Frenchy
New Member
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2020
- Messages
- 13
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- 8
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- Location
- wisconsin
- Vehicle Year
- 2010
- Make / Model
- ford/ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
Just a quick story to serve as a memo to everyone to STAY vigilant. Was doing my thermostat/housing today and had the throttle body off. It's fairly windy out here so I decided to stick a neat little ball of paper towel in the intake to keep nasty stuffs out (some already know where this is going). All went well, had it running in no time at all and took it for a test drive. During middle of the drive it felt like I lost a cylinder or two due to misfire... odd I thought, maybe it was spark plug wires getting wet and shorting out from the water I used to rinse everything off? Then it hit me, I searched the trash bin and interior of my truck, nothing. Ripped throttle body off and shoved a flashlight down in it and sure enough, a few tiny pieces of paper towel were all that remained of 3 full sheets.... I've said no less than 2 prayers now hoping that all will be ok in there. Seems to run just fine, so I'm truly hoping it all passed through with out issue. The worst part is I'm an industrial tech for a living, and I've never done anything like this when working. I guess when it's your own stuff you tend to get negligent... Learn from my mistakes folks, double and triple check these things while re-assemblying.