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Sep 12, 2003 | 12:45 PM

striker

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I have a 95 ford Explorer and the check engine light will come on after 10 miles of driving. maybe sooner. lately it has been turning on as soon as I start the engine. any sugestions on how to check to see what the problem is instead of taking it to a ford dealership and paying to have it fixed? any help would be great thanks.

Sep 12, 2003 | 04:25 PM

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striker , go to your parts store and buy a code scanner (around $30.00) and scan your check engine codes from the computer. There should be EEC plug in under the hood by the computer box , this for scanning the computer for codes.

If you scan for codes post them here and I'm sure somebody will be able to help you out

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Sep 12, 2003 | 05:51 PM

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If you are going to buy the code scanner, make sure you get the EECIV scanner, not the OBDII scanner. '95 was the last year for EECIV, and some 95's have both the EECIV plug and the OBDII plug. However, the OBDII plug is non-functional.

Also, if you don't want to buy a scanner, most Autozones will pull the codes for free. Get the codes and post them back to this board, and I'm sure we can tell you what the next steps should be.

Sep 16, 2003 | 07:45 AM

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HEllo I finally was able to find the error codes for my explorer. well I think they are right. the gal that was running the machine didnt really know what she was doing. any way there were two tests that we ran they were the KOER and the KOEO tests. here are the codes that they gave

KOER = 00

KOEO = 111
10
214

I am not exactly sure what this means. my buddy is very persistnant that it is the 02 sensor? they are only like $40 bucks I was thinking about just buying that to see what happens? it looks pretty easy to install? hope to hear from you guys.

thanks

Striker.

Sep 17, 2003 | 12:02 PM

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Striker code 214 means there could be something with your cylinder identification sensor "CID". Check out the thread in the link below.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/DCForumID107/684.html

Keep on truckin' ...Mike

May 20, 2004 | 12:15 PM

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For several months I had problems withthe check engine light coming on on my '96 Explorer. I searched for answers and everyone kept saying the O2 sensors were bad. I noticed it always came on as the vehicle was transitioning from cold to warm. Finally someone suggested to me that it might be the EGR valve sticking. Following their instructions, I pulled off the vacuum hose on the EGR valve and squirted 2-3 shots of WD-40 into the hole going into the vacuum diaphram. The light went off and stayed off for several months. I tried the WD-40 trick again and again it stayed off for several months. This time, I squirted 2-3 shots of Tri-Flow oil into the vacuum opeing. The light has been off for over 6 months now.

Apparently when the valve is given the signal to change position, if it doesn't move right away, the check engine light is triggered by the O2 sensors. I'm still running the original O2 sensors and my mechanic friend has used the same fix on several other explores with equal success.

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May 20, 2004 | 12:25 PM

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thanks for the reply. I eventually did fix this problem. I can not remember what the part name was that I bought but it replaces the distrubiter cap on the older fords. there are actually two parts for the 95-98 fords and one of the parts cost $75 bucks and the other (the one that I needed) cost $320 bucks. but after 300 phone calls to salvage yards I finally found one and that did the trick. I wish I could remember the name of the part. oh well. I have since sold my explorer. I upgraded to the 97 AWD V8 ford Explorer.

thanks for all your help guys.