my buddies truck died on him while going down the interstate. its a 97 ranger 3.0 auto.

we had it towed to my house thinking it may have been a frozen a/c comp.

anyways after realizing it wasnt that i checked the fuel pressure and got 40psi while cranking.

i hooked up an inline spark tester to the driverside middle plug and it lit up.

we tryed spraying some starting fluid into the intake and it shot out a huge flame after cranking for a bit.

im thinking it the timing chain but im not a ranger expert so i figured id ask some.

 

I have a post below you,,Won't start,,same problem,no answer yet..i'm thinking maybe cam position sensor. but i read somewhere that it should still run off the crank position sensor so i don't know,,wayne

 

Do you fix it? i have the same issue, spark, and gas, i already change the ECU and has the same problem crank but not start.

 

Sounds like if you put starter fluid and it took a while to shoot flames you are not getting air flow Google comen ranger problems that cause and a list of what it did you should be able to get a answer. Mine did that and it was a fuile pump replace it 3times and then egr probs started. Got it running but still need to replace the egr sinser