Kajigger
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- 1996 Ford explorer XLT
Hey guys I've been trying for weeks to fix my 96 Explorer. It's got God awful MPG, shakes at idle and under load it feels like there's a squad of NFL players trying to pull it back with a rope. I've replaced the plugs, cables, fuel pressure regulator, throttle body, IAC and nothing has fixed it.
Changing out the IAC and the throttle body certainly helped but not the the extent I need. I narrowed it down to just two codes after all that work.
I get a P0401 "Exhaust Gas Recirculation Malfunction" and a P0141 but that's from a bad cat I haven't replaced. I want to try changing out the EGR or at the very least cleaning it but I can't find the sucker. I've looked on the forum extensively but all the one's I find have broken pictures so I can't see them. I have a Haynes repair manual but it only shows the location of the 4.0L version.... so I have no idea where it is. I've tried poking my head in there but just can't find it. Could someone help me out? Picture would be preferable but a description is fine. Need to see if I can fix this so I don't have 9MPG on my 1 hour commute to work every day haha.
Changing out the IAC and the throttle body certainly helped but not the the extent I need. I narrowed it down to just two codes after all that work.
I get a P0401 "Exhaust Gas Recirculation Malfunction" and a P0141 but that's from a bad cat I haven't replaced. I want to try changing out the EGR or at the very least cleaning it but I can't find the sucker. I've looked on the forum extensively but all the one's I find have broken pictures so I can't see them. I have a Haynes repair manual but it only shows the location of the 4.0L version.... so I have no idea where it is. I've tried poking my head in there but just can't find it. Could someone help me out? Picture would be preferable but a description is fine. Need to see if I can fix this so I don't have 9MPG on my 1 hour commute to work every day haha.