Engine ticking, I"m thinking filter, what do you think?

[rockerc]

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Originally posted by JohnBrowning:
Airborne Ranger, I would not sweat this too much. This is a first rate oil and is not going to cause any damage. While you might hear sounds change with different fluid the fact that it is noisier is not always a sign of trouble. Ford Ranger with the V6 are notorious for noisey lifters!! THey have always been noisey. The 3.0 Colgne engine had this problem and the bored and stroked 4.0L version of this engine has always had this same problem. Every one I know who ones one has this same experince some where between 20,000 - 50,000 miles with very few execeptions. So far the noise does not seem to cause durability issue.

If you are very alarmed about this ask the dealership. If you had a bunch of collapsed lifters then performance would suffer! Thicker oils seem to quite it down but do not elimanate it!

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Kind of off topic, but I have to set you straight here.

The 3.0 vulcan ford pushrod v-6 has no relationship to the 4.0 pushrod "cologne" made engine.

3.0 is a bastard child that commonly ticks alot. It's normal. Dont worry about it, unless it gets progressivly worse. It is made at the Lima, OH engine plant and is a 90* v-6 that is unrelated to the below:


The 4.0 is a bored and stroked evolution of the 2.9l found in mid 80's rangers.

The 2.9 is a decendent of the 2.6l engine. These three are all 90* v-6's that were designed and built by ford in cologne, germany.

 

[rockerc]

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Originally posted by joee12:
John Browning is right. I had the same ticking in my 2000 3.0 Mazda Truck. Don't even bother taking it to the dealer either, after two CPUs, a new MAF and new plugs, wires and coil, the thing still ticked. This is a known problem with the 3.0 engine. -Joe

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Addressing your issue with the 3.0:

Commonly this is misdiagnosed as a lifter tick or something similar, but in reality it is pinging (detonation). If you had a 00' model year, I assume your's was a FFV, which had more problems with pinging than the normal 3.0.

There really isnt a fix for it, it is just a normal quirk of the engine. My 96' 3.0 does not ping, but then again, its 4 years older and does not have all that equiptment to handel e-85 fuel.

Most people said that running 89 octane gas and using AWSS12PP (double platinums) helped alot.

 

[oilpan49]

Thanks again everyone, keep it coming

My Ranger has the 2.5L dual plug 4 banger. When I say dual plug, I mean Fords famous 2 spark plugs per cylinder setup. Well I ran some Amsoil PI through it, just gave me worse gas mileage, didn't do anything for the tick.

Odd today though, the Ranger was silent today, no ticking, no nothing, silent, I"m puzzled

Well I"ll keep trying and see what the problem is. Thanks again everyone,,,,,,,91

 

[Robbie Alexander]

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Originally posted by wulimaster:
I am thinking noisy injector. Put an injector cleaner/lubricant additive in your gas and run a tank through and see if goes away. I use Amsoil PI but there are many other good products.

The Amsoil probably quieted your engine so much that the ticking seems loader now.

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I think you are right, Injectors. Mine (TOY)done past 376659-miles today, and been knocking since new...still gets me sometimes, I've asked about twenty or twenty-five mechanics and they say injectors.
The fuel conditioners/additives help, mine never goes away, but what got rid of almost all of it, almost all the time was an electronics ignition upgrade like a Jacobs or a MDK, but then again they "R" or can be hassles on their own.