parasound
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- June 17, 2006
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- City, State
- Kverneland, Norway
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 98 xlt
Hi!
I have a 98 explorer with the 4.0 Sohc, I do get some wierd things happening to the engine, and I cant figure out why...
Heres the deal:
- Sometimes its hard to start, it cranks and fires up, then dies, on second try it usually runs, also experienced that it barerly cranks, almost like its out of battery, try it a couple of times, then it cranks fine and starts.
One time it didnt start at all, it just crancked and cranked, and there was no spark, had to tow it back home, had it sitting in my garage for a couple of days, then when I tried it again, it started right away.. replaced cam sensor, crank sensor, plugs and coil after that.
- When Im driving and pushing the throttle pedal down, it takes a couple of seconds before the tranny downshifts, and the engine sounds wierd, sounds like its drowning itself in gas or something, and I`ve experienced the "check gage" light comes on, and I notice that the oil pressure gage is jumping up and down. Then when the tranny finally downshifts it stabilizes again..
-When Im standing still in D, and flooring the throttle, the engine is really slow, and it sounds again like its drowning in gas, until I reach 3-4k rpm, then it takes of, also noticed if I let the throttle a bit out, the truck accelerates faster...
Like I said, cam sensor is new, crank sensor is new, tps is new, coil, wires and plugs are new, camshaft chains have been checked for proper timing, O2 sensors are new, tranny is new, fuel filter is almost new, same with the K/N filter, trucks got about 130k miles on it.
Anybody got any Idea what could causing these things?`
Sorry about my english not beeing to good, Im from Norway
Thanks
Torbjorn
I have a 98 explorer with the 4.0 Sohc, I do get some wierd things happening to the engine, and I cant figure out why...
Heres the deal:
- Sometimes its hard to start, it cranks and fires up, then dies, on second try it usually runs, also experienced that it barerly cranks, almost like its out of battery, try it a couple of times, then it cranks fine and starts.
One time it didnt start at all, it just crancked and cranked, and there was no spark, had to tow it back home, had it sitting in my garage for a couple of days, then when I tried it again, it started right away.. replaced cam sensor, crank sensor, plugs and coil after that.
- When Im driving and pushing the throttle pedal down, it takes a couple of seconds before the tranny downshifts, and the engine sounds wierd, sounds like its drowning itself in gas or something, and I`ve experienced the "check gage" light comes on, and I notice that the oil pressure gage is jumping up and down. Then when the tranny finally downshifts it stabilizes again..
-When Im standing still in D, and flooring the throttle, the engine is really slow, and it sounds again like its drowning in gas, until I reach 3-4k rpm, then it takes of, also noticed if I let the throttle a bit out, the truck accelerates faster...
Like I said, cam sensor is new, crank sensor is new, tps is new, coil, wires and plugs are new, camshaft chains have been checked for proper timing, O2 sensors are new, tranny is new, fuel filter is almost new, same with the K/N filter, trucks got about 130k miles on it.
Anybody got any Idea what could causing these things?`
Sorry about my english not beeing to good, Im from Norway
Thanks
Torbjorn
