Thread: Ford ranger 2 litre bi turbo

Originally Posted by No.3

And just to confirm for us, the wet belt engine is on the 2L diesel in the new shape 'next gen' ranger isn't it? The older PX3 did not feature the wet belt engine? Sorry, @Billymavs

My comment is relevant from the introduction of the PX series in 2011 upto current offerings on the same platform as of 2025/26

The older PX3 2.0 was indeed wet belt, the 2.2, and 3.2 are timing chain.

Thanks to the Guinea pigs in the UK We got a heads up around the time of the PX2 being released as the UK market tends to lean towards smaller engines across the board, and that’s where we first started getting wind of how diabolically shit the 2.0 was in the ranger and transit.

Strange, considering the 2.2 so far has shown to be as tough as a brick and remarkably reliable for a tiny engine with a massive amount of boost shoved into it, and ultimately they aren’t majorly different in design, other than the wet belt system.

I’m amazed people buy wet belt vehicles, I cannot think of one that doesn’t have the same issues at some stage associated with the design flaws pertaining especially towards oil starvation due to ingress in the pick up, and intensified gumming and fouling of the engine and valvetrain due to more particulates and contaminants present as the belt disintegrates into the oil during operation over time.

One or two missed intervals, and you’ve just created the world’s most expensive game of “when not if” .

All the dead PX2/3 rangers I’ve delt with or come across are always the same two things, oil starvation resulting in a cooked donk, and potentially transmission, or the transmission has kaked up due to being overloaded uphill and been egregiously over heated.

Then when we get to the great “new” V6, electrical and general build quality make a trabant look appealing, along with shoddy engine assembly and QC.

I hold out hope the new “Super ranger” is good, a man can dream !