if you have a thick black substance on your plugs, then you have a bad piston ring......that is oil build up and the only way for it to get there is past the piston rings....I dont know how much it cost to replace them, but it is a bear because you almost have to tear the engine completely down.....if you do it, just go a head and rebuild it, then drive it another 100,000 + miles.....

 

got to be kidding..........i might just sell the truck, i don't know if it's worth fooling with anymore? i mean the leads and all were clean just oil around the thread. I do burn oil and smell it when i start up, and after wards its fine. My truck runs like theres nothing wrong with it.

 

if you are burning oil for sure, then that is your problem...your piston rings are shot.....go get yourself that donor 5.0 explorer and do a complete swap....

 

don't have the money for that

 

nor another car to drive....

 

i hear ya on the money......then if i were you i would try to trade it in on something else or sell it outright and buy something else.....

 

or you could sell your truck and buy mine!

 

I would do that in a heart beat man. I was thinking about it, but i drive 50 miles a day. 50,000miles in 2 years. I almost need a car for the dd and the truck for fun, granted if i bought your truck, it prob be a street queen.

 

i will make you the deal of a century! you buy my truck for $10,000 and i will through in my '93 Subaru Legacy daily driver for free(152,000 miles and runs like new!)!

 

and your serious.........?

 

heck ya i am serious........

 

what did you think i was kidding?

 

ok, well that deal is on. i gotta look over some things, Insurence wise, payment and stuff. And i will try to get a good idea of payments for me. can you get pics of the car? any leaks or anything, drivetrain wear, regular maintenance kept up??

 

i will snap some pics of it tonight......the only leak is a small air leak around the drivers door beause the weather stripping is coming off......it has a cracked windshield.......new tires(less than 6k on them) oil changed every 3k miles...

 

title for both are in hand...the only thing i will take out of my truck is my blue lights and wig-wags.....but you wont be able to tell they were there.......except for the switch in the ash tray of the explorer center console....

 

ok let me figure some numbers today.....

 

still thinking over maurice, changed everything out lastnight and light remains on........never thought of this but could this be my torque converter?

 

i highly doubt it....if you had a bad torque converter, then the truck would not move in any gear.......

 

damn, I'm out of ideas........how much does it cost for ford to hook up to my truck and pull codes to see whats wrong with this>?

 

if your truck is shoooting codes out, then take it to your local AutoZone and let them....it is free at AutoZone......Ford would prolly charge anywere from $70-$130 to tell you what is wrong with it....

 

I wnet to advance and they looked at me like i was ****ing retarded!!!!!! I don't know if it is shooting codes out but can't they hook it up and find out? I'll try there sunday than

 

if your check engine light is on, then it is shooting codes........if it is not on then you are not shooting codes.......yea ford can usually hook it up to their machine and figure out what is wrong with it, but it is expensive......

 

yeah the light is still on, so i'll try autozone