Tlee1412
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- Wisconsin
- Vehicle Year
- 1997
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- Ford Ranger
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- Manual
Hi all,
There is probably a thread for this already so I apologize in advanced.. my 97 2.3 out of nowhere started missing one day on my way into work. It’s a very dead miss as its continuous. After limping it back home and taking a different vehicle to work, I returned home from work that night to move it into the garage to inspect further. When I started it to move into the garage, there was no miss but after running idle in the garage for approx. 2 mins, it started missing again. Looking under the hood I saw that two plug wires were arcing back and forth from one another right on top of the coil. I thought that a new set of wires would do the trick and figured since I was at it, I would change both coil packs and plugs as well. After changing all that, still missing. I read on another forum that someone had a similar problem and changed the Crankshaft Position Sensor. I went and picked one up but have not installed it yet because I wanted some further input (and not from the kind of people telling me its time for a new vehicle). Will the Crank Sensor cause just a single miss or is it going to prohibit the truck from even starting? I also peeked at my timing belt behind the cover and thought that after poking at it, it seemed kind of loose so possibly a jumped time situation going on too. I’m just looking for anyone with similar experience or suggestions. I also used a multi tester and tested all of the injector harnesses and found that they’re fine.
The Ranger has 273,000 miles on it. I have not had a chance to bring it in for codes to be run but do plan on it. I also plan on checking the timing alignment through the inspection holes on the belt cover.
Thanks, TLee
There is probably a thread for this already so I apologize in advanced.. my 97 2.3 out of nowhere started missing one day on my way into work. It’s a very dead miss as its continuous. After limping it back home and taking a different vehicle to work, I returned home from work that night to move it into the garage to inspect further. When I started it to move into the garage, there was no miss but after running idle in the garage for approx. 2 mins, it started missing again. Looking under the hood I saw that two plug wires were arcing back and forth from one another right on top of the coil. I thought that a new set of wires would do the trick and figured since I was at it, I would change both coil packs and plugs as well. After changing all that, still missing. I read on another forum that someone had a similar problem and changed the Crankshaft Position Sensor. I went and picked one up but have not installed it yet because I wanted some further input (and not from the kind of people telling me its time for a new vehicle). Will the Crank Sensor cause just a single miss or is it going to prohibit the truck from even starting? I also peeked at my timing belt behind the cover and thought that after poking at it, it seemed kind of loose so possibly a jumped time situation going on too. I’m just looking for anyone with similar experience or suggestions. I also used a multi tester and tested all of the injector harnesses and found that they’re fine.
The Ranger has 273,000 miles on it. I have not had a chance to bring it in for codes to be run but do plan on it. I also plan on checking the timing alignment through the inspection holes on the belt cover.
Thanks, TLee