eric mentzer
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- Joined
- December 10, 2017
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- City, State
- Pennsylvania
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1996 XLT 4 door 4wd
greetings. got a 1996 explorer 4wd control trac 87K miles off granny for a grand. she got catarachts, original owner. she always fired it up with foot on the gas. issue being upon startup, (10 % of the time or less) idles rough as hell not peaking past 500 rpms and chug a lugs along for a bit and dies. usually comes right back but once left me sit for half hour. repairs made since i obtained from granny, Plugs, wires, idle control valve, mass air flow sensor, o2 sensor since was throwing fault, which cleared, no faults on obd2. also did fuel filter and fuel pump relay. still every once in a while chugs likes a ***** and stalls at low rpm. very intermittent not sure what to approach next. hvac service tech here so i know my way around heating and cooling equip but im new on the automotive spectrum. thank you guys like i said it starts great 90% of time but usually after a good drive it struggles upon cooling and refiring like going to the store or what have you. low rpms no engine lights.