PeterLindquist
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- March 24, 2011
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- City, State
- Cobb, CA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1991 XLT
We previously owned an '87 Bronco II, a delightfully straightforward vehicle.
We purchased our '91 Explorer last year. Very clean overall, with just a few minor issues along the way since purchase.
My wife had the truck the other day. She said she drove (slowly) through a flooded section of road as the only unusual occurrance. But when she parked at home, ignition off and keys in her pocket, she heard a repeated 'clicking' from under the hood (~1 per second?), lasting a minute or so.
I started the truck a couple of times, idling in place, but no recurrence. Then I drove it a couple of miles on local side streets, and when I parked it I heard the sound. Opening the hood, it sounded like it was coming from the front part of the engine bay. Additionally, putting my hand on the engine I could FEEL an impulse with each 'click', which indicated a solenoid to me?
My _only_ thought, was that it might be related to the transfer case? I again drove (slowly) around the block, and cycled the '4WD' and 'Hi/Low' buttons (our indicator light for the latter does NOT work BTW), and when I parked again, the noise did NOT reoccur.
I'm NOT especially savvy about this cars mechanicals. Does the mechanism for the 4wd system draw power AFTER ignition is off?
I can take it to a local Ford shop, but I'd like to be able to either reproduce the problem reliably, or at least talk intelligently about the symptoms. <g> Any thoughts, informative musings, or embedded links to articles I desperately need to read will be most appreciated.
Thank you all for your time spent reading all this.
We purchased our '91 Explorer last year. Very clean overall, with just a few minor issues along the way since purchase.
My wife had the truck the other day. She said she drove (slowly) through a flooded section of road as the only unusual occurrance. But when she parked at home, ignition off and keys in her pocket, she heard a repeated 'clicking' from under the hood (~1 per second?), lasting a minute or so.
I started the truck a couple of times, idling in place, but no recurrence. Then I drove it a couple of miles on local side streets, and when I parked it I heard the sound. Opening the hood, it sounded like it was coming from the front part of the engine bay. Additionally, putting my hand on the engine I could FEEL an impulse with each 'click', which indicated a solenoid to me?
My _only_ thought, was that it might be related to the transfer case? I again drove (slowly) around the block, and cycled the '4WD' and 'Hi/Low' buttons (our indicator light for the latter does NOT work BTW), and when I parked again, the noise did NOT reoccur.
I'm NOT especially savvy about this cars mechanicals. Does the mechanism for the 4wd system draw power AFTER ignition is off?
I can take it to a local Ford shop, but I'd like to be able to either reproduce the problem reliably, or at least talk intelligently about the symptoms. <g> Any thoughts, informative musings, or embedded links to articles I desperately need to read will be most appreciated.
Thank you all for your time spent reading all this.