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- Jul 8, 2014
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- 11
- Vehicle Year
- 96
- Transmission
- Automatic
So I've got a 96 ranger 172,000 on the clock. I bought the truck 8,000miles ago and I was driving it at work last Monday, when I noticed randomly at any speed that occasionally it would do this thing where after maintaining a constant speed for a while the engine would suddenly lose power and chug like crazy until I put the pedal to the floor and it would go back to normal for a while. When I got home I popped the hood and looked didn't see anything immediately wrong I figured I got a batch of bad gas or the fuel filter was saying goodbye. Unfortunately it rained most of the week here and I didn't get a chance to really dig into it, by Thursday the check engine light was on and it was doing the same thing (I should note that during this time I never had any issues starting the truck) and it started to idle rough at stop lights intermittently until I floored the pedal and it would go back to normal again, the gas milage seemed to be getting worse as well. By the afternoon I had refilled the gas from empty from somewhere else and was driving about 30mph when suddenly, engine just looses power and when I try to give it gas it just conks out completely on the spot and I rolled it to a stop and it wouldn't restart. When you turn the key it always will cough one time right at the stop and then just crank and crank and won't cough again until the battery dies. I happened to break down about a mile from an auto parts place so I replaced the fuel filter on the side of the road since I had the tools on me, no go, nothing so I had AAA tow it to my house. I borrowed a code scanner which came up with the following:
P0133
P0402
P1131
From what I can tell the fuel pump is working I can hear it come on when I turn the key. The car has new plugs and wires put in about 5k ago. I didn't see any obvious vacuum leaks but it's hard to tell without being able to run the engine, however the large intake tube between the air filter and the engine was very loose, tightened it, nothing. The from what I'm reading codes seem to suggest a problem with either the EGR or DPFE, however is seems like from what I've read most of those issues are more likely to cause the engine to run rough, but shouldn't keep the engine from starting at all. Before I start throwing parts at it does anyone have any suggestions as to try first? I tried to remove the EGR to clean it but with it's proximity to the firewall I'm having a hell of a time getting the nut on the lower vacuum pipe loose with the amount of clearance I have in the engine bay and I'm a little bit scared of twisting the pipe and ****ing it up trying to get it off. Any help would really be appreciated. I'm not really a car guy, but I do most of my own repairs out of being a cheapskate and not trusting most mechanics. I'm ok with just about anything apart from digging into the engine or self or changing a transmission and stuff like that at which point I would take it to a shop.
P0133
P0402
P1131
From what I can tell the fuel pump is working I can hear it come on when I turn the key. The car has new plugs and wires put in about 5k ago. I didn't see any obvious vacuum leaks but it's hard to tell without being able to run the engine, however the large intake tube between the air filter and the engine was very loose, tightened it, nothing. The from what I'm reading codes seem to suggest a problem with either the EGR or DPFE, however is seems like from what I've read most of those issues are more likely to cause the engine to run rough, but shouldn't keep the engine from starting at all. Before I start throwing parts at it does anyone have any suggestions as to try first? I tried to remove the EGR to clean it but with it's proximity to the firewall I'm having a hell of a time getting the nut on the lower vacuum pipe loose with the amount of clearance I have in the engine bay and I'm a little bit scared of twisting the pipe and ****ing it up trying to get it off. Any help would really be appreciated. I'm not really a car guy, but I do most of my own repairs out of being a cheapskate and not trusting most mechanics. I'm ok with just about anything apart from digging into the engine or self or changing a transmission and stuff like that at which point I would take it to a shop.