The D
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- ‘13 Explorer XLT
I need some ideas thrown out that would cause severe hesitation with a change in engine tone while driving.
I noticed it in my way home from work. I have an 18 mile drive and it never overheated, no warning lights at all. I was able to limp it to my wife’s work to trade vehicles so I could get the kids from school. She can limp it home from there, she works close to home
I changed the engine and ptu oil this weekend and was able to do a quick check before I left. No leaks under the vehicle; oils or coolant. Coolant looks ok, level in reservoir is ok. Engine oil has ~50 miles on it so it obviously looks good. No obvious coolant mixing in oil-either from looking at the dipstick or in the coolant reservoir
As of this posting my wife isn’t home with it yet so all I have is the above. This is what is running through my head so far
Fuel pump- Maybe
Camshaft adjusters- Do these ever fail but not trigger a check engine light?
Engine bearing damage- I’m really afraid of this. There is a noise coming from the engine. But the oil looks fine and the oil that came out of the engine looked ok too
Transmission problem- car has 158k on it and it wasn’t until last year that I changed the fluid. This wouldn’t surprise me at all
Catalytic converters plugged- Pretty sure this would cause a misfire and trigger the check engine light. This is sort of what it feels like though
Please, someone tell me there are cheap, easy, magical fixes…
I noticed it in my way home from work. I have an 18 mile drive and it never overheated, no warning lights at all. I was able to limp it to my wife’s work to trade vehicles so I could get the kids from school. She can limp it home from there, she works close to home
I changed the engine and ptu oil this weekend and was able to do a quick check before I left. No leaks under the vehicle; oils or coolant. Coolant looks ok, level in reservoir is ok. Engine oil has ~50 miles on it so it obviously looks good. No obvious coolant mixing in oil-either from looking at the dipstick or in the coolant reservoir
As of this posting my wife isn’t home with it yet so all I have is the above. This is what is running through my head so far
Fuel pump- Maybe
Camshaft adjusters- Do these ever fail but not trigger a check engine light?
Engine bearing damage- I’m really afraid of this. There is a noise coming from the engine. But the oil looks fine and the oil that came out of the engine looked ok too
Transmission problem- car has 158k on it and it wasn’t until last year that I changed the fluid. This wouldn’t surprise me at all
Catalytic converters plugged- Pretty sure this would cause a misfire and trigger the check engine light. This is sort of what it feels like though
Please, someone tell me there are cheap, easy, magical fixes…