Hello Ford Ranger forum! New member here and looking forward to learning from you about my Ford Ranger. I went from a 89 Ford F150 to a 94 Ford F150 and now to my 96 Ford Ranger.

My Situation:
Just purchased a 1996 Ford Ranger XLT. 4 cylinder with a 2.3.

*Check engine light = cylinder 1 misfire. Rough idle, no power, etc.
I changed out the plugs and wires. No difference.

Was wondering if others have had the same problem and what their solution ended up being.

Any help would be greatly appreciative.

Thanks,
Joseph

check the coil i had the same thing on my 98 v6 i replaced the pulgs and wires first was still doing it so i replaced the coil and its back to running like a v6

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1998 ford ranger ext cab 4.0 4x4
15x10 pacer soft 8 rims
pioneer headunit
straight piped to flowmaster super 44 and dumped under the bed
T-Bar Crank
Black Toolbox
Air box and throttle mod

Ok, took my truck to a mechanic. He advised the coil pack was not the issue. He changed them with new ones and cylinder 1 still mis firing. Plugs And wires are new. Compression test showed around 150psi on first 3 cylinders and around 170 on cylinder 4. Mechanic advised I needed new timing belt and that was replaced. Timing was a little off so that was fixed. I have better acceleration but the missing is still there. He suggested new or used head. I really want this fixed. Anyone have any suggestions?

Sound to me like youre valves is not seating proparly ,remove head and redo it at a engineering shop

You might want to change the egr valve that most likely the problem

just had same problem but #2 cyl misfire, pulled head off and sure enough had visable crack on #2 cyl., just did head swap and truck runs like new

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1997 Ranger XLT reg. cab, 2wd, 2.3 4cly, 5 speed spark plug mod.

Took my truck to another mechanic. Found out I have a Burnt Intake Valve. Not sure if worth it or not. Thanks to all for your suggestions.