ASURFCAT
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1997 Ford Explorer
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1997 Explorer, 4.0 SOHC Engine, 105,000 miles
I bought this a few months ago. It's my commuter vehicle. My drive to work in the morning is about 1/2 hour Coming home I sit in a bit of traffic so the commute is more like n hour and it's a bit warmer at that time of day here in SoCAl. After a week or so I noticed that the vehicle was idling rough half way home during my afternoon commute. It would never die but it was definately rough. One day when I was almost home the check engine light came on. A buddy of mine has a simple code reader that gave us the p0430 error code. I wrote it down and we cleared the code. I have been driving it the past 2 months as is and though the CEL has not came back on, the problem persists and I know it's affecting mileage.
I have read a few posts here but I am unclear on which one refers to my specific problem.
So since the CEL doesn't come back on and the rough idling continues I am assuming the O2 sensors are not the problem. Now I am no master mechanic to say the least but I am also thinking that if it was a CAT Conv problem that the rough idle would be constant.(I could absolutely be wrong lol)
Last but not least,while driving home yesterday, as I started to clear the traffic I notice a distinct lask of power and then a return of that power. When I got off the Freeway it was idling rough as usual.
I do not have this issue when the vehicle is cold.
I did not notice or write down if the code reader pointed to a particular bank when it gave us the p0430 error.
Thanks in advance
1997 Explorer, 4.0 SOHC Engine, 105,000 miles
I bought this a few months ago. It's my commuter vehicle. My drive to work in the morning is about 1/2 hour Coming home I sit in a bit of traffic so the commute is more like n hour and it's a bit warmer at that time of day here in SoCAl. After a week or so I noticed that the vehicle was idling rough half way home during my afternoon commute. It would never die but it was definately rough. One day when I was almost home the check engine light came on. A buddy of mine has a simple code reader that gave us the p0430 error code. I wrote it down and we cleared the code. I have been driving it the past 2 months as is and though the CEL has not came back on, the problem persists and I know it's affecting mileage.
I have read a few posts here but I am unclear on which one refers to my specific problem.
So since the CEL doesn't come back on and the rough idling continues I am assuming the O2 sensors are not the problem. Now I am no master mechanic to say the least but I am also thinking that if it was a CAT Conv problem that the rough idle would be constant.(I could absolutely be wrong lol)
Last but not least,while driving home yesterday, as I started to clear the traffic I notice a distinct lask of power and then a return of that power. When I got off the Freeway it was idling rough as usual.
I do not have this issue when the vehicle is cold.
I did not notice or write down if the code reader pointed to a particular bank when it gave us the p0430 error.
Thanks in advance