Help with Explorer

TonyToughNuts · 12-17-2007, 06:19 PM

So i was driving this morning in the wife's explorer, and the check engine light came on. this is a 2000 Ford Explorer XLS with the 4.0L OHV motor. just wondering where can i check what code it's throwing out. I know on the mustang with the trip reset and key turning how to pull up codes, but the explorer is all analog. any ideas, suggestions? or better yet, if anyone is in El Paso is willing to maybe come verify that I didn't screw up anything in the engine. I did clean the MAF with MAF cleaner two days ago and take off the throttle body and use throttlebody cleaner on it and port match it to the intake. but everything is together the way it was and it's tight....so i don't know. will disconnecting the battery and waiting like 2 hours clear the code. i don't know, that's why i'm asking.

VIC · 12-17-2007, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TonyToughNuts

So i was driving this morning in the wife's explorer, and the check engine light came on. this is a 2000 Ford Explorer XLS with the 4.0L OHV motor. just wondering where can i check what code it's throwing out. I know on the mustang with the trip reset and key turning how to pull up codes, but the explorer is all analog. any ideas, suggestions? or better yet, if anyone is in El Paso is willing to maybe come verify that I didn't screw up anything in the engine. I did clean the MAF with MAF cleaner two days ago and take off the throttle body and use throttlebody cleaner on it and port match it to the intake. but everything is together the way it was and it's tight....so i don't know. will disconnecting the battery and waiting like 2 hours clear the code. i don't know, that's why i'm asking.

You could take it to Auto Zone. They will read the code for free and reset the computer.

It doesn't take 2 hours to clear the code. I get the CE light on my Tahoe about every other month. I disconnect the battery for about a minute and it is clear. Stays off for 6-8 weeks. It is an emissions problem but dosen't seem to cause any problems......yet. Same thing on the Mustang I used to have. Came on about every 8 weeks or so. Cleared in a minute.

TonyToughNuts · 12-17-2007, 06:32 PM

i just find it kinda funny that it happened 2 days after doing the light engine work. oh well, autozone it is.

coupe5oh · 12-18-2007, 10:17 AM

we've had some explorers come into our shop with check engine lights on, I know one was an egr code, the other was a catalytic converter. good luck.

TonyToughNuts · 12-18-2007, 10:37 AM

HAHAHAHA. Fuck Johnson-sewall Ford in their prick asses. so not only did i get the explorer without a spare tire AT ALL (which is my damn fault for not checking) but....I went to autozone and tried to have them look at the fault. didn't register on the data transfer coupler. hm......decided to check the Fuse . no Fuse in the socket at all. went inside. bought 5 mini 10A fuses (only need one for fucks sake) for $4. installed said Fuse . went inside. went outside with fault checky motherfucking thingee. doesn't work. drive down street to next car shop. get goddamn mother fucking check engine light tester crap thing. doesn't work. NOW I'M PISSED OFF. Drive down road 3 more god damn motherfucking shitlicking miles to....ANOTHER god damn mother fucking shit licking cock gagging autozone. tester doesn't work here either. blowing gaskets in head ensues. drive back on post. park at barracks. pull tools outta the back and go apeshit on stuck fucking hex head bolt on battery clamp. curse. bleed. curse more. get wd-40. spray bolt. get wd-40 in cut on hand. blow 3 more gaskets and cuss in 2 languages besides english. get bolt undone. get other bolt undone. sit in 28 degree (minus wind chill) weather for 10 minutes. drop phone and electrocute myself grounding ratchet to negative terminal. oww. so much cussing that an MP drives by. no check engine light anymore. tomorrow buying a mother fucking moped.

thatdavidkid · 12-18-2007, 10:45 AM

man that sucks dude.... if the obd port isn't working, take it to a dealer.. i think that port is part of a special warranty for emissions shit... coverage should extend far beyond the standard power train or bumper to bumper warranty

96greengt · 12-18-2007, 11:16 AM

If there is no connection ability with a scanner, the OBDII port has no power. Sounds like a fuse issue for that as well, if not possibly a wire connection.

But a great last story there, I was lmfao the whole time reading it. Not at your problem, but the way you worded it all.

Ryan_65Stallion · 12-18-2007, 02:05 PM

thats why i'm glad i drive a 43 yr. old car with no fucking computers

12-17-2007, 06:19 PM	#1
TonyToughNuts Ya know.....What had happened was....... Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ft. Hood Posts: 233 Trader Rating: (0)	Help with Explorer So i was driving this morning in the wife's explorer, and the check engine light came on. this is a 2000 Ford Explorer XLS with the 4.0L OHV motor. just wondering where can i check what code it's throwing out. I know on the mustang with the trip reset and key turning how to pull up codes, but the explorer is all analog. any ideas, suggestions? or better yet, if anyone is in El Paso is willing to maybe come verify that I didn't screw up anything in the engine. I did clean the MAF with MAF cleaner two days ago and take off the throttle body and use throttlebody cleaner on it and port match it to the intake. but everything is together the way it was and it's tight....so i don't know. will disconnecting the battery and waiting like 2 hours clear the code. i don't know, that's why i'm asking. __________________ you laugh cause it's funny, i laugh cause it's true

12-17-2007, 06:32 PM	#3
TonyToughNuts Ya know.....What had happened was....... Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ft. Hood Posts: 233 Trader Rating: (0)	i just find it kinda funny that it happened 2 days after doing the light engine work. oh well, autozone it is. __________________ you laugh cause it's funny, i laugh cause it's true

12-18-2007, 10:17 AM	#4
coupe5oh Brewmeister Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: n.e. Sanantonio Posts: 418 Trader Rating: (0)	we've had some explorers come into our shop with check engine lights on, I know one was an egr code, the other was a catalytic converter. good luck. __________________ retired 1990 Tx dps :T-5, stock bottom 302, shorty headers,o-r x-pipe, ported explorer true gt 40 heads, matching intake. E-cam 1.7's, pro-m 77, 24lb injectors, 3.90 gears. good for mid 12's on stickies.

12-18-2007, 10:37 AM	#5
TonyToughNuts Ya know.....What had happened was....... Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ft. Hood Posts: 233 Trader Rating: (0)	HAHAHAHA. Fuck Johnson-sewall Ford in their prick asses. so not only did i get the explorer without a spare tire AT ALL (which is my damn fault for not checking) but....I went to autozone and tried to have them look at the fault. didn't register on the data transfer coupler. hm......decided to check the Fuse . no Fuse in the socket at all. went inside. bought 5 mini 10A fuses (only need one for fucks sake) for $4. installed said Fuse . went inside. went outside with fault checky motherfucking thingee. doesn't work. drive down street to next car shop. get goddamn mother fucking check engine light tester crap thing. doesn't work. NOW I'M PISSED OFF. Drive down road 3 more god damn motherfucking shitlicking miles to....ANOTHER god damn mother fucking shit licking cock gagging autozone. tester doesn't work here either. blowing gaskets in head ensues. drive back on post. park at barracks. pull tools outta the back and go apeshit on stuck fucking hex head bolt on battery clamp. curse. bleed. curse more. get wd-40. spray bolt. get wd-40 in cut on hand. blow 3 more gaskets and cuss in 2 languages besides english. get bolt undone. get other bolt undone. sit in 28 degree (minus wind chill) weather for 10 minutes. drop phone and electrocute myself grounding ratchet to negative terminal. oww. so much cussing that an MP drives by. no check engine light anymore. tomorrow buying a mother fucking moped. __________________ you laugh cause it's funny, i laugh cause it's true

12-18-2007, 10:45 AM	#6
thatdavidkid looks mean, workin' on the fast Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Denton Posts: 3,878 Trader Rating: (1)	man that sucks dude.... if the obd port isn't working, take it to a dealer.. i think that port is part of a special warranty for emissions shit... coverage should extend far beyond the standard power train or bumper to bumper warranty __________________ 1991 lx coupe t-5 swap, billit quadrant, upr firewall adjuster, steeda tri-ax, custom jb tool and fab one off subframe connectors, 8.8 w/posi and 4.10's with 5 lug axles, tubular upper control arms, southside lowers, and pbr twin piston front calipers with "snowflake" wheels

12-18-2007, 11:16 AM	#7
96greengt LOL @ your mom Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.E. SA Posts: 8,637 Trader Rating: (21)	If there is no connection ability with a scanner, the OBDII port has no power. Sounds like a fuse issue for that as well, if not possibly a wire connection. But a great last story there, I was lmfao the whole time reading it. Not at your problem, but the way you worded it all. __________________ Built 00 Windsor engine, .20 over, 11.6:1cr, fully ported heads, Hardballer intake w/cooling mod, Scat rods, Probe pistons, Cobra crank, tri-metal Clevite race bearings, VT Stage 2 N/A cams, adjustable cam gears, Canton windage tray, MMR oil pump, Cobra pick up, 75MM Accufab t-body, Dragon plenum, JLT CAI, 24# injectors, Bassani mid lengths, mufflers & O/R X,255lph fuel pump, BBK FPR, Fidanza aluminum flywheel, AJE K-member, ARP hardware everywhere, X-Cal SCT custom tuned, 3.73's, Pro 5.0, polygraphite motor mounts, over 300+ RWHP & 320+ TQ

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