2001 Explorer Sport Trac error codes

May 12, 2006 6 Replies

My son's Sport Trac has the following error codes: PO171 and PO174. Anybody able to assist in identifying the cause? The breakout (based on the Autozone tester) said "System too lean"



69800 miles on the V-6 4.0 2WD Check engine light came on when stuck in a Florida Interstate traffic jam (1
1/2 hour at a crawl). Is there a way to clear the check lite to see if the fault comes back?

Thanks



Jack



On Fri, 12 May 2006 15:04:12 -0700, Jack rearranged some electrons to form:

vacuum leak maybe?

Autozone can clear it.

The AutoZone tester can reset the light for you. Press the Reset button. I'm not sure what can cause a "too lean" condition, but I'd not hesitate to reset the code and wait for it to return. I do not foresee any "safety of flight" issue here by waiting for the code to return. It might not come back, which is what you want. If it does come back, then you can expend the energy to figure out what's wrong.

I can't answer your question... but someone at

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sure will. Great site for ST owners!

HTH

Have to agree, the above sight has great info. On this code, there is an elbow that splits and causes the to lean condition, everytime this code has occurred, the elbow has been the problem. Go to the sight and search on your code, there will be pictures of the elbow.

Gerry

I forgot my error code. But it has somthing to do with the transmission. Took it to the transmission place and they told that the transmission was contaminated. what can cause this problem

Seen this allot on fords, something in the PCV system splits, lets unmetered air into the system, and the o2 sensors trigger the lean code. Look for and find the vacuum leak; write back if you look and don't find it for long term problem can start from this. The sport trac is seeing a lean condition, and will start pumping up the injector times to add more fuel to comp for it until it reaches the fuel trims limits, then another code will be added. So gas mileage will be looking south and you could clog or damage the cat (long term)

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