Meat_PoPsiclez
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- Selkirk, MB
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- 1997 Explorer Sport 4wd
Pulled my side chick (97 Sport 4x4 4.0l OHV) out of retirement (hadn't been on the road in a decade) and decided to press it back into service.
It ran, but was leaking oil (a lot of oil) from the valve cover gaskets, so I opened it up. Pulled the AC compressor, alternator, and upper air intake off, changed out valve cover and upper intake gaskets, stuck it all back together.
Now it won't idle, or even start past an initial lope if you don't hold it open. At 3k and up it sounds healthy, but as soon as I left off the throttle it will start to miss and hesitate. At 1500 it sounds like it's missing on most cylinders, and off the throttle entirely it will cough and die instantly.
I've checked and rechecked firing order, and don't see any missed vacuum lines or wiring harness/plugs.
Seem to have lost my code reader, so I have to wait to pick another one up before I can really delve into what's going on myself, but was hoping someone might say "hey this moron did the same thing I did!" and be able to point the way
Pics of surgery, and bonus **** of my other Ex (slowly) getting 42s on 1 tons
Burn it to the ground
It ran, but was leaking oil (a lot of oil) from the valve cover gaskets, so I opened it up. Pulled the AC compressor, alternator, and upper air intake off, changed out valve cover and upper intake gaskets, stuck it all back together.
Now it won't idle, or even start past an initial lope if you don't hold it open. At 3k and up it sounds healthy, but as soon as I left off the throttle it will start to miss and hesitate. At 1500 it sounds like it's missing on most cylinders, and off the throttle entirely it will cough and die instantly.
I've checked and rechecked firing order, and don't see any missed vacuum lines or wiring harness/plugs.
Seem to have lost my code reader, so I have to wait to pick another one up before I can really delve into what's going on myself, but was hoping someone might say "hey this moron did the same thing I did!" and be able to point the way
Pics of surgery, and bonus **** of my other Ex (slowly) getting 42s on 1 tons
Burn it to the ground