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Allright, my Ford Ranger is leaking oil and rattling. It is probably the flex plate and the rear main seal. That is probably gonna cost me 400-500$ in repairs. I am also gonna have to replace the front shocks also, but I can do that myself. So, that will be another 200$ and I need to fix a few other things after that.
It has 190 000 KM on it. Body is still very nice and not too rusty appart from the door bottoms and box U joints. Chassis has some rust, but not too bad. Does not burn oil. I am just losing it because of that leak. Does not burn antifreeze either. Just loose some after two months, but that is probably nothing to worry about and a very slow leak. Balljoints are real nice also. Rear shocks have bee done and so has muffler except cats.
Question is, should I still keep this truck or not? I really do like it.
It has 190 000 KM on it. Body is still very nice and not too rusty appart from the door bottoms and box U joints. Chassis has some rust, but not too bad. Does not burn oil. I am just losing it because of that leak. Does not burn antifreeze either. Just loose some after two months, but that is probably nothing to worry about and a very slow leak. Balljoints are real nice also. Rear shocks have bee done and so has muffler except cats.
Question is, should I still keep this truck or not? I really do like it.
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Allright, my Ford Ranger is leaking oil and rattling. It is probably the flex plate and the rear main seal. That is probably gonna cost me 400-500$ in repairs. I am also gonna have to replace the front shocks also, but I can do that myself. So, that will be another 200$ and I need to fix a few other things after that.
It has 190 000 KM on it. Body is still very nice and not too rusty appart from the door bottoms and box U joints. Chassis has some rust, but not too bad. Does not burn oil. I am just losing it because of that leak. Does not burn antifreeze either. Just loose some after two months, but that is probably nothing to worry about and a very slow leak. Balljoints are real nice also. Rear shocks have bee done and so has muffler except cats.
Question is, should I still keep this truck or not? I really do like it.
It has 190 000 KM on it. Body is still very nice and not too rusty appart from the door bottoms and box U joints. Chassis has some rust, but not too bad. Does not burn oil. I am just losing it because of that leak. Does not burn antifreeze either. Just loose some after two months, but that is probably nothing to worry about and a very slow leak. Balljoints are real nice also. Rear shocks have bee done and so has muffler except cats.
Question is, should I still keep this truck or not? I really do like it.
SO, if you come to find a head gasket problem, make sure to consider using the Ford "revised" head gaskets. Mine is still leak tight 10 years later, so it was worth the 3 year tongue biting I went through, waiting for the Dealer & Factory to finally run the problem down!!!!
Some head gasket thoughts for pondering, let us know what you find.
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Allright, my Ford Ranger is leaking oil and rattling. It is probably the flex plate and the rear main seal. That is probably gonna cost me 400-500$ in repairs. I am also gonna have to replace the front shocks also, but I can do that myself. So, that will be another 200$ and I need to fix a few other things after that.
It has 190 000 KM on it. Body is still very nice and not too rusty appart from the door bottoms and box U joints. Chassis has some rust, but not too bad. Does not burn oil. I am just losing it because of that leak. Does not burn antifreeze either. Just loose some after two months, but that is probably nothing to worry about and a very slow leak. Balljoints are real nice also. Rear shocks have bee done and so has muffler except cats.
Question is, should I still keep this truck or not? I really do like it.
It has 190 000 KM on it. Body is still very nice and not too rusty appart from the door bottoms and box U joints. Chassis has some rust, but not too bad. Does not burn oil. I am just losing it because of that leak. Does not burn antifreeze either. Just loose some after two months, but that is probably nothing to worry about and a very slow leak. Balljoints are real nice also. Rear shocks have bee done and so has muffler except cats.
Question is, should I still keep this truck or not? I really do like it.
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Mine would use about half a qt in 6-8 weeks, exhaust didn't smell sweet like coolant, pipe wasn't wet, both the pressure & dye test were negative, but it still was sipping coolant, even after the factory replaced the heads. "Revised" head gaskets finally fixed er up!!!!
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My 98 XLT has 190000 and survived two sons using it in college. Original 3.0 still runs well, 4 OD trans replaced in 2007 with 5 OD. It needs some other TLC and updating but it's not worth much and it is nice to have a truck around when needed.
If it runs and serves a purpose do the minor repairs and keep it.
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If it runs and serves a purpose do the minor repairs and keep it.
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I bought the truck in August 2011. So, it hasn't even been a year.
Yes, I did find a Mechanic. I am very manual when it comes to work on pretty much anything, but I just don't have the tools and enough knowledge to change a seal and drop a tranny without killing myself.
I will get it checked out in about two weeks by a guy I know that fixes cars sometimes. I'll ask him to do a compression test.
Hopefully it is just a main seal or valve cover gaskets (those I could do with my buddy. It aint too hard).
I will keep you all posted with what info the mecanic gives me in the upcoming weeks.
Yes, I did find a Mechanic. I am very manual when it comes to work on pretty much anything, but I just don't have the tools and enough knowledge to change a seal and drop a tranny without killing myself.
I will get it checked out in about two weeks by a guy I know that fixes cars sometimes. I'll ask him to do a compression test.
Hopefully it is just a main seal or valve cover gaskets (those I could do with my buddy. It aint too hard).
I will keep you all posted with what info the mecanic gives me in the upcoming weeks.
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So, I will fill the rad up and the overflow tomorrow and see how long I can last.
Who knows, maybe the headgaskets were replaced by the revised ones. I will never know tho unless I start searching for the first owner.
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UPDATE.
My buddy came and we saw some interesting things. A fitting on the rad on the side is very gunky. Must be my leak right there. I wiped it down and will check later.
Tranny level has gone down. Must be the tranny seal.
Rattle still unknow.
My buddy came and we saw some interesting things. A fitting on the rad on the side is very gunky. Must be my leak right there. I wiped it down and will check later.
Tranny level has gone down. Must be the tranny seal.
Rattle still unknow.
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