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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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I have a 93 Explorer with a 4.0. It seems to have a surge at medium throtle and medium load. The air cleaner is good and I put 2 bottles of injection cleaner thru it with no change. Any ideas?
 
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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 09:26 PM
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Have you pulled the codes to see if any are present or were previously stored. My first suspicions would be the MAF or the TPS.
 
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Old Dec 22, 2005 | 01:08 AM
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General maintenance - plugs, wires, PCV valve, vacuum leaks, O2 sensors, clean MAF sensor...You don't give much info here. How many miles, what kind of maintenance history, what's a "medium load"?
 
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 03:31 PM
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Ok lets make this a little clearer. When I climb a hill but I'm taking it easy (not getting into the gas to hard) the engine surges slightly as if I were stepping on the throtle and letting off slightly. It's not a big surge but it's there and tells me something isn't quite right
Thanks for your input
 
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 03:35 PM
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As previously suggested, you should pull the codes. Although the CEL is not on, it can still throw and store a code.
 
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Old Dec 23, 2005 | 04:12 PM
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Don - really know what you've done so far and what results each action have provided. How many miles is a big quetion. A 1993 like mineis, I assume the miles are up there. Have you ever cleaned the MAF sensor? have you evey chnaged the plug wires. i went about 150K mile before I ever changed my wires - I had symptoms like you are describing but never got a PCM code for it. Chack out this web site for a lot un unkonow truths about early explorers. http://draco.acs.uci.edu/explorer/ And go to this one about general Ford Fuel Injection - this is a great web site! http://www.fordfuelinjection.com/
 
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