Dutch_explorer
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- Amsterdam Area, The Netherlands
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- '96 XLT
I solved my poor running and hesitation problem with my 1996 4.0 V6 OHV explorer!
It started running bad last summer, so reading all the threads I did what everybody else here did without any luck. Then in November the outside tempartures started to drop below 24 F and the problem went away. Great. No problem all through the winter but as of today it's suddenly 45 F here and my beloved hunk of junk runs like crap again.
While I was trying to 'burp' the radiator I notice a sucking noise when I pressed on the throttle quickly. I was trying to find out where the noise came from I suddenly found my self holding the PCV vavle in my hand. When I wiggelt the hose I the sucking noise got louder and I wiggelt more and the whole dang thing comes out. I shoke the vavle and it made a rattle can sound, so it ain't stuck. I cleaned it of a little bit then tie wrapped the hose to it and used some liquid gasket, wich is acually for flanges, to put it back in place. Problem solved.
I don't know if this will help all of you that chase this elusive problem but I just wanted to put in my two cents...
It started running bad last summer, so reading all the threads I did what everybody else here did without any luck. Then in November the outside tempartures started to drop below 24 F and the problem went away. Great. No problem all through the winter but as of today it's suddenly 45 F here and my beloved hunk of junk runs like crap again.
While I was trying to 'burp' the radiator I notice a sucking noise when I pressed on the throttle quickly. I was trying to find out where the noise came from I suddenly found my self holding the PCV vavle in my hand. When I wiggelt the hose I the sucking noise got louder and I wiggelt more and the whole dang thing comes out. I shoke the vavle and it made a rattle can sound, so it ain't stuck. I cleaned it of a little bit then tie wrapped the hose to it and used some liquid gasket, wich is acually for flanges, to put it back in place. Problem solved.
I don't know if this will help all of you that chase this elusive problem but I just wanted to put in my two cents...
