Please help with '91 explorer problems
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Please help with '91 explorer problems
OK, two problems. First I discovered tonight one of the freeze/core plugs is leaking. Leaking preaty good actually, like drip irragation for your garden. This is my only car and I need to put a bandaid on it till the weekend when I can fix it properly. Stop leak? It's the plug just behind the pass. side motor mount. Second prob. is the motor seems to misfire when cold. I bought this car about six months ago. It just had a tune up prior to my purchase and I was told it needed it. Maybe two months ago it started misfireing I traced the problem to a spark plug that wasn't fireing. I thought maybe just a bad plug. I replaced it and it ran fine till abought 2 weeks ago. It started misfireing again. It seems to be only one cylinder thats misfireing. Could it be the coil pack? Thanks for any sugestions.
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What did the plug look like? was it wet and oily or white and dry? an injector could be not working properly and taking that plug out. chances are it's not a coil, or you would have multiple misfires. and as for that stop leak, NEVER use it. It's not worth the week your going to get out of it. It will clog the water pump, get into engine parts and possibly ruin your radiator. Just get the plug fixed!!
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The spark plug was wet, thats how I new I had the right cylinder. The first time it happened I figured just a bad spark plug. This time I know it's something else causing the plug not to fire. Just not sure what. I don't drive far to work so adding water each day is no problem cause it dosn't leak out that fast. Any other ideas?
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Also, once I had black carbon buildup in the Dist Cap where the plug wire went into the cap blocking fire. Check the inside for misfiring/crack/carbon buildup too. And it's not impossible to get a bad plug, it doesn't happen often, but it does happen. If swapping wires don't help, I'd try swapping plugs.
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It's always a good idea to open the hood on a dark night and check for jumping sparks from the wires too.
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Knowing that the engine dosn't miss once it's warmed up I tried something today.
I held the motor between 1000-1500 rpm's for about 3 or 4 minutes this morning. Once the temp gauge needle began to move I drove to work. It never missed once. Any ideas? You know when it's cold it seems to only miss when it's under a load (accelerating or cruising at 60mph) in park running at 1500rpm it is really smooth. You can't tell it's missing.
I've looked at the plug wires at night and don't see any arking.
I held the motor between 1000-1500 rpm's for about 3 or 4 minutes this morning. Once the temp gauge needle began to move I drove to work. It never missed once. Any ideas? You know when it's cold it seems to only miss when it's under a load (accelerating or cruising at 60mph) in park running at 1500rpm it is really smooth. You can't tell it's missing.
I've looked at the plug wires at night and don't see any arking.
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