mike310
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- Joined
- Nov 23, 2024
- Messages
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- 6
- Location
- Los Angeles
- Vehicle Year
- 2009
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey everyone, I spent some time under the hood of my recently purchased 2009 Ranger XL yesterday, shes got a 2.3L and shes knocking pretty good at running temp. Knock speed increases with throttle input so I'm confident its hurting a bit on the inside. There are no engine codes present and I'm doing my scanning with Forscan. I still havent become a master at the software but I'm confident its clean despite a small evap leak code. My question to you guys is, how should I approach repair at a shop? Does anyone have a place in CA (Los Angeles) that they trust with this kind of job? I'm ready to pull the lube off the shelf on this one because I just dont have the time to pull and overhaul myself right now. I'm really worried about my ranger in some shop for months or some BS disputes. The motor has 123k on the clock and really would like to have this ranger for the next 100k miles. I see motors on ebay that look 'sound' so I'm even wondering if that might be a good route.
Any advice is sincerly appreciated
Any advice is sincerly appreciated