88workcar
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2019
- Messages
- 200
- Reaction score
- 49
- Location
- Pierre Part La.
- Vehicle Year
- 2001
- Make / Model
- Ranger XL
- Transmission
- Manual
160,000 miles. I have owned it for the last 1500 miles. I started getting a small rough idle and slight hesitation on the low rpms. Truck has new wires, plugs, filters and oil. I decided to flush the coolant and put fresh in it. Last week I flushed all the rusty water (some antifreeze) out, put the "Flush" in it. Bottle said drive 60 miles for a good cleaning. This morning I removed that and put new antifreeze in it. While sitting there idling I noticed a fog coming from the exhaust. First though was I have cracked a head? I went smell it, wasn't antifreeze or oil?? so what ever..... I got my stuff and headed to work. It was running worse than before and lacked power everywhere. Got the CEL, 300, 301, 303. I got to work, parked and went look, nothing steaming or smoking from tail pipe. I let it sit for an hour, I pulled #1 and #3 plugs. Both look perfect and clean. No water in oil, no pressure (bubbles ect..) in radiator, no oil in there either. But it is still running terrible. I did lightly spray under the hood this morning to rinse some dust off of everything. Could the coil pack be doing this? I am open to any help given. If it comes to pulling heads, I'm getting a new set.