purple_fluffer
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1999 ranger 4 cyl.
every few days this problem happens, never can tell when it's going to, doesn't matter if the engine is cold or hot, doesn't matter if it has been driven somewhere already or not.
cranks over like normal, motor starts like normal for a split second but immediately conks out and dies. then it's like no spark, I can keep cranking, anywhere from a few minutes to half hour, and all of a sudden starts working. runs and drives normal till it happens again.
rented a cheesy OBD-II tester from auto zone to keep on hand for when it happens so I can hook it up and check error codes.
next time it conked out, I left the key in the on position, hooked up the OBD-II, no error codes.
removed key, reinserted key, cranked it over, still no error codes.
continued trying until it finally started, turned engine off, put key in on position, no error codes.
I don't know if this cheesy reader is capable of reading stored error codes, I don't know if the truck's computer even stores error codes.
this started about a month ago when I took it in to change the timing belt, spark plugs, and MAF. they had to take off the alternator/power steering/ac for the belt, and take off the intake manifold to get to the spark plugs, so in all there was a lot of wiring they had to mess with, something could have got damaged.
any ideas on how to figure out what's not functioning when this happens?
every few days this problem happens, never can tell when it's going to, doesn't matter if the engine is cold or hot, doesn't matter if it has been driven somewhere already or not.
cranks over like normal, motor starts like normal for a split second but immediately conks out and dies. then it's like no spark, I can keep cranking, anywhere from a few minutes to half hour, and all of a sudden starts working. runs and drives normal till it happens again.
rented a cheesy OBD-II tester from auto zone to keep on hand for when it happens so I can hook it up and check error codes.
next time it conked out, I left the key in the on position, hooked up the OBD-II, no error codes.
removed key, reinserted key, cranked it over, still no error codes.
continued trying until it finally started, turned engine off, put key in on position, no error codes.
I don't know if this cheesy reader is capable of reading stored error codes, I don't know if the truck's computer even stores error codes.
this started about a month ago when I took it in to change the timing belt, spark plugs, and MAF. they had to take off the alternator/power steering/ac for the belt, and take off the intake manifold to get to the spark plugs, so in all there was a lot of wiring they had to mess with, something could have got damaged.
any ideas on how to figure out what's not functioning when this happens?
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