The owner's manual says it has 8 plugs. The dealer says he only changed four plugs because it only has 4 plugs. The engine looks like the diagram in the owner's manual with 4 spark plug wires going into the top of the engine.
2007-01-25 09:43:20 · 20 answers · asked by paul g 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
there was a 2 plug head, and the manual covers both the single and dual plugs :)
the dealer is trying to save you money and you are questioning him????
2007-01-25 14:16:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 2.3L four-cylinder had two variations in 1997(and most likely other years): one had 4 plugs, and the other had 8. the reason for the 8 plugs is to make the engine run cleaner -- the intake side plugs fire first, and the the exhaust side plugs fire very soon after to produce a "dual flame" to burn the air-fuel mixture more thoroughly. the 8-plug engine might have been a California model for improved emissions. im not sure if your engine has 4 or 8, but if it has 8, you will see 2 coil packs (square black boxes) with 4 plug wires coming out of each on the left side of your engine. the coil packs are mounted with one visible, and the other behind it and mounted slightly lower. also, you will see 4 plugs above your exhaust manifold, and 4 embedded deeply between the intake manifold and your cylinder head (you will only see the plug wires coming off of these). these are a pain to change, and it takes long. the dealer may have been lazy and only changed the exhaust side, or maybe you just have a 4-plug engine.
2007-01-28 01:24:23 · answer #2 · answered by FordSux 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 90's they did have 8 plugs on the 4 cyls, if you can't see more than 4 plug wires, you only have 4 plugs.
2007-01-25 10:18:55 · answer #3 · answered by done wrenching 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ranger/b2300 has two engine packages. The standard package, and the SE (sport edition) package. To find this out, open your hood, and look at the exhaust. If it has a manifold (basically, a big clump of iron), it is the regular package, and your truck has 4 plugs. If the truck has headers (individual metal tubes that run down and meet further down the exhaust), you have the SE model, and you have 8 plugs.
Look on top of the engine. You will see some black boxes with thick wires coming out of them. Those boxes are your ignition coils. Count how many wires are coming out of those boxes, and the number of wires you get is the number of plugs you have!
2007-01-25 09:50:20 · answer #4 · answered by Mark D 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
some of those engines have 2 plugs per cylinder. 1 head, but wires on both sides.
you probably have the 8 plugged 4 cyl engine.
2007-01-25 09:50:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes that engine does have 8 plugs 4 on each side of the head
2007-01-25 09:48:13 · answer #6 · answered by randy c 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
count how many spark plug wires you have. It should have 8 2 per cylinder
2007-01-25 14:14:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has 4. A 2.3L engine isnt big enough to have 8.
Look on your engine. You should see 4 wires going to the plugs.
2007-01-25 09:48:36 · answer #8 · answered by americangurl_28 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
it has 4 ,2 plugs on each side of the valve covers and ur truck should should be a 4 cylinder ..
2007-01-26 00:54:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 plugs per cylinder=8 total.Fords way of getting a little more power and a few more miles per gallon.started back in89 with that combo
2007-01-25 15:33:54 · answer #10 · answered by freightliner357 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋