Hello everyone,
A co-worker has a 99 3.0 Ranger. Last week his oil pump failed and trashed his motor. The truck is well taken care of and has only 46k. Is this a common problem with this engine? I've owned several 3 liter cars and trucks with no such problem. What have you heard?

 

my old shop teacher in high school has a 99 3.00 and the same thing happened. but i think it was his use of very thick 20w50 oil but a reman enigne was 4,100.00.

 

I've heard of that a happening a few times now on the vulcan:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s....php?&t=357116

 

ROCKLEDGE Thanks for the link. I will pass on that information.

 

my oil pick up tube fell of at about 30k, shut the motor right off and had ford pull it and fix it.... then they bitched that i made them put valvoline in it

Matt

 

whoa 20w 50 thats way thicker than what ford recommends. ford recommends 5w 20 or 5w 30 in these motors.