Tsestak45
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- 1998
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- Ford Ranger
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Hello my name is Tommy, I have a '98 ranger XLT 3.0L. very very very long story short, I bought a remanufactured motor from powertrain products in Maryland 2 years ago. My neighbor who's a mechanic for the city of Philadelphia and myself put it in. 817 miles later a rod came through the block. When I disassembled it to get a new one under warranty I had discovered it was because they didn't torque everything down the spec at the factory. So they sent me a new motor for free, had a mechanic put this one in, and like 700 Miles later a head gasket blew and a piston ended up melting. Again it seems as if they didn't torque down the head bolts two spec at the factory. When I called and asked them if anything needed to be tightened down when I received the motor they said " no everything is torqued down here before the shipped". So they sent me ANOTHER motor for free and this one I put in myself. Fast forward 1300 mi and I start getting a valve tap and when I lose all compression in the number 6 cylinder I open the valve cover and low and behold I find the top seat part of the lifter, bent push rod, valve stuck open. Now I'm hoping that the valve is stuck open because there was a spring collapse not because the valve is bent. Which is why I am writing this post now and my question to anyone out there who I hope has please please please experience this before, is it possible to remove the valve spring with it not being fully up to start with? And if so is it also possible to replace it and get the valve back in without taking the head off? I have included a picture of the valve in question so you can see the height difference to the other two near it. The more I've sat here and thought about this though I'm also questioning if it was stuck for a while wouldn't that mean the piston was hitting it every time it came up and what possible damage it could have done to it? Much obliged for your help if you do, if you don't have a nice life!
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