94 explorer bad piston ring
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94 explorer bad piston ring
i was wondering how can a ring go bad on a piston? i guess it was causing me to loose water and the spark plug will go bad too. we thought it was a cracked head. anyways i thought i ask
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i took it in thinking it has a cracked head cause it was loosing water and the plug was fauling out. i was told over the phone it was a bad piston ring which was weird cause im loosing water and that one plug had that bubble look whern u took it out. anyway i'll keep you up to date when i call later on today to see how it is.
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i took it in thinking it has a cracked head cause it was loosing water and the plug was fauling out. i was told over the phone it was a bad piston ring which was weird cause im loosing water and that one plug had that bubble look whern u took it out. anyway i'll keep you up to date when i call later on today to see how it is.
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A leaky head gasket can lose coolant....and a sweet smell in the exhaust as well as some extra steam. Coolant for the rings is not good.
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well looks like its gonna be ready by tomorrow im gonna drive it down to california with me to move all my stuff down. this would be my 3rd time drivng it down here. just been sitting for 6 months due to the problem it had. hopefully it will last awhile my next thing would be the transmission but that was also replaced before i bought suppose it has less then 100k but u never know when u buy the car used . i cant really complain truck lasted be for almost a yr driving it like that i was making 2hr trips too driving it like that. well anyways thanks for checking out my post 
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i didnt ignore them. i thought they were good answer i didnt say they were wrong good to know what they told me and i appreciate them. and thanks for all who replied and i am sorry if i sounded ignored to any of you.
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If the CEL was showing codes P0171,174 that could mean bad upper intake manifold gaskets....they're more like rubber o-rings....causes a vacuum leak and lean condition from the computer.
Injectors might just be jacking up your bill.
Injectors might just be jacking up your bill.
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well what happened is that the fuel injectors he replaced cause he said that was the problem to burn one of the rings out in the cylenders. it did have that sweet smell to so it did have a blown head gasket cause i did see the dryed white water marks on the block. the heads tested out fine no cracks which i was suprised cause its a commen issue. i just love the beast its taken me anywhere i wanted to go when it was unning like this for almost a yr and i decided to park it till i can afford to fix it. i dont care what people say about my explorer. thanks
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you know suprising the way it ran my cel light never came on. the only time it came on is when i ran out of gas one time and thats because it was bearly running. but that aint good thats probably why my injectors took a crap. i dont have a working gas gauge so im keeping an eye when i reset the mileage. thanks
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