94 Ford Explorer hard start when engine warm and warm weather

dekker opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Try flooring the accelerator when you start it...

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I MEAN hold the pedal to the floor, not pump it

This happened to me a 1 or 2 years ago with my 1994 Explorer also. By accident I discovered that it was the type of gas I was using. I normally purchase gas that I believe has 10% ethanol in it.

Recently I drove to Florida and decided to put a stay away from gasoline that had ethanol. The one time that I accidentaly put this type of gas in my Explorer, it did not start and I thought I would be stuck in a remote town of Tennessee. Eventually it started, and from then on I put non-ethanol gas in my Explorer and it drove flawlessly the rest of the trip. Incidentally, the Explorer has 197,000 miles on it.

A couple days ago, out of curiosity, I put in the gas that had ethonal in the Explorer again. As expected I ended up getting stuck in a car lot for about half an hour before it would start finally. I am now certain that the type of gas makes a huge difference on whether or not these older Explorers will start.

The gasoline that worked for me was Amoco, however you should be able to find a brand that will work just fine for you. Give it a shot, it costs nothing.

Good Luck, Chris

I thought this model had fuel injection and flooring it while cranking would have no effect.

Thanks