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. Hey come to think of it my first ranger started really resisting starting, I though voltage/connections and had been through them and they were all supreme. Then it got to the point of starter grind and finally locked. I smelled fuel bigtime and it was dripping out of the exhaust, pulled the plugs and rolled it over and kapoof massive fuel out of the cylinders. It was the fuel pressure regulator that for a time was slightly then progressivly hydroing until it gave out all the way and would fully hydrolock when I tried to start it. Its a longshot but is your engine oil level high, dilluted or smell like gas? Pull the hose going to your brake vacuum unit and sniff for gas, the hose goes from the brake unit to a vacuum tree on the manifold and if the FPR fails it dumps raw fuel into the manifold and the rear two cylinders get the most. Worth a check I reckon.
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