Have a 2000 XE with 192XXX on it. V6 4x4 4door
Problem: runs great cold, runs great warm. Sudden death and then refuses to turn on for a long time (assuming until cooled off)
Conditions: both times at idle at red lights. Warmed up. In drive.
Attempted fixes: Reman distributor put in two days ago. (Went through the whole "runs great cold and like hell warm" and had it replaced with a low quality one two years ago. That part has been "dying slowly" since last year.) This is different. The truck runs awesome until death. I also put in a coolant temp sensor today to no avail.
Here's the head scratcher. After I was testing the temp sensor fix, refilling my coolant and bleeding the system the truck idled in the driveway for 40 min no problem. I was having a hard time getting the lower hose warm (opening thermostat) so I decided I would go drive it to warm it up assuming the problem was fixed. Keep in mind the engine is at operating temp, just wanted to bleed the whole system after opening it to replace the sensor.
As soon as I popped it into reverse, it died. Wouldn't fire up until cold. I can't imagine this is a distributor at this point where it is capable of running hot, just not while the trans is engaged for some super weird reason.
Help....
Problem: runs great cold, runs great warm. Sudden death and then refuses to turn on for a long time (assuming until cooled off)
Conditions: both times at idle at red lights. Warmed up. In drive.
Attempted fixes: Reman distributor put in two days ago. (Went through the whole "runs great cold and like hell warm" and had it replaced with a low quality one two years ago. That part has been "dying slowly" since last year.) This is different. The truck runs awesome until death. I also put in a coolant temp sensor today to no avail.
Here's the head scratcher. After I was testing the temp sensor fix, refilling my coolant and bleeding the system the truck idled in the driveway for 40 min no problem. I was having a hard time getting the lower hose warm (opening thermostat) so I decided I would go drive it to warm it up assuming the problem was fixed. Keep in mind the engine is at operating temp, just wanted to bleed the whole system after opening it to replace the sensor.
As soon as I popped it into reverse, it died. Wouldn't fire up until cold. I can't imagine this is a distributor at this point where it is capable of running hot, just not while the trans is engaged for some super weird reason.
Help....