{"id":38068,"date":"2017-01-09T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T15:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=38068"},"modified":"2017-01-09T10:30:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T15:30:48","slug":"2000-ford-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/01\/2000-ford-explorer","title":{"rendered":"2000 Ford Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35419\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2000-ford-explorer.jpg\" alt=\"2000 Ford Explorer\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2000-ford-explorer.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2000-ford-explorer-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The motor is a 5.0 fuel injection. It runs like a motor that has a vapor lock. I have changed the internal fuel pump twice, the fuel filter a dozen times. The Ford dealer here told me it was the upper manifold gasket. That was changed, but did no good. The car only has 65,000 miles on it. If you have any ideas I would greatly appreciate it<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>RESPONSE<\/p>\n<p>Would be helpful if you had any <a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/diagnostictroblecodes.html\">check engine light codes<\/a>. Post them below if there are any.<\/p>\n<p>My <strong>guess<\/strong> would be a clogged converter or faulty <a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/maf-mass-air-flow-sensor.html\">MAF sensor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The motor is a 5.0 fuel injection. It runs like a motor that has a vapor lock. I have changed the internal fuel pump twice, the fuel filter a dozen times. The Ford dealer here told me it was the upper manifold gasket. That was changed, but did no good. The car only has 65,000&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/01\/2000-ford-explorer\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2000 Ford Explorer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14244,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[457],"class_list":["post-38068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-ford","tag-explorer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2000 Ford Explorer - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/01\/2000-ford-explorer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2000 Ford Explorer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The motor is a 5.0 fuel injection. 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