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- 1985
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- Ford
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- V6 2.8L
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- Manual
Hi all,
I got myself fairly recently a 1985 V6 2.8l manual transmission ranger. Before now, I had next to zero experience doing work on my own vehicle. Heck, I didn't even know how to drive stick and I got this truck anyway. I figured it would be a great opportunity to learn about what goes on under the hood and how to maintain my vehicle properly.
I've done what to me seems like a good amount of work to it- and got it running much better than when I first got it. One thing that has been bothering me is that it is losing oil from an elusive leak source. I took it in to have a professional pair of eyes have a look. They cleaned the leaked oil off of the engine and added a dye to the good oil and told me to drive it around a bit and come back later.
Here is where I am having a problem that maybe I can find some help on from here. I drove it off their parking lot and noticed it was driving very rough and had very little power. I made it about halfway home before it died and I couldn't get it going again. The guy at the shop said it was probably some electrical connection that got wet and didn't like it, and suggested that I just let it dry out. I had a buddy pull me the rest of the way home. Now it has been about 36 hours and it still won't start back up.
I would like a second opinion on the matter. What do you guys think I should do?
Thank you in advance-
I got myself fairly recently a 1985 V6 2.8l manual transmission ranger. Before now, I had next to zero experience doing work on my own vehicle. Heck, I didn't even know how to drive stick and I got this truck anyway. I figured it would be a great opportunity to learn about what goes on under the hood and how to maintain my vehicle properly.
I've done what to me seems like a good amount of work to it- and got it running much better than when I first got it. One thing that has been bothering me is that it is losing oil from an elusive leak source. I took it in to have a professional pair of eyes have a look. They cleaned the leaked oil off of the engine and added a dye to the good oil and told me to drive it around a bit and come back later.
Here is where I am having a problem that maybe I can find some help on from here. I drove it off their parking lot and noticed it was driving very rough and had very little power. I made it about halfway home before it died and I couldn't get it going again. The guy at the shop said it was probably some electrical connection that got wet and didn't like it, and suggested that I just let it dry out. I had a buddy pull me the rest of the way home. Now it has been about 36 hours and it still won't start back up.
I would like a second opinion on the matter. What do you guys think I should do?
Thank you in advance-
