TDI Ranger
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- Apr 19, 2020
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- Location
- Birmingham,AL
- Vehicle Year
- 2003
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
Here we go again. It's been two years and about 25k miles since I had the engine out and installed a Cloyes timing set. I started hearing a rattle at start up that has been getting worse. I bought new Ford OEM tensioners. I started with the passenger side. Somehow the threads on the cylinder head got buggered up when I removed the old tensioner. Short story, the head is toast, bought a new head. During disassembly I discovered the chain guide is broken.
The motor is coming out either way now... I have two choices. The motor has 200k plus miles on it. It runs great and doesn't smoke. No issues other than this.
Choice #1 pull the engine and replace all of the timing stuff again with OEM Ford and hope for the best, or... ( I'm guessing less than $1000 and hoping for the best)
#2 replace the engine with a Ford OEM reman with a 3 year warranty. (About $4200)
I'm not getting rid of the truck anytime soon. I really just don't want to part with the money. It's not going to hurt me financially, but I really had other plans for the money. I can't decide what to do. I'm just tired of problems.
The motor is coming out either way now... I have two choices. The motor has 200k plus miles on it. It runs great and doesn't smoke. No issues other than this.
Choice #1 pull the engine and replace all of the timing stuff again with OEM Ford and hope for the best, or... ( I'm guessing less than $1000 and hoping for the best)
#2 replace the engine with a Ford OEM reman with a 3 year warranty. (About $4200)
I'm not getting rid of the truck anytime soon. I really just don't want to part with the money. It's not going to hurt me financially, but I really had other plans for the money. I can't decide what to do. I'm just tired of problems.
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