Ford ranger stopped dead

[mtx.jag]

still seems bonkers and unnecessary. On my hilux and LC the belts last 100k and its a 20 minute job to change (about 40 mins on the hilux), and you can put a massive variety of oil in them without problems (though i am quite anal about oil tbh). my new hilux (not recieved yet) is chain driven and tbh id rather it was belt, but it still seemed the best bet of all the new engines on the market currently.


head gaskets still going even on the new ones, although less common now than the on the older models

really quite annoying about mitsubishi and nissan, they both make/made good quality 4x4s for abroad (pajero/shogun and patrol) but their pickups (and the engines they put in them) are built cheap cheap and mostly out of cheese

Nissan Y61 TD42 would be the only truck on earth better built than a LC, so why cant they make a decent pickup truck?

I guess we been lucky with 147k on one and 70k on the other then without any engine work

 

[davidroberts30]

Dont need a laptop to do routine servicing ( tho some would try to tell you otherwise!)

JD

 

[Stock]

I have a customer on his way to me this morning in a Ford ranger , it has suddenly stopped dead , where should he start looking.

At a Toyota Hilux ................................................................................

Toyota dealership

Bit vague there may be a land rover Discovery of a Ford Ranger or an Izuzu there..........................................................................

 

[flywheel]

Timing belt or chained snapped or a tooth or 2 out of correct timing?

 

[dave mountain]

I guess we been lucky with 147k on one and 70k on the other then without any engine work

Yes you have been. I was quite lucky with my old l200 which lasted until 120k when 90k was more typical for head gaskets on that model. Less common on the newer ones though as I said

 

[mtx.jag]

Yes you have been. I was quite lucky with my old l200 which lasted until 120k when 90k was more typical for head gaskets on that model. Less common on the newer ones though as I said

Ah right,55 plate and 14 plate so guess we are lucky

 

[Smith31]

If you own a modern Ford, which you drive yourself and somewhat pamper they will be fine, such as those used by plumbers wives to go shopping in.

However buy a modern Ford which will be driven by employees or worked hard it will fail. I speak from experience, buy Japanese or German motors if you want reliability.

 

[feilding]

Ok , the engine hasn’t seized , it’s turning over but doesn’t sound great , it is 2 year old with 45 km on it. Plenty of diesel in it to.

What's the problem then. if it's that young it's bound to be still under warranty.

 

[dave mountain]

Ah right,55 plate and 14 plate so guess we are lucky

mine was 54 plate,

sometimes worth a punt on an old nissan or mitsi as they are a fraction of the price of an old hilux so worth the risk, but when buying new they are all similar money so i really wouldnt bother, especially when you consider the residuals.

 

[CPF]

Had to go out to rescue a friend he has a Ford F-150
Suddenly with no power anywhere.
problem was that the negative terminal had come lose, wasn’t obvious but it was lose So tightened it up and on his way again.

 

[PSQ]

What's the problem then. if it's that young it's bound to be still under warranty.

Theres warranty, and theres Ford warranty. The latter contains a clause that says it's not valid if the truck breaks down on any day of the week with a 'Y' in it, as Ford UK are a weasley bunch of bar stewards.

 

[ARW]

Our old 12 plate used not to like to start and that was the crank position sensor

 

[davidroberts30]

Ah right,55 plate and 14 plate so guess we are lucky

Paul's 14 plate shitsibishy shat its engine

 

[Optimus]

Theres warranty, and theres Ford warranty. The latter contains a clause that says it's not valid if the truck breaks down on any day of the week with a 'Y' in it, as Ford UK are a weasley bunch of bar stewards.

Oh I don't know my brother seems to do all right out of them.

 

[james ds]

It went off on a recovery truck this evening , I’ll let you know what the problem is next week.

 

[Sebastian77]

The idea is kind of ok ish. Problem is the execution. It's a major job to strip the front of the engine to replace it, the belt itself is substandard and is very sensitive to the oil that is used, and in either case, it sheds material from day one that gets trapped in the oil pickup slowly starving the engine of oil.

When the belt breaks it smashes all the rockers & cams which are an assembled unit to replace as a whole, and if that doesn't write off the vehicle, it will in-time seize solid from lack of oil. Around 90-100k is their typical life span. You can of course replace the belt and clean the strainer (£1500ish) and replace the oil every 5k using only the correct ford 5w-20 WSS-M2C950-A oil, but we all know that doesnt happen with Farm trucks

Where I work has six Euro 6 engined transits on 200k+ and sent back 4 last year at end of lease with 200k+ none of them got serviced more than once a year (some often less than that). and get hammered up and down the M1 every day.

Never actually heard of a transit with a seized engine. Thinking it's more something specific to the ranger.. or ranger owners..

 

[dave mountain]

Where I work has six Euro 6 engined transits on 200k+ and sent back 4 last year at end of lease with 200k+ none of them got serviced more than once a year (some often less than that). and get hammered up and down the M1 every day.

Never actually heard of a transit with a seized engine. Thinking it's more something specific to the ranger.. or ranger owners..

No offence, but I don't believe any of that

Ford engines were shite even pre-adblu, when any decent engine could get to 300k no trouble

I dont like rangers (engines made of cheese) but I don't think you are gonna do yourself any favours on here slagging off pickup drivers, many of whom are very particular about servicing

 

[Sebastian77]

No offence, but I don't believe any of that

Ford engines were shite even pre-adblu, when any decent engine could get to 300k no trouble

I dont like rangers (ford engined junk) but I don't think you are gonna do yourself any favours on here slagging off pickup drivers, many of whom are very particular about servicing

Where did I slag off pickup drivers haha. You jump down my throat without any actual evidence to the contrary? Why don't you ring up a lease company and ask them then, don't take my word for it. It's not uncommon for me to do 500 miles in a day, but obviously first hand experience means nothing to you

 

[dave mountain]

Where did I slag off pickup drivers haha. You jump down my throat without any actual evidence to the contrary? Why don't you ring up a lease company and ask them then, don't take my word for it. It's not uncommon for me to do 500 miles in a day, but obviously first hand experience means nothing to you

I have first hand experience of many ford engines, never had a good experience. Had plenty other engines, some bad, some good, but ford is the worst. However, the ford powerstar (40 series) of engines are exceptionally good so I wouldn't include them in that description. Perhaps because they are actually iveco engines.

 

[Lincsman]

I have first hand experience of many ford engines, never had a good experience. Had plenty other engines, some bad, some good, but ford is the worst. However, the ford powerstar (40 series) of engines are exceptionally good so I wouldn't include them in that description. Perhaps because they are actually iveco engines.

Ford dont seem to do to badly with the transit out selling all others put together.