Brandon96
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- September 6, 2008
- Messages
- 1,294
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- City, State
- Central Virginia
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '96 XLT 4.0 OHV
So, I logged on earlier today as I sat in my room, bored out of my mind. I got that urge that some of you may share with me, that "I want to work on my explorer today, but what to do?" Now I've been noticing my idle has been getting worse and worse lately, and I had been planning on doing the TPS mod sooner or later this weekend, but never got around to finding a working Volt meter. SO, I decided to go down to advanced and buy myself some Seafoam for the first time.
I brought it home read that the engine had to be warm, and so went on ahead pouring it into the gas tank, oil, and vaccum it into the brake booster. All went well and I waited the 10 or so minutes for it to cook and simmer around in there, wherever it it supposed to go. So now comes the fun part, I fired her up and sure enough the huge cloud of vapor and carbon rushed out of the exhaust pipes (I have a Flowmaster 40 series w/ dual 2.5 pipes to 3in. tips)
I gave her some gas to try and burn it off a little quicker and here comes my english neighbor in her slippers and bath robe, waving her fists violently telling me to knock off the noise and get rid of the smoke as if I'm magic and could will the smoke cloud away. I was very respectful to her and gave the X a push out of my driveway and coasted down my driveway and down my street (all downhill). I started it up and got to the exit of my neighborhood, heres where it gets interesting. I gave a quick thought, "Is this illegal?" "Oh well..." and so I waited for no one, I mean no one was coming or going in either direction and pulled onto the two lane road. I got agressive and floored it, half pissed at my neighbor, and half just wanting to burn this crap out quickly.
As I'm about 100 yards down the road, and at 4500rpm going 35mph in a 40mph with dense smoking blowing out both sides of my truck, who do I pass? Oh just a friggin STATE TROOPER. (I thought they stayed mainly on highway?) Just so you know, at 4500rpm, a 4.0 V6 sounds really, reallly good with a Flowmaster. She, yes she, whips her nice '07 Charger out onto the road and has me over within 15 seconds. She tells me that i'm not speeding, I'm not doing much wrong except for "accelerating like a mad man and endangering the other road users" with my thick smoke screen. (there was no one else on the road, everyone was probably at church)
And so, I give her the reasoning and my story behind what was going on. She didn't beleive a word, and that I was simply just trying to improve the quality of my vehicle, not a word. And so, I was given a ticket, err citation, I do not know what to call it. BUT, I now have to go get another state inspection and attend a court date on Nov. 5th to prove that my vehicle is safe enough to use the roads in Virginia. Nonetheless, today, I have been screwed by my local law enforcement, and I am not a happy camper. But, oh well, stuff happens, maybe the inspection will yield something dangerous with my X that was missed or has just recently happened.
SO, to all, be very careful where you use Seafoam.
My product review: F'in amazing! My idle problem has been completely fixed.
I brought it home read that the engine had to be warm, and so went on ahead pouring it into the gas tank, oil, and vaccum it into the brake booster. All went well and I waited the 10 or so minutes for it to cook and simmer around in there, wherever it it supposed to go. So now comes the fun part, I fired her up and sure enough the huge cloud of vapor and carbon rushed out of the exhaust pipes (I have a Flowmaster 40 series w/ dual 2.5 pipes to 3in. tips)
I gave her some gas to try and burn it off a little quicker and here comes my english neighbor in her slippers and bath robe, waving her fists violently telling me to knock off the noise and get rid of the smoke as if I'm magic and could will the smoke cloud away. I was very respectful to her and gave the X a push out of my driveway and coasted down my driveway and down my street (all downhill). I started it up and got to the exit of my neighborhood, heres where it gets interesting. I gave a quick thought, "Is this illegal?" "Oh well..." and so I waited for no one, I mean no one was coming or going in either direction and pulled onto the two lane road. I got agressive and floored it, half pissed at my neighbor, and half just wanting to burn this crap out quickly.
As I'm about 100 yards down the road, and at 4500rpm going 35mph in a 40mph with dense smoking blowing out both sides of my truck, who do I pass? Oh just a friggin STATE TROOPER. (I thought they stayed mainly on highway?) Just so you know, at 4500rpm, a 4.0 V6 sounds really, reallly good with a Flowmaster. She, yes she, whips her nice '07 Charger out onto the road and has me over within 15 seconds. She tells me that i'm not speeding, I'm not doing much wrong except for "accelerating like a mad man and endangering the other road users" with my thick smoke screen. (there was no one else on the road, everyone was probably at church)
And so, I give her the reasoning and my story behind what was going on. She didn't beleive a word, and that I was simply just trying to improve the quality of my vehicle, not a word. And so, I was given a ticket, err citation, I do not know what to call it. BUT, I now have to go get another state inspection and attend a court date on Nov. 5th to prove that my vehicle is safe enough to use the roads in Virginia. Nonetheless, today, I have been screwed by my local law enforcement, and I am not a happy camper. But, oh well, stuff happens, maybe the inspection will yield something dangerous with my X that was missed or has just recently happened.
SO, to all, be very careful where you use Seafoam.
My product review: F'in amazing! My idle problem has been completely fixed.
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