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[tdag]

98 ford explorer 5.0, 56,000 miles, i have a mild skip at idle, 2 months ago i replaced plugs, wires, air filter, no codes, same car, the radio station and time led lights go dim, sometimes its normal, sometimes it does not light at all any ideas to these problems thanks

[Bryan1436]

Originally Posted by tdag

98 ford explorer 5.0, 56,000 miles, i have a mild skip at idle, 2 months ago i replaced plugs, wires, air filter, no codes, same car, the radio station and time led lights go dim, sometimes its normal, sometimes it does not light at all any ideas to these problems thanks

I'm having a similiar problem at idle - As far as the radio blinking, I've noticed that if I have the dash dimmer switch (not sure if thats what its called, but hey..) at anything but at the brightest (mainly around the 2/3rds range) that it sometimes blinks, and sometimes doesn't come on at all.. This includes my dash lights, not just the radio. A quick push to full brightness resolves this issue tho.

Have you noticed any drop in radiator coolant? If you read the post I made (look for 1998 Ford Explorer Idle subject), someone replied with a possible solution.