Boise Dave
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- Joined
- May 1, 2010
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- City, State
- Boise, Idaho
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2000 XLT 4.0
Hello to all you Ford lovers. I have a 2000 Explorer XLT 4.0 with 119,000 miles and have developed one of those pesky oil leaks at the oil filter adapter, where it mates to the block. I was curious to see if other Explorer owners have had the same issue and that is what brought me to your site. I understand the 4.0 does have one main "O" ring in addition to 1 or 2 others which surround the bolt holes. Can anyone confirm this? This is my third one. The first was a 96 XLT 4.0 with over 160K trouble free miles then a 2004 XLS 4.0. I have not been so lucky with the 2000 - just had the transmission rebuilt but so far so good.