mclarenf1kid
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- City, State
- Spartanburg, SC
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1992 Explorer XLT
I spent almost 2 hours last night reading on threads pertaining to my issue, and couldn't find a straight answer. So here it goes:
All my problems have been since it started getting very cold here in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
My Explorer has been running PERFECT since I bought, with the reg. maintenance done.
Yesterday, I drove it to work, ran great.
Went to leave for lunch. Started fine. Got down to the road to the stop sign. Pressed the gas, and it did nothing for a second before the gas kicked in and it finally drove.
Once driving, it was fine.
Got ready to turn onto the main highway from a stop. Pressed the gas, only this time, it cut off. From that point, it would not start again. It would turn over, but not start.
Pushed it off the road, left it in a parking lot, walked back to work.
When I got off work, went back to the Explorer (5 hours later), started right up.
Driving home, got to another stop sign, did the same thing. Press the gas, and it cut off. Wouldn't start for another 15min. Idle was incredibly rough, like it wanted to die. Driving it home, didn't feel much loss in power, just a lot of hesitation.
Got it home.
Replaced the fuel filter. Didn't help. Same idle and cut off issues.
Jumped on here and did some research, and now I'm trying to narrow this down:
- Won't crank up, but turns over, which means fuel issue. Fuel pump turns on and works, since once it runs, it drives fine. Fuel came out of lines when I did the fuel filter. Fuel Pressure Regulator?
- Idle is incredibly rough. Idle air valve?
- When you press the gas, it dies, unless you go WOT. MAF?
- Temp gauge never reaches half way (been like this since I bought the truck, but runs and drives great, no overheating). Possible Temp sensor?
- Fuel in exhaust when revved (obviously running rich). O2 sensors?
Based on my symptoms, won't crank up, once running dies when pressing gas, rough idle, running rich, dumping fuel, I can't seem to narrow it down.
Thoughts? Weather related?
All my problems have been since it started getting very cold here in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
My Explorer has been running PERFECT since I bought, with the reg. maintenance done.
Yesterday, I drove it to work, ran great.
Went to leave for lunch. Started fine. Got down to the road to the stop sign. Pressed the gas, and it did nothing for a second before the gas kicked in and it finally drove.
Once driving, it was fine.
Got ready to turn onto the main highway from a stop. Pressed the gas, only this time, it cut off. From that point, it would not start again. It would turn over, but not start.
Pushed it off the road, left it in a parking lot, walked back to work.
When I got off work, went back to the Explorer (5 hours later), started right up.
Driving home, got to another stop sign, did the same thing. Press the gas, and it cut off. Wouldn't start for another 15min. Idle was incredibly rough, like it wanted to die. Driving it home, didn't feel much loss in power, just a lot of hesitation.
Got it home.
Replaced the fuel filter. Didn't help. Same idle and cut off issues.
Jumped on here and did some research, and now I'm trying to narrow this down:
- Won't crank up, but turns over, which means fuel issue. Fuel pump turns on and works, since once it runs, it drives fine. Fuel came out of lines when I did the fuel filter. Fuel Pressure Regulator?
- Idle is incredibly rough. Idle air valve?
- When you press the gas, it dies, unless you go WOT. MAF?
- Temp gauge never reaches half way (been like this since I bought the truck, but runs and drives great, no overheating). Possible Temp sensor?
- Fuel in exhaust when revved (obviously running rich). O2 sensors?
Based on my symptoms, won't crank up, once running dies when pressing gas, rough idle, running rich, dumping fuel, I can't seem to narrow it down.
Thoughts? Weather related?