- Joined
- Nov 13, 2018
- Messages
- 4,477
- Reaction score
- 4,412
- Points
- 113
- Location
- Canaan,NH
- Vehicle Year
- 1993
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- V8
- Engine Size
- 351
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Total Drop
- 3"
- Tire Size
- 235/55R16
- My credo
- If you don't have time to do it right will you have time to do it over?
Ford doesn't approve any transmission fluid addititves, use quality fluid like Motorcraft and change it once in a while. "Lubed for life" is b/s unless you don't mind a short life. I use Marvel Mystery oil to lube my air tools and used it 30 years ago to free up the carboned up, stuck rings in my father's old 2.0 Ranger. Methanol based drygas can cause all kinds of problems, we used to have good luck with isopropanol based drygas but I haven't used any since 10% ethanol was added to the gas. One of my former techs came to me from a GM dealer, he told me that Cadillac 4.1 engines required "cooling system pellets"(stop leak) added during maintenance, I think every 15k, because they had problems with block porosity. I've never had any faith in mechanic-in-a-can products, usually anything that easy doesn't work.