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Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 10-12-2012, 10:14 PM

Replies: 3 Near stall idle Views: 1,212 Posted By AndrewT Re: Near stall idle Yeah, I figured. Is it worthwhile to clean or just replace?

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 10-12-2012, 10:12 PM

Replies: 7 disable A/c WOT control - Vacuum leak Views: 1,821 Posted By AndrewT Re: disable A/c WOT control - Vacuum leak Judt curious: Can't bypass even with a piggyback ecu that's programmed to trick the main ecu into thinking it cut the AC? Or can you "hack" the factory ecu and remove the relevant code?

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 10-12-2012, 06:13 PM

Replies: 3 Near stall idle Views: 1,212 Posted By AndrewT Near stall idle 97 2.3 5 speed 134k miles. This evening I started the truck and let it warm up for about 5 minutes. When I went outside to get in and drive away, the truck was in a near stall state. I'd say the...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 10-08-2012, 05:50 PM

Replies: 8 No heat-coolant flow issue Views: 2,358 Posted By AndrewT Re: No heat-coolant flow issue Did you pressure test the cooling system? How's the radiator cap? Also I assume no timing belt issues where it swings around the water pump?

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 09-30-2012, 04:19 PM

Replies: 14 IAC required? Views: 3,262 Posted By AndrewT Re: IAC required? I cant even imagine an answer to this, but I have to say this is certainly one of the more interesting automotive forums I've been on! :hmmmm:

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 09-27-2012, 12:23 PM

Replies: 16 2.3 just died and wont start has both fuel and spark Views: 9,835 Posted By AndrewT Re: 2.3 just died and wont start has both fuel and spark My money is on it being engine timing/timing belt.

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 09-25-2012, 08:27 PM

Replies: 7 Engine Oil Leak Views: 3,829 Posted By AndrewT Re: Engine Oil Leak Why would the option be between getting a new engine or replacing the gaskets? It seems to me that spending a weekend replacing three gaskets would be infinitely cheaper and less labor intensive than...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 09-25-2012, 08:18 PM

Replies: 16 2.3 just died and wont start has both fuel and spark Views: 9,835 Posted By AndrewT Re: 2.3 just died and wont start has both fuel and spark What's the condition of the timing belt? Check timing too, in order to see if the be,t skipped some teeth.

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 09-12-2012, 07:58 PM

Replies: 7 Oil Pressure gauge Views: 4,881 Posted By AndrewT Re: Oil Pressure gauge The gauge on my 97 takes about maybe half a second or so before reading after the engine starts, so taking a moment or two after startup might not be an issue. Did you get a low oil warning light...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 05-06-2012, 10:10 PM

Replies: 5 collasped radiator hose Views: 3,428 Posted By AndrewT Re: collasped radiator hose Could just be an old hose, but also check your radiator cap and maybe replace it. Also flush the coolant system since you're taking the hoses off anyway. Deposit build up in the system can cause a...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 04-23-2012, 05:31 PM

Replies: 3 Throttle Body Cleaning Views: 2,100 Posted By AndrewT Throttle Body Cleaning I've heard some cars (mostly Fords) have coatings on the throttle plate and because of that you're not supposed to use any sort of throttle body cleaner on them. My question is can you use a cleaner...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 04-10-2012, 08:09 PM

Replies: 8 Pre-filter fuel like leak Views: 2,090 Posted By AndrewT Re: Pre-filter fuel like leak Ok, so I spent some time working on the truck and here's what I found. First off, as to the oddness of the picture, I actually unhooked the line from the filter, and the filter isn't mounted to the...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 04-10-2012, 06:04 AM

Replies: 8 Pre-filter fuel like leak Views: 2,090 Posted By AndrewT Re: Pre-filter fuel like leak Can I splice in another repair line? Or would it make more sense to try and remove the repaired section thats already there and replace it with a new dorman?

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 04-09-2012, 08:47 PM

Replies: 8 Pre-filter fuel like leak Views: 2,090 Posted By AndrewT Pre-filter fuel like leak My ranger details are in my sig, but basically what happened is that my fuel line developed a leak right before the filter. I took a look under the truck, and it looks like there are three fuel lines...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 02-28-2012, 09:03 PM

Replies: 7 leaking oil Views: 3,408 Posted By AndrewT Re: leaking oil My suggestion would be to wait a little bit before you put in any leak stopper after you clean it up, so you can try to pinpoint where its leaking from. Better off to fix it correctly if you can.

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 02-26-2012, 08:26 PM

Replies: 10 help? Views: 1,059 Posted By AndrewT Re: help? It does add much needed electrolytes though! :D

Forum: Drivetrain Tech 02-24-2012, 02:55 PM

Replies: 0 Motorcraft Fully Synthetic MT Fluid Views: 1,706 Posted By AndrewT Motorcraft Fully Synthetic MT Fluid I hate to start yet ANOTHER thread about tranny fluids, but I have a specific question about a Motorcraft product. So motorcraft doesn't make Dextron III/Mercon anymore, but browsing their website, I...

Forum: Drivetrain Tech 02-24-2012, 02:50 PM

Replies: 9 hard to get in gear sometimes Views: 6,548 Posted By AndrewT Re: hard to get in gear sometimes There's already been a post about this "problem." Its a couple of pages back, so you can search for it. The gist of it was that this is common and its just a thing with the 5 speeds. My 2.3 does...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 02-24-2012, 02:39 PM

Replies: 11 heater control valves Views: 6,855 Posted By AndrewT Re: heater control valves Try to position a bucket to collect the coolant. I believe there is a crossmember down there that you can balance the bucket up while you change out the valve. Like was said above, its a simple...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 02-23-2012, 05:16 PM

Replies: 4 Foreign engine Views: 1,816 Posted By AndrewT Re: Foreign engine The ranger/bseries are co-developed by Mazda and Ford, but the rangers in the US were built here. The "Lima" engine was built in...surprise, Lima, Ohio!

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 02-22-2012, 07:17 PM

Replies: 10 help? Views: 1,059 Posted By AndrewT Re: help? I wonder if your fuel pump was on its way out originally? If you were running lean, that'd make the engine run hot, no? Especially if you didn't this enough coolant in there. Like was said above,...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 02-13-2012, 09:37 PM

Replies: 17 anyone know what this goes to??? Views: 2,757 Posted By AndrewT Re: anyone know what this goes to??? Where on the engine is that? Do you have the stock intake/air filter housing?

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 02-12-2012, 08:07 PM

Replies: 4 Transmission Switcharoo Views: 933 Posted By AndrewT Re: Transmission Switcharoo Usually its people wanting to swap the other way around! I've never done a conversion, but I have dropped transmissions out of a couple of different cars and I would call it a mostly straight...

Forum: General Tech 02-11-2012, 09:16 AM

Replies: 3 help, what is this part? Views: 947 Posted By AndrewT Re: help, what is this part? It's called the heater control valve. Around $15 on rockauto. When you replace it, put a bucket under the area because you'll spill coolant in process. Also make sure you get the 4 port valve...

Forum: 4-Cylinder Tech 02-06-2012, 06:37 PM

Replies: 18 Oil... Views: 2,408 Posted By AndrewT Re: Oil... I put motor raft 5w-30 in my 2.3 - does your owners manual say only 5w-30? If you're concerned about it take it back and tell them to change the oil or better yet, do it yourself! As for the...

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