Thread: Ford ranger 2 litre bi turbo

I use a 2010 and 2015 hilux

Got them new and won’t be selling them

Done 400,000 km between them so far and only normal servicing

Wife’s one did 98,000 km on the original tyres and uses 7.5 l/100km
Mine did 80,000 on the original set and uses 7.6ll/100km

Reliable machines

Apart from a failed computer wrecking havoc on everything attached to it, mine has been very reliable. The issue such as it is - has been getting the fault correctly diagnosed, which has basically come back to me to do a LOT of datalogging and live telemetry off the ODBII port to prove that the issue was not mechanical. That, has been the pain in the arse of it. And that can happen to any vehicle with a computer which is the biggest problem! Mechanics have not really gotten their skills up to work with the computer side of the systems when the computer is what has failed - normal run of business is the mechanical side sh1ts the bed and the on board diagnostics tells the mechs what to replace to fix the problem. In my case the mechanical side was good apart from what the computer failure had taken out, and the computer was telling the mechanic a load of bullshit.

Ecoboost is Ford’s high output petrol engine.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Originally Posted by Dicko

Ecoboost is Ford’s high output petrol engine.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Right you are

A preliminary update for my Ranger. Broken cambelt. They'll tear down the motor looking damage and then let me know what needs to be done.
The costs should be covered by Ford and or the Dealer i purchased it from.

Originally Posted by Roarless20

A preliminary update for my Ranger. Broken cambelt. They'll tear down the motor looking damage and then let me know what needs to be done.
The costs should be covered by Ford and or the Dealer i purchased it from.

Nearly 100K and not first owner. I think thats a great result from the dealer and Ford to cover this.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Nearly 100K and not first owner. I think thats a great result from the dealer and Ford to cover this.

5 year warranty certainly puts your mind at ease, and takes the worry away from the some of the "issues" the thread experts say exist.


Sent from my SM-S936B using Tapatalk

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Nearly 100K and not first owner. I think thats a great result from the dealer and Ford to cover this.

I'll hold any praise until i get the ute back fixed, otherwise its just conjecture. Until then I'll just be hopeful.
Having a wet cambelt break 40k km before service interval is piss poor for the engine design...

Mate got the Baja version a couple of years ago (petrol though). Cracked me up that it may be the only ute that stays in warranty if you do jumps (as advised by Ford), less than 1 metre though we had hell fun ripping around Ahipara sand dunes 2 years ago.

Originally Posted by Roarless20

I'll hold any praise until i get the ute back fixed, otherwise its just conjecture. Until then I'll just be hopeful.
Having a wet cambelt break 40k km before service interval is piss poor for the engine design...

Yes, I would be the same.

I'm in the same boat regarding the wet belt design, your case is not the first I've heard of recently of the belt failing early before service interval. I hear a lot of comment that suggests Ford may have gone to an excessively long service interval for the belt's operating situation. I think, your's is the third I have heard of in the last couple of months where the cam belt has failed before service interval and with dealer servicing (first owner or in your case very shortly after purchasing second hand from the dealer). One was a clean break sounding very similar to yours, the other was engine developed a knock which was diagnosed as a partial blockage of a gallery prior to the filter unit - which was attributed to debris that the cam belt was shedding and finding a 'home' prior to the filter.

The idea is actually not that bad, and has it's roots in engine vibration and noise control as well as fuel consumption and emissions reduction. The problem with it is that the cam belt design requires materials that don't play well with oil, and oil and emissions systems that don't like running in anything other than the right operating conditions. Soot and crud in the oil can cause issues for the rubber bit, and apparently DPF regen (which effectively makes the engine run rich to elevate the exhaust temp) and round town short trip driving can cause quite a build up of soot and crud in the oil... It's a bad combination.

After how many decades of motor vehicles what havnt we learnt about rubber and oil living together.....

A lot? Haha...