20 Most Recent 1992 Ford Explorer - Page 9 Questions & Answers

Check the oil. If it looks milky, or if water is coming out of the exhaust you have a bad head gasket.

your horn pad has short or horn button wire short to ground.

located under the driver door on the frame well...it actually has two

Check and clean the antenna ground to the body.

Check the fuse. Second there is a resister array some where in the heater box normally somewhere you can get to it, look under dash on pasiger side or behind the fire wall on the pasenger side. This array moduel has a tiny fuse within it check it with a continulalty checker

Hi Brent: I'm no mechanic but I would look for a vacuum leak. I had a old car that did this to me. Started and idled strong but you couldn't put it in gear or it would die. After weeks of various male friends looking at it one finally found the problem. Turns out it was a vacuum leak or Vacuum Modulator. I found this page online that might help... It explains how auto trans work... etc. Hope it helps. http://www.familycar.com/transmission.htm

Check spark plugs are they worn or are they the recommended?Check for the timing? Is the throttle body cleaned?

check the gear on the bottom of the distributor

if it runs off starting fluid then shuts off then its the fuel pump and will need to be replaced

No it should be coolant, and if that isn't happening then you have a blockage from air most likely.

HelloThe engine and automatic transmission in this vehicles drive train are fully electronically controlled by a computer called the PCM and TCM (Power Train Control Module, Transmission Control Module). When a problem like this or other drive-ability related problems occurs the computer stores a record of the problem (there are of course some exceptions to this, like the fuel pump, engine coolant temperature sensor and MAF sensor for instance) in the form of a fault code in its memory, to read these fault codes you must have the systems memory scanned with a special tool. Once the fault code(s) are read you then must perform the appropriate diagnostic testing to find and resolve the problem(s) DO NOT REPLACE ANY PARTS UNTIL A TRAINED TECHNICAIN HAS DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO AVOID SPENDING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY ON PARTS THAT MAY NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM In addtion have the fuel pressure tested and the exhaust back pressure.

No it is illegal.

Duplicate question with little or no detailed info.

look at a similar truck at a junk yard

Most common problem is the transmission fails to up-shift to the next gear.

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Check you positive side cable for corrosion and you might need to replace the cable because it runs from the battery direct to the starter and to the starter relay that is mounted on the right front fender under the hood. You have 2 (two) starter relays on your Explorer.

cam sensor