Jimmy Sport
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- Joined
- April 3, 2012
- Messages
- 35
- Reaction score
- 25
- City, State
- Rockville, Maryland
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2000 Ford Explorer Sport
So I screwed up pretty bad. I have a 2000 XLS OHV 4.0 with 178,000 miles and a fairly bad oil leak. I am driving tomorrow to pick up my (new to me) 1999 XLT 5.0 AWD. I was quickly running through a pre-trip check and saw that the oil was at the "add" hole on the dipstick. I grabbed what I thought was a jug of 5W-30, but it was anti-freeze. I put about a quart in and set the bottle down and saw the label. Just then the sky opened up and it rained for about 5 hours. The only place I have to work on my car is the parking lane on my street. But by the time the rain stopped, it was dark. This morning, knowing I had to get some other things done (work and eye doctor appointment), I finished up at 3:30 and had to get the car dolly by 5 pm. My choices were pretty slim. I wasn't going on a 350 mile trip with coolant and oil in my engine, so I took it to Jiffy Lube. The truck drove about 2 miles between my home and the Jiffy Lube.
Question 1 is do you think any damage was done with that short drive? It ran fine both on the way to Jiffy Lube and after.
As I said, I have a "new" Explorer coming into the mix. Through my many previous Explorers I've owned, I have a full set of (manual) front and back seats. This new truck has power seats, but a huge burn hole (I assume from a cigarette) in the drivers side seat bottom.
Question 2 - Does anyone know how to switch the tracks in power seats and manual seats? Is that even possible?
EDIT - This seems like a very weird color combo. Grey interior and gold exterior?
Thanks.
Question 1 is do you think any damage was done with that short drive? It ran fine both on the way to Jiffy Lube and after.
As I said, I have a "new" Explorer coming into the mix. Through my many previous Explorers I've owned, I have a full set of (manual) front and back seats. This new truck has power seats, but a huge burn hole (I assume from a cigarette) in the drivers side seat bottom.
Question 2 - Does anyone know how to switch the tracks in power seats and manual seats? Is that even possible?
EDIT - This seems like a very weird color combo. Grey interior and gold exterior?
Thanks.