StangsandMavs
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You guys haven't failed me yet.
My kid picked up an 06 SOHC 4.0L Eddie Bauer with 178k for a winter/ bad weather vehicle. Good price because the owner was told it needed timing chains (new engine) by a garage after putting thousands into repairing it... tires, battery, plugs, wires, numerous sensors, EGR valve, OEM cat converters... ouch.
So, my job is to get it road worthy.
I'm not totally convinced that the timing chains are the issue, but will go that route if it is. The reason I'm not convinced is because the previous owner had continued to drive the vehicle, including the 25 miles during daytime traffic to drop it off at my place. The engine jumps around a bit at idle... little bit of noise, but isn't overly noisy. He said it lacks power going up a hill, but seems to rev fine.
I cleared the codes and these returned in short order just by idling and driving around in my yard:
P0106
P0109
P0300
P0316
P2196
I hooked it up to my reader... looked at the Ignition timing and it was all over the place until I gave it some fuel. On the right side of this picture, you can see where I took the idle to 1500 RPMs.
I also took a shot of the Fuel Trims... I'm not too experienced with them, but I try to learn when I need to learn.
As I said, this forum has never let me down, to date... so I figured I'd open it up to the crowd before I started digging.
Thanks for checking it out.
My kid picked up an 06 SOHC 4.0L Eddie Bauer with 178k for a winter/ bad weather vehicle. Good price because the owner was told it needed timing chains (new engine) by a garage after putting thousands into repairing it... tires, battery, plugs, wires, numerous sensors, EGR valve, OEM cat converters... ouch.
So, my job is to get it road worthy.
I'm not totally convinced that the timing chains are the issue, but will go that route if it is. The reason I'm not convinced is because the previous owner had continued to drive the vehicle, including the 25 miles during daytime traffic to drop it off at my place. The engine jumps around a bit at idle... little bit of noise, but isn't overly noisy. He said it lacks power going up a hill, but seems to rev fine.
I cleared the codes and these returned in short order just by idling and driving around in my yard:
P0106
P0109
P0300
P0316
P2196
I hooked it up to my reader... looked at the Ignition timing and it was all over the place until I gave it some fuel. On the right side of this picture, you can see where I took the idle to 1500 RPMs.
I also took a shot of the Fuel Trims... I'm not too experienced with them, but I try to learn when I need to learn.
As I said, this forum has never let me down, to date... so I figured I'd open it up to the crowd before I started digging.
Thanks for checking it out.