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2001 Explorer bad miss at idle

chopmini

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2000 explorer sport
I have a 2000 explorer sport with the 4.0. It was running real bad so I did a full tuneup (plugs, wires, fuel filter, pcv, coil, air filter). It ran better, but not great. It had a miss at idle when cold. Once warmed up, you didn't notice it as much. So i replaced the temp sensors, which involved removing the plenum. Once all done, it was good. A couple of days went by and the miss came back. I hooked it up to my scanner and got some weird readings.
First off, I had 9 codes. Lean bank 1 and 2, multiple missfire, and missfire on each cylinder. I viewed the PIDs and got even a bit more confused.
At idle STFTRM1 and 2 are maxed at 42.2%, and LTFTRM1 and 2 is 25%. Oxygen sensors were also wierd. S11 was at .025, S21 was at .030, and S22 is 1.275
At 2500rpm, STFTRM1 and 2 ranged from -9.4 to 8.6. LTFTRM1 and 2 got down to 18.8, but I was only holding rpm for 15-20 seconds. The O2 sensors were a bit off still too. S11 ranged .040-.730, S12 ranged .050-.670, S22 stayed at 1.275.

As far as the FTRM goes, I am pretty sure it is a vacuum leak. Since it is dropping so far at a higher rpm. I have sprayed around with some carb cleaner to try to find it, but no luck. I even pulled the plenum back off and double checked all that again. Still the same after that too.
Oxygen sensors are still confusing me a bit.
Anybody have any input on the oxygen sensors? how about the vacuum leak?
Anything would be great.
Thanks
 






Definitely an air leak. Probably intake manifold gaskets or the inlet tube. It's pulling in a lot of extra air somewhere.
 






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