Mechanic Help


eloyc

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City
Midland
State - Country
TX - USA
Vehicle Year
1994
Vehicle
Ford Ranger
Drive
2WD
Engine
3.0 V6
Transmission
Automatic
Was finally able to find a mechanic willing to look at my 94 Ford ranger xlt 3.0 because it's not "too old"
He said my spark/injectors weren't firing in unison correctly with timing to cause combustion and turn over fully. He's looking it over and so far he said it's possibly the ECM or a cam/crank sensor on the back of the engine the transmission would have to be removed to change. To my knowledge there is no other sensor on the back of the engine like that or is there? I thought it only had the sensor on distributor? Do either of these options seem viable for my crank no start?
 
Was finally able to find a mechanic willing to look at my 94 Ford ranger xlt 3.0 because it's not "too old"
He said my spark/injectors weren't firing in unison correctly with timing to cause combustion and turn over fully. He's looking it over and so far he said it's possibly the ECM or a cam/crank sensor on the back of the engine the transmission would have to be removed to change. To my knowledge there is no other sensor on the back of the engine like that or is there? I thought it only had the sensor on distributor? Do either of these options seem viable for my crank no start?
To best of my knowledge, there are no sensors at the rear of the engine.

Does your truck have a distributor? A late '94 3.0 might be early distributor-less. (just making sure)
 
Crank sensor is usually on the front, IF it has one. But i'm pretty sure 94 does not have it.
 
Crank sensor is usually on the front, IF it has one. But i'm pretty sure 94 does not have it.
Yeah I'm pretty sure it doesn't have it either, I'm pretty sure the guys is getting it confused with an newer model 3.0 he worked on before
 

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