vanangle
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- Jun 12, 2020
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- Location
- Virginia
- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Make / Model
- Ranger XLT 3.0
- Transmission
- Manual
I have a 1996 Ranger XLT 3.0L V6 (220K miles) that died while driving 65 mph on Memorial Day weekend. I noticed my oil guage had gone completely down and I was able to get over. I stopped the car and expected smoke, foul smell, or fluids leaking but nothing. Oil was full. There had been no symptoms like when your alternator dies and you start losing your radio and the ABS light comes on. The car wouldn't crank back up at all. I had it towed back to my house and started checking all the fuses and even diodes. Battery was good, just no crank. Put a scanner on it to pull some codes, and no codes were registered and no vehicle information. At this time I ordered a PCM and with VIN programmed. It arrived, and the only major change was the solenoid engages, but no turn over, no codes (on 2 different scanners) and check engine light. Battery was checked and is okay. I thought back and the oil pressure gauge seems to point to the timing chain going out. What I've researched is that it is a non-interference engine with a timing chain. Is there a simple way to confirm, or is it a 1-2 hour job to verify?