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Old January 2nd 05, 05:57 AM
andy2000explorer
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Default 1999Explorer Air Intake Hum

I have a 1999 Explorer and at about 55K miles a humming sound started
coming from around the air intake ducting in the right front of the
car. I ignored it for a while, then the check engine light came on.
I took it to the dealer, who said that codes were showing for running
rich, so they tightened some hoses and made the check engine light go
off and the noise was gone. A day later the noise came back and the
check engine light was back on.

I took it to the dealer again, and they referred to a bulletin on the
air intake gasket and did the repairs for free this time, due to an
extension of warranty on this problem. Now, a few days later, the
sound came back again. Now it’s intermittent, but it’s still there.

Anyone else have this problem? Any ideas that the dealership couldn’t
come up with?

-Andy

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Old January 5th 05, 06:20 AM
Kevin D
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Andy, send me your email address. I just took a picture of mine, and I'll
send it to you. It's on the left side of the engine (mine is a '96 with a 4
liter OHV V6), near the A/C compressor, and bolts to the air intake ducting.

Kevin

Okay, sounds easy enough. Where is the IAC valve, and how do I access
> it? Is there a picture somewhere that can guide me to it?
>
> thanks,
>
> Andy



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Old January 6th 05, 05:50 AM
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"cyclist1" wrote:
> Andy, send me your email address. I just took a picture of
> mine, and I'll
> send it to you. It's on the left side of the engine (mine is
> a '96 with a 4
> liter OHV V6), near the A/C compressor, and bolts to the air
> intake ducting.
>
> Kevin
>
> Okay, sounds easy enough. Where is the IAC valve, and how do
> I access
> > it? Is there a picture somewhere that can guide me to it?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Andy


Thanks all. I changed it this afternoon and the howl is gone.
Hopefully it will remain history.

-A

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