Sounds like a diesel

[trommy]

In the thread "Odd rattle at cruising speeds" I mentioned this:my truck had a ratteling sound at crusing speed(92 ranger 2.3/5spd) until today.That ratteling got louder on the highway and when I got off the hwy the oil guage was 'off'.The dipstick was nearly on the add mark so i put a liter of oil in.However it seems much higher than 1 L would account for.I didn't have my glasses on so I'm wondering if the oil wasn't as low as I thought.Anyway,before I added any oil,it was sounding like a diesel.My buddy thinks it could be the knock sensor and that the oil guage has a faulty conection.I drove it about 25 mi home and it seems normal otherwise.Anybody know what 's happening here?Also,where is the knock sensor?Thanks

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Does it kind of sound like marbles rattling around in the motor? Sounds like detonation to me. It is a build up of carbon within the motor and what not.

 

[trommy]

Yea,kinda but now sounds like a diesel.I'm thinking seafoam?Thanks

 

[Diesel Ranger]

Yea, use some seafoam, that does some wonders to just about anything....

 

[Bryan22]

Sounds like you lost an oil pump. If the gauge dropped and your gas motor started sounding like a diesel... yea, that's a problem. surprised you made it home.

after you put oil in did the gauge come back up? and is it still making noise?

 

[trommy]

I'm thinking you hit it right.The oil guage came back up for about 15 seconds,quivered a bit and fell back down after I put the oil in.I got groceries,alowing it to cool,and the guage did the same thing again.It hasn't worked since.The oil wasn't as low as I thought as it's over full by nearly a liter,doh!I just ran out and checked it.(I didn't have my glasses on when I added the oil.)Thanks

 

[tyler's 87 ranger]

Yea,kinda but now sounds like a diesel.I'm thinking seafoam?Thanks

i used it and wow i got alot more power work wonders

 

[Bryan22]

That's too bad, i had a 2.3 die in similar fashion. But to give it credit, i drove mine about 2 miles, then shut it off and pulled the motor, it never actually died. Good motors.
Being that you drove it so far, it probably needs quite a bit of work. Only thing to do now is pull it out and tear it down/rebuild it, or find a donor motor. If you're savy and have the time, I'd suggest rebuilding it. Good luck!

 

[trommy]

Thanks Bryan.That's probably what I will do.Too cold to rebuild so I am looking for a donor.My son shares a large shop where he does mechanical/body work/ATV's on the side.He has facilities there,120 mi away.I have back problems so I will help him do it I guess.I'm doing a kerosene flush/soak in desperation hopeing to disolve what's plugging the screen.I drained 1 L oil out and added 1L diesel and ran it for10 min,shutting it off 3 times and allowing it to depressurize for about 1 min each time.The first time I shut it off and restarted it the oil needle came up to normal momentairly only to fall again.I'm letting it set overnight;maybe it will disolve the crud and restore oil flow enough to get me through to April?
I'm curious.Is "So-Cal baybay" slang for southern California bay area?Thanks

 

[Bryan22]

haha, ya i guess you could call it slang. Maybe time to update that and make it a bit more readable. Good luck with the flush.