M7 is dead

[fordpickupman]

Compression

I'll check in the morning.

I don't think the smart valves are working correctly. I'll pull them apart and clean them. Shouldn't they be normally open?
Mine seemed normally closed.

 

[fordpickupman]

I feel like an idiot.....

So......I pumped 5 gallons of gas out of the sled to enable checking the smart valves.
I forgot to fill up my beater-w-a-heater when I left work so I put that 5 gallons in the Explorer. Within 5 minutes of idling it wouldn't hardly move without pinging and knocking.
So, long story short I've been fighting a bad tank of gas for a year.
I'm so annoyed. I thought the gas looked weird colored, but it smelled fine. I'm not sure what happened, I pumped it right into the sled, not a 5 gallon can.
I finished pumping the gas out this morning and put 5 gallons of good gas in the tank. It fired up after about 10 pulls and idled smooth after about 30 seconds.
I'm going to add an inline filter that has a water trap on it.

Thank you for all of your help.

 

[Cedarberry]

Bad gas, ain't that a bitch, least you got er going, congrats.

Going out today and putting in new stator and voltage unit, hopefully I'm riding tomorrow.

 

[jethrobodean]

Simple K.I.S.S principle, people way over think things.