Engine - Front End
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer and 2004 Ford Explorer. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
WARNING:
Do not operate the engine with the hood open until the fan blade has been first examined for possible cracks and separation.
The 4.6L (281 CID) is a V-8 engine with the following features:
- Single overhead camshaft
- Two valves per cylinder
- Sequential multiport fuel injection (SFI)
- Aluminum cylinder heads
- Cast aluminum, 90-degree V-cylinder block
- Individually chain-driven camshafts with a hydraulic timing chain tensioner on each timing chain
- Electronic ignition system with eight ignition coils