MistahYebba
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- June 29, 2015
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- City, State
- Clearwater, Florida
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2005 Ford Explorer XLT
Hi there everyone,
So, my '92 Explorer has been kickin' pretty well lately.. I had a lot of problems with it when I first bought it used, but I managed to fix it all up.
That is... until recently again! Trouble has been brewing and I need help from all my braniac Ford friends here...
NORMALLY -- when I start the car, it starts right up and probably maxes out at 700RPM idle in Park.
Switching it in to Reverse always lowers that RPM right away to about 500. It's nice. Been purrin' like a kitten!
But starting last week, when I turn it on, it's been revving real high like someone is holding down the pedal during start up.
It peaks at maybe 1200RPM and slowly drops down... but switching in to gear makes it instantly drop down instead of slowly.
Now, at the same time that this HIGH REV at start up started occurring... a tick also developed.
This "tick" is a steady tick that changes depending on the RPMs.. It's very rhythmic.. Low RPMs = Slow tick. HIGH RPMS = FAST TICK. So I know it has something to do with a moving part in the engine or such. PLease advise on that
NOW.... pretty sure this is connected to the ticking sound. Yesterday, for the first time, it stuck revving high WHILE I WAS DRIVING.
I let my foot off of the gas to come to a stop and realized I was still revving at like 2500 RPMs...
So I had to put it in neutral to avoid crashing, but that made it rev EVEN HIGHER!
I turned off the car and turned it back on... but still revving mad high.
It was pretty embarrassing at a stop light
Anyway.. putting it in park, turning off the car, waiting a second, and turning it back on again seemed to correct the issue.
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Fast forward to today; going to lunch from work, it started doing the same thing..
But turning it off didn't work this time!
This time, it was dieseling every time I tried to turn it off.. I literally COULD NOT turn my car off because of this. Every time I turned it off, it kept "blup blup blup" trying to stay running.
I kept turning the key on and off and on and off and on and off trying to get it to actually shut off, and eventually, it finally did...... but a TERRIBLE smell of exhaust/gas or whatever filled up the truck.
I had to get back to work, so I had to leave it in that state...
Now, I get out of work in 45 minutes and I'm worried that when I turn my car on, it will still be revving really high.. and to switch it into reverse from Park when it's stuck revving at 2500RPM or so I feel like won't be good for my transmission...
And trying to drive home will be dangerous
What can I do?
What is my problem?
I can fix it; I just need an idea.
Anyone even hear of anything like this?
So, my '92 Explorer has been kickin' pretty well lately.. I had a lot of problems with it when I first bought it used, but I managed to fix it all up.
That is... until recently again! Trouble has been brewing and I need help from all my braniac Ford friends here...
NORMALLY -- when I start the car, it starts right up and probably maxes out at 700RPM idle in Park.
Switching it in to Reverse always lowers that RPM right away to about 500. It's nice. Been purrin' like a kitten!
But starting last week, when I turn it on, it's been revving real high like someone is holding down the pedal during start up.
It peaks at maybe 1200RPM and slowly drops down... but switching in to gear makes it instantly drop down instead of slowly.
Now, at the same time that this HIGH REV at start up started occurring... a tick also developed.
This "tick" is a steady tick that changes depending on the RPMs.. It's very rhythmic.. Low RPMs = Slow tick. HIGH RPMS = FAST TICK. So I know it has something to do with a moving part in the engine or such. PLease advise on that
NOW.... pretty sure this is connected to the ticking sound. Yesterday, for the first time, it stuck revving high WHILE I WAS DRIVING.
I let my foot off of the gas to come to a stop and realized I was still revving at like 2500 RPMs...
So I had to put it in neutral to avoid crashing, but that made it rev EVEN HIGHER!
I turned off the car and turned it back on... but still revving mad high.
It was pretty embarrassing at a stop light
Anyway.. putting it in park, turning off the car, waiting a second, and turning it back on again seemed to correct the issue.
----
Fast forward to today; going to lunch from work, it started doing the same thing..
But turning it off didn't work this time!
This time, it was dieseling every time I tried to turn it off.. I literally COULD NOT turn my car off because of this. Every time I turned it off, it kept "blup blup blup" trying to stay running.
I kept turning the key on and off and on and off and on and off trying to get it to actually shut off, and eventually, it finally did...... but a TERRIBLE smell of exhaust/gas or whatever filled up the truck.
I had to get back to work, so I had to leave it in that state...
Now, I get out of work in 45 minutes and I'm worried that when I turn my car on, it will still be revving really high.. and to switch it into reverse from Park when it's stuck revving at 2500RPM or so I feel like won't be good for my transmission...
And trying to drive home will be dangerous
What can I do?
What is my problem?
I can fix it; I just need an idea.
Anyone even hear of anything like this?