treybaxter
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- City, State
- memphis, tn
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '97 xlt
My '97 explorer keeps fouling plugs. About time for a new one, but trying to get a few more miles out of it. Also developed an oil leak and coolant leak. Appears to be oil in the radiator (pressure tested transcooler but no bubbles). My thoughts of course are the head gasket. But with a plug that looks like this can all that be from a head gasket? Or is this evidence of a bad set of rings and therefore the engine needs to be completely overhauled? These plugs have less than 20k miles on them. Also I'm not saying they all look like this. My scanner said misfire on 2 and 4, and #4 is dry and not too bad looking. Also scanning bank 1&2 O2 sensors lean. And EGR codes. Thanks in advance.
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