pony4896
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- September 14, 2009
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- City, State
- Fayetteville, arkansas
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '92 Explorer 4x4
UPDATE UPDATE: 9/21/09. Driving home from work today it finally broke down on me. Took off from stop light and "Sputtered out to next to nothing as far as power goes". Im guessing "LIMP MODE"? Ok, i coasted into the parkinglot of the nearest establishment, "resturant", and before i could even get it in a parking spot it completely died and i coasted in barely making it. I remember at the stoplight taking off right before it started "limp mode" hearing a muffled sounding garble and a kind of hisssss sound like the exhaust was barely flowing out? After it died in the parkinglot i immediatly noticed a VERY strong Sulfer smell and a burning fire smell.... I got out and Goshdamn, the smell dang near knocked me over it was so bad like sulfer. Here is my thoughts on the final prognosis so to speak. Im guessing that the Fuel Pressure Regulator must have gone bad, which would explain the bad gas milage " about 6 miles to the gallon", and it would also explain the RAW fuel smell, and the probabilty that the improperly burned RAW fuel dumping into the engine which caused carbon to build up in the catilatic convertor. This clogged convertor in turn caused the engine to completely stall out due to its inability to breath.... Now its sitting in that parking lot due to the fact that i just started a new job and havent gotten paid yet, and i just last week spent every last cent i had "$1400.00 on this Explorer. Now i have no money to call a tow truck, no money to fix any of this stuff, and the city bus system doesnt run early enough to get me to work in time... Im new to this town and i know nobody here to kinda help out. Grrrrrr.... I called my boss a little while ago and explained the situation. He sounded less than sensitive to my problems and was like, well you need to try and get to work tomorrow. Man, i got four kids to feed, my freakin wife left me last month for another man and left the three older kids with me. Last month i had to get rid of my van because the transmission went out and i couldnt afford to fix it. Today after the Explorer left me stranded i had to walk home 8 miles, and it freakin started STORMING outside so yea, dude, i got drenched...Grrrrr. Monster blisters, probably gonna loose the explorer to the impound before i can get it home, which ill never be able to afford to get it out!! Not to mention im thinking more and more that the spot its parked in isnt lit-up very well and might get broke into. WHAT A MESSED UP FREAKIN MONTH!!!!!! HELP!!!!! Anyways my head is pounding, eyes buldging from stress, and im about to totally give up. I know whine whine whine... Sorry. Whats next?
:roll:Update: Today 9/18/09, Today i started it up at work and the engine was very arratic and wobbly. I slowly gave it some gas till it reached about 1300RPM and noticed something odd. Every time i would rev it up to the RPM in a second or two i would here a "click", or a "snap" and then immediatly following the RPM's would suddenly dramaticly drop off to around 400 to 500 RPM's, then it would kick back up again, and then a few seconds later the "Snap" or "click" would happen again with the same out-come. This went on for about one minute or so and then all of the sudden it "sputtered out" and just completely died on me. I immediatly tried to start it again and it would just turn over and not start. I popped the hood and wiggled some wireing and the little valve sensor that i believe is called the ECT sensor. And went back and tried to start it up. It started right up this time, but i dont know if that was really due to me messing with the wireing or if it just decided to start up this time?? I went back to the engine bay and tried to here that "Click or snap sound", but it wouldnt so it while it was idleing at around 600RPM or idle speed with giving no gas at the pedal. Hmmm. I left work figureing that it was gonna break down on me on the 8 mile trip home, but it didnt... It ran like hell though, well relativly like hell. It spuddered along, off and on having normal power to having barely enough power to make it move.Like it was cycleing through. I noticed that my check engine light came on again about 3-5 minutes after i was driving. Slowly but surely the engine started feeling a little better with less of a stumble, little to no hesitation at stop lights, but a noticeable lack of power none the less. I went to Auto Zone and asked if they had a code reader they could hook up to my 92 explorer, but they said they dont go back past a 1996 vehicle. Hmmm. One major thing that i have noticed as well is that i am getting absolutely horrible gas milage!! I drive to work 8 miles, and back 8 miles and it uses an entire 1/4 tank of fuel to do this twice (2-days) or 32 miles and there is few stoplights. Ive filled the tank and only went about 110 miles and it was almost empty again. I do smell fuel at idle, but its not stinkin too bad, i mean not like a carburated vehicle like my old ford truck that i used to have (1978 with 460). Hell my old truck got better gas milage than this little 4.0?? I need to know whats going on or were is the most likely area to start looking?
My '92 Ford Explorer 4x4. Im haveing some idle issues upon start-up and they seem to get a little bit better after it warms up a bit, but the weird thing is the check engine light comes on like within 5-7-min after driving and it runs better when the light comes on??? Ive done some research on the net and a lil on here and MAN, it could be anything!!! These are the possible problem areas that ive found, please tell me were to start i havent tried to repair anything yet, but this is what info i found that could be wrong---
1)CPS. $45.00
2)Fuel Pump. $112.00
3)Coil-$120.00
4)EGR Valve- $80.00
5)TPS sensor- $60.00
6)IAC sensor- $70.00
7)FPR-$???
8)MAF SENSOR-$???
9)O2 sensors-$100 for two.
10)ECT sensor-$???
11)Sea Foam treatments?
12)Gas additives???
13)Starting to think the FORD V6 lol?
I just cant believe that this many things, and probably more can cause the idle to be rough and the surging of my RPM's from 600 to 1100 rpms. Smells like raw fuel, and the check engine light coming on. I just bought this thing last week and when i bought-it it ran fine. He did mention that it had previously had a idle problem when i bought it, but he said the gas cap was bad and he replaced it with a new one to take care of the seal that was causing the pressureised gas system to leak. He said after he did this it ran fine and it wouldnt die at stop signs anymore. When i bougt it it ran perfect idle... Im only slightly machanicaly inclined. Ive changed out a water pump, motor mounts, O2 sensors before, but not much more, and not in this vehicle. What should i do?
:roll:Update: Today 9/18/09, Today i started it up at work and the engine was very arratic and wobbly. I slowly gave it some gas till it reached about 1300RPM and noticed something odd. Every time i would rev it up to the RPM in a second or two i would here a "click", or a "snap" and then immediatly following the RPM's would suddenly dramaticly drop off to around 400 to 500 RPM's, then it would kick back up again, and then a few seconds later the "Snap" or "click" would happen again with the same out-come. This went on for about one minute or so and then all of the sudden it "sputtered out" and just completely died on me. I immediatly tried to start it again and it would just turn over and not start. I popped the hood and wiggled some wireing and the little valve sensor that i believe is called the ECT sensor. And went back and tried to start it up. It started right up this time, but i dont know if that was really due to me messing with the wireing or if it just decided to start up this time?? I went back to the engine bay and tried to here that "Click or snap sound", but it wouldnt so it while it was idleing at around 600RPM or idle speed with giving no gas at the pedal. Hmmm. I left work figureing that it was gonna break down on me on the 8 mile trip home, but it didnt... It ran like hell though, well relativly like hell. It spuddered along, off and on having normal power to having barely enough power to make it move.Like it was cycleing through. I noticed that my check engine light came on again about 3-5 minutes after i was driving. Slowly but surely the engine started feeling a little better with less of a stumble, little to no hesitation at stop lights, but a noticeable lack of power none the less. I went to Auto Zone and asked if they had a code reader they could hook up to my 92 explorer, but they said they dont go back past a 1996 vehicle. Hmmm. One major thing that i have noticed as well is that i am getting absolutely horrible gas milage!! I drive to work 8 miles, and back 8 miles and it uses an entire 1/4 tank of fuel to do this twice (2-days) or 32 miles and there is few stoplights. Ive filled the tank and only went about 110 miles and it was almost empty again. I do smell fuel at idle, but its not stinkin too bad, i mean not like a carburated vehicle like my old ford truck that i used to have (1978 with 460). Hell my old truck got better gas milage than this little 4.0?? I need to know whats going on or were is the most likely area to start looking?
My '92 Ford Explorer 4x4. Im haveing some idle issues upon start-up and they seem to get a little bit better after it warms up a bit, but the weird thing is the check engine light comes on like within 5-7-min after driving and it runs better when the light comes on??? Ive done some research on the net and a lil on here and MAN, it could be anything!!! These are the possible problem areas that ive found, please tell me were to start i havent tried to repair anything yet, but this is what info i found that could be wrong---
1)CPS. $45.00
2)Fuel Pump. $112.00
3)Coil-$120.00
4)EGR Valve- $80.00
5)TPS sensor- $60.00
6)IAC sensor- $70.00
7)FPR-$???
8)MAF SENSOR-$???
9)O2 sensors-$100 for two.
10)ECT sensor-$???
11)Sea Foam treatments?
12)Gas additives???
13)Starting to think the FORD V6 lol?
I just cant believe that this many things, and probably more can cause the idle to be rough and the surging of my RPM's from 600 to 1100 rpms. Smells like raw fuel, and the check engine light coming on. I just bought this thing last week and when i bought-it it ran fine. He did mention that it had previously had a idle problem when i bought it, but he said the gas cap was bad and he replaced it with a new one to take care of the seal that was causing the pressureised gas system to leak. He said after he did this it ran fine and it wouldnt die at stop signs anymore. When i bougt it it ran perfect idle... Im only slightly machanicaly inclined. Ive changed out a water pump, motor mounts, O2 sensors before, but not much more, and not in this vehicle. What should i do?