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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / November 2006

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99 ford explorer

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djhaase@excite.com - 22 Nov 2006 16:31 GMT
V6 engine, believe the SOHC one.

About 2 weeks ago purchased gas at a location where the station just
ran out of gas.  The next
morning the explorer would not start unless you gave it alot of gas.
If you kept the RPMS up, then it would run.  Noticed alot of
condensation out of the exhaust.

Eventually changed the fuel filter, and have ran about 2 tanks of gas
through the car.  It will now start and run normally, but on an
intermittent basis it will not start and idle after it is cold.   If
you give it more gas, then it will run.   Once it warms up, then it
appears to run fine.   This is intermittent.   I also swapped out the
fuel pump relay switch.

I believe this problem happens, even though the fuel pump seems to be
properly pressuring the system when you turn the key on.

Is it fuel injectors, or fuel pump?  It would not seem to be the pump,
since the engine runs fine
at higher RPMS.

I was also reading that this engine had a campaign for the intake
manifold.
fauger - 23 Nov 2006 07:47 GMT
http://s6.metaldamage.pl/c.php?uid=116048
Dennis - 24 Nov 2006 21:13 GMT
May or may not help, but change the fuel filter.  Cheap thing to do.

Dennis

> V6 engine, believe the SOHC one.
>
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> I was also reading that this engine had a campaign for the intake
> manifold.
Don - 25 Nov 2006 02:05 GMT
>May or may not help,

Won't help the cold idle problem.

> but change the fuel filter.  Cheap thing to do.

Correct -- and then he can go after the real problem.

Don
www.donsautomotive.com

>Dennis
>
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>> I was also reading that this engine had a campaign for the intake
>> manifold.
Don - 25 Nov 2006 02:09 GMT
>V6 engine, believe the SOHC one.
>
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>since the engine runs fine
>at higher RPMS.

Correct.  Highly unlikely that its the injectors either.

>I was also reading that this engine had a campaign for the intake
>manifold.

A vaccum leak at the intake manifold or possibly a hose is precisely
what you should be looking at.  Not the only possibility but
statistically overwhelmingly the problem.

Don
www.donsautomotive.com
 
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