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Just to update this forum as to what I finally figured out. I know a lot of people have "rough idle" and folks, the obvious is true, depending on what you consider to be a "rough" idle will most likely determine how severe or how mild your diagnosis/prognosis/treatment. I only post this...

I just think its weird (and im sure you agree) the truck runs perfectly fine when I'm driving, it actually runs really well.. It's just all these weird things going on around it making sound, shake, and smell. Ive driven it 250+ miles a day m-f for about 6 months now. Having a gravel driveway...

The only 4.0's I could find in a single cab were mid and early 90's. I try and stay between 98 and 03 03 with the inline 4 was a good motor. Good all around service. I sold it to buy a Tacoma.. Ended up being a bad decision as I ran that Tacoma into a trailblazer, breaking my wrist. I...

Ok, thanks. So at this point it CAN be replaced. Good. Dude up the street (who really does good work) would most likely replace the head gasket for around $350, and I definitely think that is worth the money to fix it. (I know i said I have little invested.. but now that I think about it, I...

Now is a blown head gasket possible to replace? I know a blown head gasket in most cases (like my poor 90 nissan) would burn a valve, crack the head, shoot water into the wrong places and lead to a block full of watery oil... But in this case, since nothing is damaged just yet.. and I have a...

It blows no white smoke, and no I have not bothered with the injectors, only ran 2 bottles of seafoam through a quarter tank (because it said online "You can't really put TOO MUCH, so no harm") to try and unclog them, no luck though.

It's called: "my 2001 3.0 is doing all kinds of crazy stuff" or something like that. Thanks, everybody.

This is my 6th one in 9 years. Little workhorses, I tell ya. Ive had all single cabs but this is my first v6. I like the 3.0 way better as far as gitty-up and tow ability, but I feel like i was told they should get 25mpg, and i only get 21. I think whatever this bad idle deal is could be holding...

Ok, I posted it. You can probably find it under my member name.. as I have only posted 1 thread. ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!

To give a little bit of background, the truck has 308K miles but it runs really well. It had a motor swap at 230k and it was switched with the same motor. When I bought it there was a serious skip. I got it for a low price so I took a chance. After reading several forums before going into...

White Thang :: 2001 Ford Ranger 3.0 Manual (2013-02-12 18:42:24)

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I am trying to post a thread/question for people to chime in on, but I can not figure out how to do so. I am having some trouble with my ranger and I have a pretty good detailed list of symptoms that I feel like are really tell-tale signs.. I just wanted to post on the main board and don't know how.