Beljum
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- Location
- Boonies, Arizona
- Vehicle Year
- 1991
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
Soo, I've been reading posts & topics from this sight for a good while now (like 2-3 years lol). So I figured I'd just register & post the current problem my ranger has decided to throw at me. Being my first post & what not I apologize for any noob mistakes I make or don't make?
Anyways, my 1991 ranger 3.0 has been overheating & I cant find the cause, preventing me from fixing the issue. Awhile back I mistakenly put a little bottle of octane booster additive instead of fuel treatment additive in it when i was filling up my gas on the way to to a nearby casino. Said casino is 5-7 miles out onto a reservation, so roughly 2 miles i did 45mph outta town until i cross onto the reservstion the speed limit changes to 65pmh. but i probably was going about 70ish mph for around next 5 miles until i arrived to the casino.
it started to overheat after leaving but im not sure when exactly. i noticed the temp gauge going past the "L" when i was passing the gas station i filled up at. and it was in the red by the time i parked it in my driveway about one or two miles farther down the road. i waited overnight to to essey the damage. when i started it the only bad thing was coolant leaking out of the weep hole on the water pump. so i replaced the water pump. i tried to drive it around to notice anything, it stopped leaking coolant from the w.p. but when i checked how much was in the radiator it was still loosing coolant & overheating. so i continued to replace every part of my trucks cooling system practically(please name parts i did not list) as in: i would replace a section of the cooling system, test drive it, park it, scratch my head, & repeat.
I come here seeking all of you're great knowledge & possibly cures to my overheating problem, or that it needa a whope new motor or let it go & be someone else's dilemma =/
So far I've replaced: thermostat, & thermo housing, radiator, radiator cap, water pump, temp sensor, temp switch, & ultimately i just put new heads gaskets & even new, while, remanufactured heads on it (because the old heads had exhaust valve leaks on both). i didnt rebuild the old heads because it was going to cost more to rebuild them than to just get the remanufactured ones, if you're wondering.
I got everything back together yesterday & fired it up to find out its now has stopped leaking coolant, but it still gets too hot, it takes alot longer to get too hot but the issue is still there unfortunately >.<
Sorry for the wall of text but any ideas, suggestions, questions anyone has to offer would be much appreciated. And kudos if you read all of that lol.
Anyways, my 1991 ranger 3.0 has been overheating & I cant find the cause, preventing me from fixing the issue. Awhile back I mistakenly put a little bottle of octane booster additive instead of fuel treatment additive in it when i was filling up my gas on the way to to a nearby casino. Said casino is 5-7 miles out onto a reservation, so roughly 2 miles i did 45mph outta town until i cross onto the reservstion the speed limit changes to 65pmh. but i probably was going about 70ish mph for around next 5 miles until i arrived to the casino.
it started to overheat after leaving but im not sure when exactly. i noticed the temp gauge going past the "L" when i was passing the gas station i filled up at. and it was in the red by the time i parked it in my driveway about one or two miles farther down the road. i waited overnight to to essey the damage. when i started it the only bad thing was coolant leaking out of the weep hole on the water pump. so i replaced the water pump. i tried to drive it around to notice anything, it stopped leaking coolant from the w.p. but when i checked how much was in the radiator it was still loosing coolant & overheating. so i continued to replace every part of my trucks cooling system practically(please name parts i did not list) as in: i would replace a section of the cooling system, test drive it, park it, scratch my head, & repeat.
I come here seeking all of you're great knowledge & possibly cures to my overheating problem, or that it needa a whope new motor or let it go & be someone else's dilemma =/
So far I've replaced: thermostat, & thermo housing, radiator, radiator cap, water pump, temp sensor, temp switch, & ultimately i just put new heads gaskets & even new, while, remanufactured heads on it (because the old heads had exhaust valve leaks on both). i didnt rebuild the old heads because it was going to cost more to rebuild them than to just get the remanufactured ones, if you're wondering.
I got everything back together yesterday & fired it up to find out its now has stopped leaking coolant, but it still gets too hot, it takes alot longer to get too hot but the issue is still there unfortunately >.<
Sorry for the wall of text but any ideas, suggestions, questions anyone has to offer would be much appreciated. And kudos if you read all of that lol.
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