suffer ....truck would run in closed loop etc..... but to my amazment ,i'm...

dpfe's of the metal caseing type are known to go bad ( even new out of the box) the new motorcraft part is now in a plastic case and also a new style connector is required . motorcraft part # -----> 4W1Z9J460AA ( w/new connector) .... the " 4 " at the start of the # is for the new...

i was wondering does any body have have any stereo info on a 94 explorer. i was thinking about removeing the kenwood head unit from my other truck to put into the explorer but seeing that i would have to bypass the factory amp to do so i remembered that i had this little device in my collection...

anyone ever see a thermostat do this ? what could cause it blockage or over rev the engine while it still shut ?...or just a cheap unit ?

this is for all explorers with egr problems ......... first of all the problems with egr... my explorer must be psychic ( it's like my explorer hears somehow that others on the forum are haveing egr problems "dpfe" and goes " ok time to f'up " lol ) . just wanted to share what i found...

today i was hoseing down my engine and noticed the p/s pump looks like it may have sprung a leak ....i'm sure it's something simple like the pressure hose or the return hose a simple enough fix,but it got me to thinking ...this is the one from the factory and the trucks got 205k on it so i was...

well the past problems i have had with the engine have come back since the last post i did ( iac ohms test ) ....iac is fine :rolleyes: last night i removed all the sensors off the engine and went over each of them ...cleaned,meter tested . also during all this i had the batt disconnected all...

happy new year .

today i decided to clean the iac again to see if i just did not get it clean enough ,but before i did i looked in the haynes manual and it says that if ohms on the termials are 10k or less then there is a internal short and to replace. i tested and got 9.7/8 ....almost ten but dose this mean...

alright ....after tonight i figure i ask what could cause this .... been doing it the past week ruffly and only does it when it's cold out . starting it will useally start up and go right to 500 rpm (useally it will go up to 1500 rpm and then slowlly come back down to normal idle but now...

hey all , got a few questions about the 95 motors ....i know every body has read my v-8 thread ( thats still in the works ) so don't think bad of me when i say i'm going to get a 95 v-6 motor .found someone on the net today thats got a blown 4.0 and is already out of the truck and is giveing it...

hey everyone... you know that after being on the forum for a year now i have read people's post about a v8 swap and i know i could trudge through the posts to find the info but i was just thinking about it tonight and just wanted some quick answers... i just remembered i got 2 302 blocks that...

thought i'd share this web site....i was going through my favorites on my computer and remembered i saved the web site .for anyone with transmission problems and or wanting to convert the 700r4 to run in the explorer this may be a good web site to get a idea on either what some parts look like...

my father just bought a motorhome 2 weeks ago and yesturday we got to cleaner her up and started looking at all the useally areas of interrest motor wise......well i opened the rad cap and saw blackish-greenish coolant .thinking that it was just in poor condition i got to the transmission...

hey all ,today i was checking the coolant and took the cap off and notived what looked like a greenish clear gel like substance caked up under the cap where the rubber gasket is .what the heck is this gunk !?! i have never seen anything like this before in all my years so i'm at a lose. does...

hey all .... bit of good news ,my father earlier this year bought a camper and found out that it needs repair and has now bought a new motorhome rv and now is giveing the camper to me :biggthump...( grin ) but heres the problem . i got two trucks.. my colorado and the x neither of them i know...

i just saw a commercial tonight about the new honda pilot that picks up a family in a big type truck and the guy says' yeah i get 23 mpg on the high way " looking all smug :rolleyes: ....i dont feel bad now that i got a 15 year old suv that gets 24 mpg lol :D