JodyTanner93
New Member
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2020
- Messages
- 15
- Reaction score
- 2
- Points
- 3
- Location
- Kentucky
- Vehicle Year
- 2006
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey guys I just signed up to see if anyone could point me in the right direction with my truck. I’ll start from the beginning when I bought it about 3 months ago. I’ve got a 2006 Ford Ranger xlt 2wd automatic with the 3.0 Vulcan engine. So when I first purchased the truck it ran perfect and I had no issues other that the ac compressor would not kick on, even after recharging with refrigerant. About 3 days later the check engine light comes on and there’s a slight hesitation and rpm dip when pushing the accelerator. At this point it still drives fine but I get the codes checked and they say lean condition bank 1 and 2. Also say cat system efficiency below threshold. A month into driving it and an intermittent knocking starts and continues to get worse over two weeks. Also at this point the blower motor starts to go out and after week won’t work at all. Next thing I do is get the engine replaced with a remanufactured one because one of the bearings went out and bent/stretched a rod on the old one. So after the engine swap the hesitation and cel is still there so I search for vacuum leaks but can’t find any. I’ve replaced the maf sensor, throttle positioning sensor, driver side valve cover & gasket (due to a crack) and after the maf sensor replacement the cel hasn’t come back on in a week. Problem is the hesitation is still there and even worse now. If I don’t lightly feather the throttle and ease into it from a dead stop it’s a 50/50 shot it will stall. I’ve tried to search but cannot find any more info. Thanks in advance for any help or direction anyone could give me.