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91 4.0 6 cyl Rough ideal wont stay running. blue smoke

What should I check if explorer won't stay running, rough engine ideal, smell un burnt fuel hesitate/ floods out when step on gas.

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Blue smoke indicates engine oil being burnt, sounds like piston ring are knackered.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 04, 2008

SOURCE: Rough Ideal on 2004 Ford Explorer

Open hood and listen for vacuum leak sound. pcv hose is most likley cause.

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  • Posted on Nov 23, 2008

SOURCE: engine runs rough at certain speeds 3.0 v6 flex-fuel 1999 ranger

Check and see if the EGR valve is leaking, to check this spray water on it at idle, if the water steams off the valve is leaking and is the source of your problem, also are you sure you hooked the new DPFE sensor up right? re-check it..

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 06, 2009

SOURCE: 1993 Ford Explorer idles rough when engine is warm

try changing distributor cap & coil

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  • Posted on Mar 29, 2009

SOURCE: exhaust blows black on ford explorer

look for a vacume leak. black smoke means it is running very rich

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 03, 2009

SOURCE: 91 f150 4.9L no visible timing marks, hard start runs rough.

I have wondered why this happens many times in the past. You would think the marks should line up using #1 cylinder but they don't.
It has been a while but I think if you hook up to #5 ignition wire the marks will come up for you.You will need to undo the "spout" connector before setting it to 10 degrees before top dead center. The spout is a two wire jumper clip that should break out of the harness at the distributor.
Warm the engine up for a while so it doesn't stall as easy while you set the timing.

Testimonial: " Right on, timing it on #5 cylinder worked. I thought I probably had a bad damper but it appears o.k. "

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