valves are talkin back

[fishon91]

after cleaning out my washer fluid pump, i turned the motor on, and let it idle, and listened to it. it sounds like valves rattling. well, im positive it's valvetrain i hear, is it imperative to get this fixed right away, eventually or not worry about it? if it does need to be done, i've only done valves before on a mower, and it still didn't end up good, not because of vlaves though. so let me know if there's anything else i need to look out for.
2003 2.3L ford ranger 2wd

 

[jax4bangin]

no need to worrie. engine noise is a trait of the duratec 2.3.. u can ask anyone on here or focus forums, the 2.3 has a tick that sounds like slop in the valve train.. many owners have put over 300k miles on this engine with no major problems

 

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after cleaning out my washer fluid pump, i turned the motor on, and let it idle, and listened to it. it sounds like valves rattling. well, im positive it's valvetrain i hear, is it imperative to get this fixed right away, eventually or not worry about it? if it does need to be done, i've only done valves before on a mower, and it still didn't end up good, not because of vlaves though. so let me know if there's anything else i need to look out for.
2003 2.3L ford ranger 2wd

That noise is normal. The Lima 2.3 engines are worse for noise and they last 250,000 miles.

 

[fishon91]

well this is a junk yard engine that i've had for maybe 10k miles. the one from factory lasted about 80k miles. although this motor hasn't given me any problems, i don't like the fact that it threw a rod after only 80k miles.

 

[XLT]

Dont worry about that mine has been doing that for a year or two

 

[jax4bangin]

well this is a junk yard engine that i've had for maybe 10k miles. the one from factory lasted about 80k miles. although this motor hasn't given me any problems, i don't like the fact that it threw a rod after only 80k miles.

i bet it was jus defective man cause all the duratec forums on here, rangerpowersports, and ford focus forums dont have any threads bout engine failure