sexybluelady
Member
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2008
- Messages
- 323
- Reaction score
- 11
- Points
- 18
- Location
- springfield, ma
- Vehicle Year
- 1988, 1994, 199
- Make / Model
- ford, mitsu, do
- Engine Size
- 2.9
- Transmission
- Manual
I've been having a hell of a time with my ranger. Short story, I was a victim of a hate crime at my college and my truck was vandalized at school by social justice warrior students, who thought the truck was owned by someone, who turned out to not be the case. They based their assumptions off of how the truck looks. It's old, and has huge tires on it a USMC sticker, they made up a picture in their heads as to who they thought the owner must be.
Fast forward three nearly four years later. And this is what I have done to try to get the truck running smoothly again.
Replaced the busted out windows
Brought new tires (old mickey's were slashed)
Dropped my fuel tank and cleaned it out.
Flushed out my fuel lines
Replaced my inline fuel pump
The in tank fuel pump
Fuel filter
new FPR
Did a tune up plugs and wires
Things that had to be done from it sitting while I gathered money and tried to fight the college to take responsibility.
New thermostat (other one was sized)
New clutch, slave cly
And flywheel
Fast forward to today. And sometimes it will fire right up, if you hit it with my starting fluid which screams fuel problem. BUT I have 35 PSI at the rails with the KOEF. My fuel injectors are pulsing, I put my node lights on them there all firing. I have a spare ECU that I use as a control, to see if my current ECU was bad. I checked my voltage readout on my TPS sensor (because it was hard to get it to idle) It was out of specs so I replaced it. My IAC is working fine. My timing is dead on. I even went ahead and replaced my timing chain because it was about that time for it to be replaced anyways.
The only thing that I have left in my head as to why my truck doesn't want to fire up on it's own is maybe my fuel injectors are clogged?
I am so depresate to get my truck back on the road, I've been through so much so far with my dear truck that I'm at my wits end as to what else it could be. I just want my baby back dam-mit!!!!!!!!!
Oh and yes I have spark and compression.
Fast forward three nearly four years later. And this is what I have done to try to get the truck running smoothly again.
Replaced the busted out windows
Brought new tires (old mickey's were slashed)
Dropped my fuel tank and cleaned it out.
Flushed out my fuel lines
Replaced my inline fuel pump
The in tank fuel pump
Fuel filter
new FPR
Did a tune up plugs and wires
Things that had to be done from it sitting while I gathered money and tried to fight the college to take responsibility.
New thermostat (other one was sized)
New clutch, slave cly
And flywheel
Fast forward to today. And sometimes it will fire right up, if you hit it with my starting fluid which screams fuel problem. BUT I have 35 PSI at the rails with the KOEF. My fuel injectors are pulsing, I put my node lights on them there all firing. I have a spare ECU that I use as a control, to see if my current ECU was bad. I checked my voltage readout on my TPS sensor (because it was hard to get it to idle) It was out of specs so I replaced it. My IAC is working fine. My timing is dead on. I even went ahead and replaced my timing chain because it was about that time for it to be replaced anyways.
The only thing that I have left in my head as to why my truck doesn't want to fire up on it's own is maybe my fuel injectors are clogged?
I am so depresate to get my truck back on the road, I've been through so much so far with my dear truck that I'm at my wits end as to what else it could be. I just want my baby back dam-mit!!!!!!!!!
Oh and yes I have spark and compression.
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