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New to the Ranger forum, but not FTE. I drive a 93 F150 4.9 with 5 speed manual transmission that I bought new in August of 93. She only has a 150,000 miles. I have received a lot of good advice on this board. Saved me a lot of money and heartache. My 15 year old son just inherited a 1998 Ranger 6cyl automatic from my Father. It is is good shape, but Dad had to rely on other for maintenance the last few years and it hasn't been driven much. It ran hot the first day we brought it home (about 150 miles). The next time we drove it ran hot, we stopped and it was leaking from one of the metal nipples attached to the heater hose and intake manifold. As we tried to fix it, one metal nipple broke off even with manifold. I bypassed the manifold (connect hoses together) and plugged the hole and other nipple on the manifold. She is running cool now. I have some question for y'all: Why do the heater hoses go to intake manifold anyway? What is the purpose of "heating" the intake manifold? What do we need to look out for as we go forward? We will buy a manual and do all the standard tune-up/maintenance stuff, but real world advice would be greatly appreciated.
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New to the Ranger forum, but not FTE. I drive a 93 F150 4.9 with 5 speed manual transmission that I bought new in August of 93. She only has a 150,000 miles. I have received a lot of good advice on this board. Saved me a lot of money and heartache. My 15 year old son just inherited a 1998 Ranger 6cyl automatic from my Father. It is is good shape, but Dad had to rely on other for maintenance the last few years and it hasn't been driven much. It ran hot the first day we brought it home (about 150 miles). The next time we drove it ran hot, we stopped and it was leaking from one of the metal nipples attached to the heater hose and intake manifold. As we tried to fix it, one metal nipple broke off even with manifold. I bypassed the manifold (connect hoses together) and plugged the hole and other nipple on the manifold. She is running cool now. I have some question for y'all: Why do the heater hoses go to intake manifold anyway? What is the purpose of "heating" the intake manifold? What do we need to look out for as we go forward? We will buy a manual and do all the standard tune-up/maintenance stuff, but real world advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Might be helpful to know which V6 his Ranger has, the Colone 4.0L, or 3.0L Vulcan & if its the Vulcan, is it a "Flex Fuel" engine.
Heated intake manafold helps cold start driveability & emissions in cold weather, as the engine warms up faster.
Seeing as how you like turning your own wrenches, be sure to visit this forums "Tech Info" thread, as it has lots of helpful trouble shooting, maintenance & wrench turning repair info & if you have the Vulcan 3.0L, toggle all the way down near the bottom of the Misc. section & look for the 3.0L Tech Info link by Rockledge, as it has lots of info just for the 3.0L Vulcan engine.
Good idea to bring this vehicle up to date on all due past & present, scheduled maintenance items.
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