haizrail
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- stoneville north Carolina
- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Make / Model
- ford
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hello, My 96 ford ranger has been in the shop for about a week now and they still can't find the reason behind it having acceleration hesitation issues.When I first took the truck to the shop they called me back within 6 hours saying that the pcm was faulty. so I had them replace it and I picked it up the next morning With the truck still doing the same thing. So I immediately turned the truck around and took it back to them. when they drove it their only response was to but higher octane fuel with no ethanol at all with cleaner. I did this and the problem got better but not fixed. so a few days later I took it back after creating several videos with my digital camera. once they drove it and watched the videos I had created they told me to leave it and they would start looking at a list of possible causes. So I told them to check the timing because I had a feeling that the last mechanic didn't do it right which was less than 2 years ago.So they did and came back and said that the crank position senser and timing belt were bad. So I had them save the belt and senser so I could see them when I got there. Once I got there I the senser was clearly faulty and the belt was not the belt I had bought to fix the timing so I'm assuming the previous mechanic had pocketed the money and didn't do the job. with them fixing the timing that set me back 400 bucks. and that fixed the stalling and the long starting and going dead the truck was doing. But the acceleration hesitation was still there when you press the gas simi hard. so it's been a week since then and they have lifted the truck to look at the following, manifold, vacuum lines, catalytic converter, Throttle position senser, cleaned the Throttle body, have cleaned the mass air flow senser and have changed the air filter. have checked all the wiring, and haved checked the ignition.and the entire fuel system beside injectors have been replaced. have also, checked the plugs and wires, and I replaced the coil packs 6 months ago but they checked those anyway. This morning I went down there and payed them for the work they had do on the timing, and I asked them to run a compression test on it because the owner of the shop thinks it may be a valve problem. I found the information about a compression test though a friend. and after I got back from the shop this morning I started looking up video's on the subject and if it's loosing compression should I tell them to perform a leak test on it.
I have several questions
what is the likely cause for this problem.
and if it's motor related what is the likely cause.
and if the motor comes back bad or failing what kind of motor can i replace it with.
I really like the ecoboosts that are in the new mustangs could I put one of those in my 96 ranger and if so what would I need to change in order to get it to run properly. I would need to know what kind of transmission, motor mounts, oil pan etc. but my real conser if I was to do this is since the truck has to be put on the computer for inspection and the vid numbers need to mach would this cause a problem.Lastly, I'm disabled in my left hand and can't drive any vehicles that are stick shift. thanks
I have several questions
what is the likely cause for this problem.
and if it's motor related what is the likely cause.
and if the motor comes back bad or failing what kind of motor can i replace it with.
I really like the ecoboosts that are in the new mustangs could I put one of those in my 96 ranger and if so what would I need to change in order to get it to run properly. I would need to know what kind of transmission, motor mounts, oil pan etc. but my real conser if I was to do this is since the truck has to be put on the computer for inspection and the vid numbers need to mach would this cause a problem.Lastly, I'm disabled in my left hand and can't drive any vehicles that are stick shift. thanks