Lacking power

[jamesj]

Hello everyone, I just bought a 2000 explorer automatic 4 liter sohc. The truck seemed to be lacking power so I did a partial tune up including plugs, wires, oil, filter, injector cleaner. the tune up did not help. The truck starts great, idles awesome and the check engine light is not on. It just seems that it should have more power when I step on it. any ideas? things to try?

Thank you

 

[Glen4X4]

Whats the mileage like on it? And what kind of gas mileage are you getting? Does it sputter at all after warmed up or anything?

 

[jamesj]

Thank for your quick reply. it has 220,000 kilometers or 136,000 miles and Does not splutter at all. I haven't really had the time to check exact gas mileage but it doesn't seem too bad.

 

[ThePhoenix]

try fuel filter. cheap and easy, but can cause problems

 

[dean1997sport]

Do a search for the "ziptie mod" it did the trick for me!

 

[ThePhoenix]

good one. I forgot about that

 

[jamesj]

Okay so, I searched for info about the ziptie mod. I found tonnes of people talking about it but nothing about actually doing it. can anyone give me the directions? there was a how to but the link is broken

thank you very much

 

[dean1997sport]

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56393&highlight=throttle

This is the link I used, as soon as you squeeze in there and take a look with a flash light it will all be VERY clear.

edit:
Sorry the link doesnt work there either!
Well the short of it is if you take a look at the throttle cable under the dash below the steering wheel, there might be some slack in the cable that prevents it from getting WOT. basically what you do is tie a ziptie around the end of the cable to take up the slack and thus giving you WOT. if you read through the thread there are some tips, but this is the basic idea.

 

[dean1997sport]

Here I found a link to the video!

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242299&highlight=throttle+cable+mod