I drive a 1997 Ford Ranger, 3.0, feul injeced. lately he engine has been skipping quie badly, as if it is not firing on all cylinders. Also, the truck has terrible gas milage and no power. Ihave recently changed the plugs and plug wires. Any thoughts on what is wrong?
2006-06-27 15:59:06 · 5 answers · asked by woefulacronym 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Well , if it feels like all the cylinders arent working then most likely they arent, what you've got to figure out is why, if its getting too much gas , not enough spark then you usually get black smoke from unburnt fuel, not enough fuel , and too much air( vacumn leak) then you get no smoke, but very rough idle, a 97 is new enough to have ODB2 and that will help if you can have scanned for codes, a lean condition means not enough fuel, tooo much air, a rich condition is the opposite, most other codes will be specific( temp sensor, iac motor, crank sensor...etc) no codes might just mean a tune up, or mechanical problems
2006-06-27 16:46:08 · answer #1 · answered by bestwrencher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i may have the answer for ya a friend of mine had a 2000 ranger with the same engine he took it in after it quit on the interstate one day and the dealer ship said it needed a tune up badly the truck was shaking vibrating and stalling the tune up was gonna run right about 1000 plus labor if taking it to the dealer dont help like i know some dealers will rip ya a new butthole sometimes ........ try ford fuel injector cleaner and 104 + octane booster .... try these and if it works email me at crazycowboy73@hotmail.com and let me know how ya came out ...... lable it 1997 ranger yahoo question
2006-06-27 16:07:58 · answer #2 · answered by urbancowboy_bud_00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in a GM dealership in central Minnesota and we work on all makes of cars and trucks.
The biggest things we see with most vehicles recently is bad fuel leading to clogged injectors or leaking fuel pressure regulators.
You have the symptoms of possibly both.
2006-06-27 16:08:52 · answer #3 · answered by grandnational_man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would check to make sure that all the wires are on correctly as well as a wire might be crossd with another one because they have to be in the right firing order one crossed wire will put it out of wack as well as if the plugs are miss gauged
2006-06-27 16:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by Munch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a Ford. I decided to never buy one again after my exploders motor failed the week after the transmission failed. The service manager at Ford told me that was normal.
2006-06-27 16:02:50 · answer #5 · answered by Nelson_DeVon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋