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Hello folks, I have a 1997 Mercury Mountaineer 5.0 V8 AWD(explorer)
1) During cold morning start up, with windows down, the engine hisses, ticks and knocks. The noise would go away after a min or two. The knocking noise sounds like a diesel engine at idle, ticking noise sounds like fast belt slapping, and hissing noise sounds like air coming out around the engine. It was just slight ticking noise in the beginning, but when the weather got colder, it started to knock and hiss.
2) After 1500 after the first oil change, I noticed no oil on the dipstick. It took 3 qts of oil to get the right reading. After taking it to local mercury dealer, they put me on an oil consumption test. Arond 800 miles, it ate up about 3/4 inch of oil. The dealer said its normal.
3) The transmission thumps very often. Especially when you are slowly picking up speed and let go of the gas pedal, the truck thumps. Sometimes when you try to come to a full stop, the gear would thump from 2nd to 1st. The gear also kicks in hard when you are shifting from park to drive and/or reverse.
4) Sometimes there is foul order when the heater is on. It quickly dries up my nose and I can feel a bit of burning sensation in my nostril and throat.
5) The vehicle does about 11-12 mpg.
I've know few people that owns explorers/mountaineers with awd and I even drove one explorer xlt(EB), one mountaineer awd, and bronco xlt but I do not see them happing on their vehicle.
I am very proud of this vehicle. It is loaded, handles very nicely, mucho power, soft ride, and it is very easy to drive. I always take care of my vehicle by doing frequent regular maintenance. I just don’t want the vehicle to get any worst. Even worst, I don’t want the vehicle to go bad on me right after the warranty is up.
There! That took me forever. Please help. What am I to do now?
tia.
T. Lee
Hello folks, I have a 1997 Mercury Mountaineer 5.0 V8 AWD(explorer)
1) During cold morning start up, with windows down, the engine hisses, ticks and knocks. The noise would go away after a min or two. The knocking noise sounds like a diesel engine at idle, ticking noise sounds like fast belt slapping, and hissing noise sounds like air coming out around the engine. It was just slight ticking noise in the beginning, but when the weather got colder, it started to knock and hiss.
2) After 1500 after the first oil change, I noticed no oil on the dipstick. It took 3 qts of oil to get the right reading. After taking it to local mercury dealer, they put me on an oil consumption test. Arond 800 miles, it ate up about 3/4 inch of oil. The dealer said its normal.
3) The transmission thumps very often. Especially when you are slowly picking up speed and let go of the gas pedal, the truck thumps. Sometimes when you try to come to a full stop, the gear would thump from 2nd to 1st. The gear also kicks in hard when you are shifting from park to drive and/or reverse.
4) Sometimes there is foul order when the heater is on. It quickly dries up my nose and I can feel a bit of burning sensation in my nostril and throat.
5) The vehicle does about 11-12 mpg.
I've know few people that owns explorers/mountaineers with awd and I even drove one explorer xlt(EB), one mountaineer awd, and bronco xlt but I do not see them happing on their vehicle.
I am very proud of this vehicle. It is loaded, handles very nicely, mucho power, soft ride, and it is very easy to drive. I always take care of my vehicle by doing frequent regular maintenance. I just don’t want the vehicle to get any worst. Even worst, I don’t want the vehicle to go bad on me right after the warranty is up.
There! That took me forever. Please help. What am I to do now?
tia.
T. Lee
