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I have an 2000 eb explorer. I love the truck, but lately I have been having some serious issues with it...
Namely, it stalls sometimes at idle. It has been into the mechanic many times. Each time it seemed to make it a bit better, but after a couple of weeks it dies.
At first it would start right back up, but now it will not. If I let it sit for awhile it will start.
It idles a bit rough, but only sometimes.
I (my mechanic) has replaced (or cleaned):
I am into it for a little over a grand now.
IT WILL NOT STALL FOR MY MECHANIC! Grrrr. I let him have it for a week and he drove it around, but it never died.
It seems to run fine for a week or two, then it will die over and over, then run fine again.
Here are some clues...
This is killing us financially and as we live in LA, it is not great to break down. Sometimes we are in places that are... inhospitable, or in the middle of traffic...
I would appreciate any ideas. If it would stall for my mechanic that would be helpful but nope...
Namely, it stalls sometimes at idle. It has been into the mechanic many times. Each time it seemed to make it a bit better, but after a couple of weeks it dies.
At first it would start right back up, but now it will not. If I let it sit for awhile it will start.
It idles a bit rough, but only sometimes.
I (my mechanic) has replaced (or cleaned):
- Cleaned Idle air control valve (first visit)
- Cleaned throttle body (first visit)
- Spark plugs (second visit)
- Ignition wires (second visit)
- Fuel filter (third visit)
- Fuel pump (third visit)
- Fuel pump relay (third visit)
- Electronic coil (fourth visit)
I am into it for a little over a grand now.
IT WILL NOT STALL FOR MY MECHANIC! Grrrr. I let him have it for a week and he drove it around, but it never died.
It seems to run fine for a week or two, then it will die over and over, then run fine again.
Here are some clues...
- It shows NO ERROR CODES
- My vents stopped working about 3 weeks before I started having issues. The blower works, but nothing comes from the vents. First it was the dash, then the rear. It started stalling after the rear went out I think. May be completely unrelated though.
- When my vents went out, my milage got crappy.
- It seems to not stall when I have hi-octane gas in it, I am not certain about this though.
- It usually starts up if we rock the car side to side. Yes, we do look rediculous when we do this. I feel like we should be singing Bohemian Rhapsody.
- On occasion when I am trying to get it to start when it is konked out it will go BAM, like it fired wrong, not a backfire, but like the engine tried to crank backward or something.
This is killing us financially and as we live in LA, it is not great to break down. Sometimes we are in places that are... inhospitable, or in the middle of traffic...
I would appreciate any ideas. If it would stall for my mechanic that would be helpful but nope...