i have a 94 ford ranger 3.0 4x4 manual trans. was working perfect now all of a sudden went to intermitent oil pressure, then quickly to no pressure and now clacety clacking at top of motor at valve covers. all things lead to remove oil pan and look though concensus is clooged screen or bad pump. At $1100 to have pan taken off (because motor must be pulled) any ideas to try to clean screen through drain plug hole or some dissolving agent? All the fluids are perfect in color and level. No smoke, idle is perfect, no lights. Just no pressure and noisy valves. And how do you know if it's the pump itself? any specific noises, dash lights etc? Was thinking of draining, inserting coathanger type wire to try to unclog screen for any improvement. If get improvement then would pay to have done. But to pay so much just to look is very dissapointing. Any "cheap cheat" idea out there to try. Oil changed 1-2- months ago with 5-30w
2007-01-01
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