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Hey, I recently purchased a '99 Ranger with the 3.0 engine and I didn't notice before I bought it that the lower part of the engine is all rusty. Is this the result of flood damage do you think?
It looks like I'm in for a lot of trouble with this truck now...arg!
Let me know if this link doesn't work, I could only think of flickr to host these images...
Probably salt spray from road salt. A flooded engine won't rust any quicker than one in a place with lots of rain, unless the water got inside the engine.
This thing just looks like it's been living under water for a while, scaling rust seems weird. Maybe Ranger's let in more road salt than I'm used to seeing.