How many miles on your 3.0 ?

[Elliott S]

'93 Ranger 4x4 was still running at 411,020 miles when I pulled it and swapped in a ~200,000 mile '95 motor after the clutch slave had finally soaked my disc and needed changing. The motor never needed much, just regular maintenance, alternator, starter, plug wires and one distributor. Went through a few trannies. Never anything more serious. That motor had ~169,000 on it when I bought the truck in '01 and always had a slight rod knock on a very cold start up, never got worse than that and never heard it in normal weather. It just ran and ran and ran. I'm rough on vehicles and this thing just kept going. I wouldn't have swapped it out yet except the disc was slipping too bad. It was finally starting to get a lil blow by at the PVC grommet but had no noticeable smoking even at start up. What a great lil motor!

I've been looking to "upgrade" the ignition to the '95 system but a mechanic just told me yesterday when I was getting the AC charged that the distributor is actually more reliable in the long haul and recommended leaving it set up as is.

 

[pineapplesoymilk]

my 94 4x4 has 145k on it, but about three months ago i riped the motor apart and put all new gaskets and cleaned everything and replaced alot of stuff. i love it

 

[rockcounter]

miles on 3.0v-6 Ranger

I have 305305 Mi on my 1995 Ranger as of today 10/5/2010 I am getting ready to replace engine with a used one as the oil pressure drops whan hot and power is down. Also going to replace Trans it was rebuilt at 238000 Mi and didnt work right from the start. I tried taking it back but wasted my time and money. Cant afford to replace truck but can repair and drive for a 150000 to 200000 more miles doesnt use but about 1 qt between oil changes

 

[paulnola]

113K and going strong

My 2004 Edge just turned 113K miles. It had 59504 when I bought it in November 2006. I keep up the routine maintenance and have not had any mechanical problems.

My wife had a 1990 XLT with the 2.9L, which my truck replaced. It had 187K on it when we let it go. It still ran great. The only problem we ever had was the typical cracked head, which was easily replaced. That Ranger is still the most reliable vehicle either of us have ever had.

 

[Bob Ayers]

Turned 190K last Saturday:

 

[Froggmann]

155200 as of today. Uses about 1/4 of a quart of oil every 5k miles and runs a lot stronger now than it did 30k ago.

 

[1badexplorer]

Mine just turned 180,000 last night.

 

[joecool85]

137k and some change. I just had to replace the original 11 year old battery. Bought another Motorcraft

 

[DennisH]

208,000 miles. I've replaced alot of stuff unfortunately. Nothing major besides rear end.

 

[92 street truck]

239,000 on my 92 no problems uses no oil runs like brand new

 

[Onefunranger]

2003 ranger edge 3.0 117,000 this morning intake t body spacer headers cam 4.0 injectors and chip 35s spindles and deaver springs front and rear glass and 18 inches of travel in rear working on front end now things replaced cam sensor and sync wires plugs and abs pump that's about it

 

[RollinWOT]

131,690 on my '98. No major problems and she's running near perfect.

 

[rcpilot24]

2002 3.0 ranger 5 spd 122K. Runs real good.

 

[cbsremix]

I have 205xxx and drove it from sandiego to seattle wa and back in Feb of 2011. I have replaced the fuel pump and done a tune up. (knock on wood)

 

[RangerNerd97]

86,654 on my 97