2006 Ford Explorer Owners Manual

Maintenance and Specifications
descriptionintheWarninglightsandchimessectionofthe
InstrumentClusterchapter.YourvehiclemaynotpasstheI/Mtestwith
the
indicatoron.
Ifthevehicle’spowertrainsystemoritsbatteryhasjustbeenserviced,
theon-boarddiagnosticssystemisresettoa“notreadyforI/Mtest”
condition.Toreadytheon-boarddiagnosticssystemforI/Mtesting,a
minimumof30minutesofcityandhighwaydrivingisnecessaryas
describedbelow:
•
•
First,atleast10minutesofdrivingonanexpresswayorhighway.
Next,atleast20minutesdrivinginstop-and-go,city-typetrafficwith
atleastfouridleperiods.
Allowthevehicletositforatleasteighthourswithoutstartingthe
engine.Then,starttheengineandcompletetheabovedrivingcycle.The
enginemustwarmuptoitsnormaloperatingtemperature.Oncestarted,
donotturnofftheengineuntiltheabovedrivingcycleiscomplete.
POWER STEERING FLUID
Checkthepowersteeringfluid.Refertothescheduledmaintenance
guidefortheserviceintervalschedules.Ifaddingfluidisnecessary,use
onlyMERCON௡ATF.
1.
Starttheengineandletitrun
untilitreachesnormaloperating
temperature(theenginecoolant
temperaturegaugeindicatorwillbe
nearthecenterofthenormalarea
betweenHandC).
2.
steeringwheelleftandrightseveral
times.
Whiletheengineidles,turnthe
3.
4.
5.
Turntheengineoff.
Checkthefluidlevelinthereservoir.
ThefluidlevelshouldbebetweentheMINandMAXlines.Donotadd
fluidifthelevelisinthisrange.
6.
theleveluntilitreachesthecorrectoperatingrange.Besuretoputthe
capbackonthereservoir.
Ifthefluidislow,addfluidinsmallamounts,continuouslychecking
311
2006
Explorer(exp)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USA(fus)
Product Specification
CategoriesFord Explorer Manuals, Ford Manuals
Model Year2006
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