ELeBlanc
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1997 Ford Explorer
Part one of the story - maybe related or not. Started 240 mile trip to friends house. Stopped to get gas. Took some gas then pump kept stopping after shorter and shorter time periods. Then stopped taking any gas - pump immediately shut off. Drove few more miles then went to another gas station and it filled without any issues,
Next day, after 240 mile trip, I drove a mile and stopped briefly. WHen I got back in the vehicle cranked and all elctronics came on but it didn't start. I am not mechanically inclined at all and whatever knowledge I have comes from reading here. So I don't know id the pump was making initial starting noise...
Oh - one other thing. When I bought the vehicle 11 months ago seller told me it had a fuel pump issue and he never had it repaired or registered in the 2 years he owned it. Brought it to my mechanic who said it was just the relay and the pump was fine. Drove without issue for 11 months until what happened in prior paragraphs.
So back to being broekn down 240 miles from home and taking it to a mechanic I did not know. After a day the mechanic said he swapped and reseated the relays. Removed and re-installed the fusebox. He didnt find anything wrong but it was back starting again. I took it, and paid him $140, and drive it for two hours until it konked out in a Walmart parking lot.
Next day I had it towed back to him. I don't know what he did or didnt do but he said to me that there was no powed at the fuel pump (so he concluded issue was not the pump). He mentioned the interia switch which was not in a tripped state.
After spending hours more he found nothing and said I'd need to take it to a dealer. His best guess that it was something in the bundle of wires underneath the fuse box and that the dealer would have some device to test this.
Help. Now I have TWO non-functional 97 5.0 AWDs 240 miles from home. Other one I backed the driver tailight into a pole and it has body issues and there is a leak under the plate by driver side door that protects the drive line. I started it once a month and it starts right up. 130k on that one.
I also tried banging the gas tank (this worked and save me a tow to my mechanic on an earlier explorer). And I took the relay from the body damaged one and put it into the non-starting one.
Next stop dealer but not being able to do repairs myself - this could cost me big bucks including third tow in 2 weeks.
Einar
Next day, after 240 mile trip, I drove a mile and stopped briefly. WHen I got back in the vehicle cranked and all elctronics came on but it didn't start. I am not mechanically inclined at all and whatever knowledge I have comes from reading here. So I don't know id the pump was making initial starting noise...
Oh - one other thing. When I bought the vehicle 11 months ago seller told me it had a fuel pump issue and he never had it repaired or registered in the 2 years he owned it. Brought it to my mechanic who said it was just the relay and the pump was fine. Drove without issue for 11 months until what happened in prior paragraphs.
So back to being broekn down 240 miles from home and taking it to a mechanic I did not know. After a day the mechanic said he swapped and reseated the relays. Removed and re-installed the fusebox. He didnt find anything wrong but it was back starting again. I took it, and paid him $140, and drive it for two hours until it konked out in a Walmart parking lot.
Next day I had it towed back to him. I don't know what he did or didnt do but he said to me that there was no powed at the fuel pump (so he concluded issue was not the pump). He mentioned the interia switch which was not in a tripped state.
After spending hours more he found nothing and said I'd need to take it to a dealer. His best guess that it was something in the bundle of wires underneath the fuse box and that the dealer would have some device to test this.
Help. Now I have TWO non-functional 97 5.0 AWDs 240 miles from home. Other one I backed the driver tailight into a pole and it has body issues and there is a leak under the plate by driver side door that protects the drive line. I started it once a month and it starts right up. 130k on that one.
I also tried banging the gas tank (this worked and save me a tow to my mechanic on an earlier explorer). And I took the relay from the body damaged one and put it into the non-starting one.
Next stop dealer but not being able to do repairs myself - this could cost me big bucks including third tow in 2 weeks.
Einar