Bosketti
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- Joined
- Feb 15, 2021
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- Location
- Washington
- Vehicle Year
- 1997
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger XL
- Transmission
- Manual
I have a '97 Ranger 2.3L manual I have owned since new. At 205k I finally decided to rebuild the engine. It has now been pulled for the third time as we keep losing compression on the rebuild. We haven't figured out why I keep losing rings but I decided to explore the possibility of a remanufactured engine. This brings me to the conundrum. I see engines for '91-'96 and engines for '99-'07. There is a 2 year gap that doesn't seem to have engines available and my truck falls into that window. What are the differences in the two era engines? What is the difference with the '97-'98 engines? What engine would I be better off going with if those are my only 2 options?