Alexander Ward
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- Location
- California
- City, State
- Morongo Valley
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1995 Ford Explorer
Hello Everybody,
I recently purchased a 1995 Explorer Limited with the 4.0 OHV engine. It was running smoothly with lots of power, but then suddenly during a cold start, I heard a loud pop and then it began running poorly, with a low, lumpy idle, a significant reduction in power, apparent misfiring, and a noticeable smell of fresh gas. The gas mileage dropped to about 7 MPG. After driving for a while and stopping, there is a burned smell. The CEL comes on occasionally for a short while when driving uphill under load but then goes out. No, I haven't pulled the codes; I don't have a code reader and I haven't yet had the opportunity to drop by to AutoZone to ask them to check.
Looking at the engine, I noticed a dangling wire on the left side of the engine (looking from the left front and pulled it up to see what looks like a sensor of some type. the picture below shows the wire and sensor(?):
I do not see where this should be attached. Can anyone tell me what this is and where it should go? And if this popped out, would that cause the bad driveability?
Thanks in advance!
Alex
I recently purchased a 1995 Explorer Limited with the 4.0 OHV engine. It was running smoothly with lots of power, but then suddenly during a cold start, I heard a loud pop and then it began running poorly, with a low, lumpy idle, a significant reduction in power, apparent misfiring, and a noticeable smell of fresh gas. The gas mileage dropped to about 7 MPG. After driving for a while and stopping, there is a burned smell. The CEL comes on occasionally for a short while when driving uphill under load but then goes out. No, I haven't pulled the codes; I don't have a code reader and I haven't yet had the opportunity to drop by to AutoZone to ask them to check.
Looking at the engine, I noticed a dangling wire on the left side of the engine (looking from the left front and pulled it up to see what looks like a sensor of some type. the picture below shows the wire and sensor(?):
I do not see where this should be attached. Can anyone tell me what this is and where it should go? And if this popped out, would that cause the bad driveability?
Thanks in advance!
Alex