Thread: Ford ranger 2 litre bi turbo

Yeah, an abrupt stop like that is not too good for anything. Is your one a PX series ranger or the "next gen" version with the 2L 'wet belt' engine?

The lube oil pump on the bigger 3.2L engine is a good example of this, the pump is a vane design with sliding internal vanes that do the actual pumping of the engine oil through the engine. If the vanes wear enough they can shatter, leading to a sudden stop of the lube pump. Best case scenario is it shatters the chain driving the lube pump, you get the low oil pressure light and you have about 30 seconds to shut the engine off. Worse case scenario, the lube pump chain shattering takes out the timing chain and the timing bits with shrapnel which gives you no warning and completely destroys the engine...