Christifor
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- July 29, 2014
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- City, State
- Pac NW
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 96 Ford Explorer 4.0 XLT
96 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0 w/250k miles.
I was injured at work & haven't really been driving the XLT like usual for the past couple months. It's been around 20-40 degrees lately in my area. I've noticed the last few times I've started it up, I could hear the lifters, which was odd because I've never heard them before. I only run Mobil 1 oil/filter & occasionally Seafoam it. I take really good care of my XLT. I converted almost all the interior/exterior lights to LED the other day & finished with the dash lights. On top of the new lifter noises when I start up, the oil gauge started jumping around like crazy & it threw the "CHECK GAGE" light. Mostly on colder, harder acceleration. Then it would return to normal. I originally thought it was from cleaning the connectors & messing with the instrument panel, but now I'm concerned with the lifter noise. I've owned the truck for several years & never had this kind of issue. I've read up & see that the oil sending unit may be the issue, or maybe the oil pickup (how would I clean that?). But recently digging into the dash & the lifter noise, I'm not so sure. Any ideas?
Also, the oil gauge reads right in the middle, except when it goes crazy. Only started after the LED bulbs change.
I was injured at work & haven't really been driving the XLT like usual for the past couple months. It's been around 20-40 degrees lately in my area. I've noticed the last few times I've started it up, I could hear the lifters, which was odd because I've never heard them before. I only run Mobil 1 oil/filter & occasionally Seafoam it. I take really good care of my XLT. I converted almost all the interior/exterior lights to LED the other day & finished with the dash lights. On top of the new lifter noises when I start up, the oil gauge started jumping around like crazy & it threw the "CHECK GAGE" light. Mostly on colder, harder acceleration. Then it would return to normal. I originally thought it was from cleaning the connectors & messing with the instrument panel, but now I'm concerned with the lifter noise. I've owned the truck for several years & never had this kind of issue. I've read up & see that the oil sending unit may be the issue, or maybe the oil pickup (how would I clean that?). But recently digging into the dash & the lifter noise, I'm not so sure. Any ideas?
Also, the oil gauge reads right in the middle, except when it goes crazy. Only started after the LED bulbs change.