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#2281 of 2986 Re: 2001 PISTON ROD KNOCKING [commonko] by bolivar

Jul 18, 2006 (4:23 pm)

Replying to: commonko (Jul 18, 2006 12:27 am)
What motor is this?
 
Just to complicate your life - For 4L (the older 4L motor) Rangers in the years of this truck (2001-199?), many had the 'marbles in a tin can' knock/rattle. Especially noticable at idle, going away off idle.
 
In all my major reading on Ranger boards, I never found a definitive cause for this. "Piston slap" was one of the big quesses.
 
Ford, in general, resisted doing anything under warranty fro this problem. But some people did get a new motor or short block. With the problem, I think, even coming back in the new motor. I think it is some kind of known design problem that Ford did not want to fix. And they brought out the 208hp OHC 4L, which was a totally different in 2002 (I think), and I never heard the 'marbles in a can' problem with this motor.
 
The storm of postings about this problem seemes to have died out a lot. (And, I read far fewer message boards about Rangers lately.) And people were posting that they had had the knocking for 30, 40, 50,000 miles and the motor was still running strong.
 
Anyway. If this is the 'old' 4L motor, and the knock goes away off idle, I might give it a try at this low, low price.

#2282 of 2986 Re: 2001 PISTON ROD KNOCKING [bolivar] by commonko

Jul 18, 2006 (5:42 pm)

Replying to: bolivar (Jul 18, 2006 4:23 pm)
Yea I saw the posts about the marbles. But they mostly concerned up to the 2000 models. Im not to knowledgeable about motors, but it is the 2001 Ranger Edge 2WD 3.0 V6. The knocking is abnormally loud, which concerns me. I haven't seen it run off idle yet, so I'm not really sure if it goes away at all. When I get home Ill check that out. Your right, i wanna jump on it for the price, but i wont be able to afford to drop $3500 for a new block, the labor fees an all.

#2283 of 2986 Re: 2001 PISTON ROD KNOCKING [commonko] by bolivar

Jul 18, 2006 (7:27 pm)

Replying to: commonko (Jul 18, 2006 5:42 pm)
What about salvage over there? Rather than a new motor.
 
A salvage 3L with 100,000 miles might have quite a few miles left in it.

#2284 of 2986 Re: 2001 PISTON ROD KNOCKING [bolivar] by commonko

Jul 19, 2006 (1:00 am)

Replying to: bolivar (Jul 18, 2006 7:27 pm)
I found a guy today who said the same thing. He said he would find a new motor and drop it in for $2200. So I think I might go with this. He said it would probably be cheaper and easier than messing around and trying to find whats knocking and why, then fixing it on top of that. I dunno. What do you think? Hey, thanks for all the assistance. You fellas have been a big help.

#2285 of 2986 Re: Tranny problems [lex1374] by laredoivan

Jul 19, 2006 (11:43 am)

Replying to: lex1374 (Mar 14, 2001 10:55 am)
i had the same problem with my 99 ford ranger, however mine is not 4x4, but i was driving and all of a sudden the od light came on and i wouldn't shift past 2nd gear, i found out later it was the speed sensor and not the tranny like was dreading it was. its located on top of the rear axle it took like 15 min. to fix and the part was like a 100.00 bucks.

#2286 of 2986 Re: strange problem any help is appreciated [rfowlkes81] by wormburner26

Jul 21, 2006 (5:32 am)

Replying to: rfowlkes81 (Jun 19, 2006 3:23 pm)
I'm experiencing the EXACT same problem with my '01 Ranger with the 4.0 engine, auto trans. The first time it done this, it blew the ignition fuse (#18) and died on the road. Now, it only blows the driver airbag/fan blower fuse (#2). CAN SOMEONE HELP!!!
Thanks in advance for any info or assistance.

#2287 of 2986 billybix by clintonjohn

Jul 21, 2006 (5:11 pm)

i thought the price and what they wanted to do was a bit excessive as well. i ended up going to pep boys, which didn't impress me that much either.
 
They replaced the front and rear pads and said the front disks needed to be replaced, but didn't claim the front calipers needed replacing. The other shop told me the calipers were shot but they could machine the rotors.
 
So, for pep boys, new front rotors, front and rear brakes, machine back drums-around $330 minus $50 instant rebate and $40-so about $240 mail in rebate. I ended up not getting new parking brake cables at pep boys because they were quoting me $50 per cable(needed 2) plus $150 labor. Told them to forget it-for $250 I'll park the truck in gear(it's a manual transmission). Went to NAPA's website and they were charging less than $20 per cable.
 
Despite Pepboys not trying to get me to buy new caliper like the other shop(Just Brakes), I still feel like pepboys was trying to take advantage of me. I'd get one call after another from them telling me I needed this or I needed that. All I wanted were some lousy brake pads and shoes.
 
This whole experience ticks me off. I can't tell who to trust and who is trying to scam me. I should have just gone with my first instinct and traded the truck in for a new car. At least then I know that I'm dealing with someone who's trying to take advantage of me.

#2288 of 2986 Ranger A/C problem by dixiestriper1

Jul 22, 2006 (10:08 am)

I have a 94 ranger 4L v6 and the a/c in it isnt blowing with the force it used to. it still blows cool but when I have it on high it blows like it's on low. could the air intake be clogged somewhere? any advise would be greatly appreciated.

#2289 of 2986 which type of oil by moochorbb

Jul 24, 2006 (11:18 am)

i have a 98 ranger 2.5L 4cyl with 72000 miles. my question is its about that time to change the oil again and i was wondering what type of oil should be used....ive been using 10W30 but i was wondering if there was a better weight that i should be using

#2290 of 2986 Re: which type of oil [moochorbb] by jneal

Jul 24, 2006 (4:08 pm)

Replying to: moochorbb (Jul 24, 2006 11:18 am)
I'd stay with what the owners manual recommends which is probably the 10W30 unless you are using the vehicle in extreme climatic conditions.

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