Ford now using oil dye from factory?
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Mines the 4 Banger, I made a venture from chevy w/ my last vehicle, a ford mustang....wow all ive got to say is 3 letters POSQuote:
Is your Colorado a 4 banger or the 5 banger? Besides, you have a significantly larger displacement, so one would expect more power. You should have gotten the GMC Canyon. GMC grills look great. Chevy grills IMO are kind of ... well, to put it kindly, lame. Yeah, I am pretty much a Ford guy, but the new modular engines drove me to a Chevy motorhome and I like it, but would still like to replace the grill with one off a GMC.Quote:
Eh, not to bad, I mean its no 2.9 185hp colorado like i drive........FORD
That's got the modular engine, which is supposed to be all very nice, but I am an old school pushrod guy. My brother has two very nice Mustangs, an '82 5.0 and a '95 supercharged 5.0.Quote:
...I made a venture from chevy w/ my last vehicle, a ford mustang....wow all ive got to say is 3 letters POS
This is a bad argument. That Ranger engine is a Ford-built MZR without the VVT and tuned for torque/econ. Technically that same engine block makes 270hp in another varient.
Back to the main topic, it has not been uncommon over the years for the factory to include leak detection dye in any of the fluids, even the refrigerant. The dye glows when looked at with a black light, helping to pinpoint leaks. In the past, it seems to come and go, possibly depending on if they know they are looking for problems for a particular configuration.
5sp will turn in 30 mpg.
hmmm, is royal purple oil really purple in color?
The 2.3 liter Duratec (a Mazda engine) in the Fusion/Milan puts out 160 HP. In a Focus it's about 156 HP. I suspect the Ranger's version is tuned for torque.
Wait until about 7K miles. I have a 2006 B2300 and thought it was gutless @ first; now it pulls from about 1400 RPM much more nicely.
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SRBowen, start your Chevy-lovin', Ford bashing thread somewhere else.
Like others have said, I believe the green tint is due to leak detect dye. No worries.
Lets get one thing straight buddy, I was not directing my comments toward you, so how about you just mind your buisness like everyone else does and just shut it? I guess since i hate ford so much you`d like to know my first car was a ford taurus that was given to me and i put 80k on it and sold it with 270k on the clock....yes real big POS to last that long. What I said was a joke and you seem to not have a sense of humor and take stuff the wrong way, get a life.
SRBowen, start your Chevy-lovin', Ford bashing thread somewhere else.
Like others have said, I believe the green tint is due to leak detect dye. No worries.
Lets get one thing straight buddy, I was not directing my comments toward you, so how about you just mind your buisness like everyone else does and just shut it? I guess since i hate ford so much you`d like to know my first car was a ford taurus that was given to me and i put 80k on it and sold it with 270k on the clock....yes real big POS to last that long. What I said was a joke and you seem to not have a sense of humor and take stuff the wrong way, get a life.
Some humor and sarcasm can be lost on the internet because its only text. We dont know what tone you are intending.
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