What in tarnation?! - Ford Ranger 3.0L Vulcan PCV

[OVERKILL]

So, my son calls me, complaining his Ranger is holding the revs up. I tell him to come home and I'll take a look at it. Throttle linkage was fine (he thought it was the throttle), which I showed him, so then I started looking around and noticed the PCV hose was completely collapsed and cracked where it met the valve. So, he has a vacuum leak. Messing around with it would make the high idle come and go.

Called Ford, the part is $188. He sends me a diagram:

Yep, it's a single piece pipe kit, so you have to remove the upper intake to replace the bloody thing!!!

I found a youtube video (series) that shows the process, you can see the abomination at the beginning of the video:


@bdcardinal what methed-out German proctologist designed this nuttery?

I ended up ordering the OE tubing, new Fel-Pro gaskets and a new grommet from Amazon for less than the dealer would sell me the hose. Well, guess it's another wrenching adventure with dad for the young lad!

 

[pantygnome]

Reminds me of my 2001 Frontier 3.3L V6.

Underneath the intake plenum was a snakes maze of small rubber hoses...for coolant. Get out of the truck and smell coolant? Chances are its where you cant see it, from one of those hoses.

When I had the intake off to replace the timing belt, I bought brand new Nissan hoses to replace all of em. Crazy design.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

So, my son calls me, complaining his Ranger is holding the revs up. I tell him to come home and I'll take a look at it. Throttle linkage was fine (he thought it was the throttle), which I showed him, so then I started looking around and noticed the PCV hose was completely collapsed and cracked where it met the valve. So, he has a vacuum leak. Messing around with it would make the high idle come and go.

Called Ford, the part is $188. He sends me a diagram:
View attachment 283362

Yep, it's a single piece pipe kit, so you have to remove the upper intake to replace the bloody thing!!!

I found a youtube video (series) that shows the process, you can see the abomination at the beginning of the video:


@bdcardinal what methed-out German proctologist designed this nuttery?

I ended up ordering the OE tubing, new Fel-Pro gaskets and a new grommet from Amazon for less than the dealer would sell me the hose. Well, guess it's another wrenching adventure with dad for the young lad!

FlexTape? Maybe that LM Motor Oil Saver with 2-butoxyethanol acetate will “regenerate” the rubber?

Dumb engineering. Cool project to teach kid independent wrenching and following directions.

 

[Zee09]

Anybody that buys a Ford deserves what they get..... yeah I know, I already left

 

[cptbarkey]

Reminds me of my 2001 Frontier 3.3L V6.

Underneath the intake plenum was a snakes maze of small rubber hoses...for coolant. Get out of the truck and smell coolant? Chances are its where you cant see it, from one of those hoses.

When I had the intake off to replace the timing belt, I bought brand new Nissan hoses to replace all of em. Crazy design.

Agree, I swore off anything powered by the VG33, and basically any V6 from the 90s.

 

[bdcardinal]

I used to sell a ton of these. Actually just sold one earlier this week and was blown away at how much the price went up.

 

[Kruse]

I have a retired '98 Ford Ranger 3.0/5-speed that was a fantastic vehicle. The frame finally rusted out.
I never had to replace the PVC or the PVC hoses, but the camshaft synchronizer was the item that (by reputation) seems to fail the most on that engine. It used to be that the Ford experts said to replace it only with a genuine Motorcraft only, but they've really been proud of their replacement parts lately, so I no longer follow that rule.

 

[gman2304]

It used to be that the Ford experts said to replace it only with a genuine Motorcraft only, but they've really been proud of their replacement parts lately, so I no longer follow that rule.

I noticed that today. A Motorcraft PCV valve for my recently acquired 2000 Ford Focus 2.0 Zetec beater is $34.79 from Rock Auto ! A Purolator PCV valve, same application, is $1.58 from Rock Auto!

 

[OVERKILL]

I used to sell a ton of these. Actually just sold one earlier this week and was blown away at how much the price went up.

This one has the old pre-revision unit (I assume original?) on it:

Looks like they considerably reinforced the tubing on the new part?

 

[PF52]

We have (or used to have) a small fleet of 3.0 Rangers for our service technicians. I would get the call 6-8 times a year that so-and-so was stranded somewhere with a Ranger that would not start. Invariably, it was because of this hose. Our mechanic started keeping a couple spares on-hand.... Eventually he came up with a DIY solution that wasn't expensive.

 

[bdcardinal]

This one has the old pre-revision unit (I assume original?) on it:
View attachment 283381

Looks like they considerably reinforced the tubing on the new part?

I know the Taurus/Sable cousins with the Vulcan used one like that:

 

[bdcardinal]

So funny thing. When I said I had just sold one of these. I must have sold just enough that it got picked up on our RIM stocking. O well, at least when it sits on the shelf collecting dust past 9 months I can return it without a restocking fee..

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

So, my son calls me, complaining his Ranger is holding the revs up. I tell him to come home and I'll take a look at it. Throttle linkage was fine (he thought it was the throttle), which I showed him, so then I started looking around and noticed the PCV hose was completely collapsed and cracked where it met the valve. So, he has a vacuum leak. Messing around with it would make the high idle come and go.

Called Ford, the part is $188. He sends me a diagram:
View attachment 283362

Yep, it's a single piece pipe kit, so you have to remove the upper intake to replace the bloody thing!!!

I found a youtube video (series) that shows the process, you can see the abomination at the beginning of the video:


@bdcardinal what methed-out German proctologist designed this nuttery?

I ended up ordering the OE tubing, new Fel-Pro gaskets and a new grommet from Amazon for less than the dealer would sell me the hose. Well, guess it's another wrenching adventure with dad for the young lad!

Another great Dad!

 

[JimPghPA]

There's some yt videos about how to custom bend rubber hose to angles similar to expensive oem hoses.

I hate overpriced orm parts, and if it were me, I be tempted to mickey mouse it with a homemade one of bent hose and the remaining good section of the original.

 

[OVERKILL]

Got home from work and he had it completely apart already, lol. Gave him a hand putting it back together and he's out driving it around now. @bdcardinal is there a re-torque requirement after heatcycle for the intake that you know of?

New, updated part installed:

 

[bdcardinal]

It doesn't say anything in the workshop manual. Just to torque to 10Nm / 89in-lbs. But it won't hurt anything to give it a check after driving.