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Im new to the forum, great place. I have a 2003 ranger 2wd, 3.0 V6 (220K) with a rough idle (will stall without throttle input) and is incredibly hard to get started (driver side headers stay cold compared to pass side), it will almost always start with a good solid push start/clutch pop, just not always practical to be able to do. I have rebuilt the top end for a head gasket and finally got rid of the check engine light, but when starting, the driver side cylinders stay cold compared to the pass side. I have checked for spark and it seems to be getting what it needs. Im at a loss for what could be wrong...when it does run it will not stay running without throttle once the engine is up to temp. When driving it will surge at around 3K RPM in each gear, and I will have to either gear up or keep it at 60mph(in 5th). Here are the parts that have been changed and the work I have done,
New clutch/slave
New flywheel/starter
New fuel pump/injectors/pressure reg.
New plugs/wires/coil/cam sensor/cam sync/crank sensor
Im sure there a few more items, but basically have replaced anything to do with the fuel, air and spark systems, and the problem still persists. This is my only vehicle and I am at a loss for what is going on. Originally I was getting p010x misfire codes with the CE light (gone now for over 2k miles). ANY help or ideas is greatly appreciated, I am trying to get ahold of a compression gage to check that, but when it is running it seems as if all would be good if I could figure out the starting and idle problems.
Im new to the forum, great place. I have a 2003 ranger 2wd, 3.0 V6 (220K) with a rough idle (will stall without throttle input) and is incredibly hard to get started (driver side headers stay cold compared to pass side), it will almost always start with a good solid push start/clutch pop, just not always practical to be able to do. I have rebuilt the top end for a head gasket and finally got rid of the check engine light, but when starting, the driver side cylinders stay cold compared to the pass side. I have checked for spark and it seems to be getting what it needs. Im at a loss for what could be wrong...when it does run it will not stay running without throttle once the engine is up to temp. When driving it will surge at around 3K RPM in each gear, and I will have to either gear up or keep it at 60mph(in 5th). Here are the parts that have been changed and the work I have done,
New clutch/slave
New flywheel/starter
New fuel pump/injectors/pressure reg.
New plugs/wires/coil/cam sensor/cam sync/crank sensor
Im sure there a few more items, but basically have replaced anything to do with the fuel, air and spark systems, and the problem still persists. This is my only vehicle and I am at a loss for what is going on. Originally I was getting p010x misfire codes with the CE light (gone now for over 2k miles). ANY help or ideas is greatly appreciated, I am trying to get ahold of a compression gage to check that, but when it is running it seems as if all would be good if I could figure out the starting and idle problems.
