Thread: Ford ranger 2 litre bi turbo

Fk just reading these ortopys,il stick to my old patrol.Just clocked 615000,great transmission coupled to a bullet proof motor.Sounds like these Ford trucks are made out of coke cans.
Feel sorry for you guys receiving those big repair bills.

Yeah, other issues with the Patrols though to be fair. Nothing is perfect, there are always things that go wrong. The one of those I had was fitted with a black top motor, awesome truck apart from engine mounts. After breaking three sets in short order I built a heavy duty set and fitted that. Much noiser at idle but didn't break! Ironically I'm having the same issue with the manual ranger - have just modified a damaged set of mounts with urethane which were much more solid and nice and quiet above 1500rpm, sounded like a heard of elephants at idle though so not a solution. Next attempt is modifying the stupid Ford design to limit the engine's travel potential so the hoses under the bonnet aren't getting ripped out of their clip and the loom isn't having to thrash around and fitting a lot more softer rubber inside to make them more compliant than the urethane version.

I think I've narrowed the culprit for these broken mounts down to a section of road locally - it has a pattern of smooth ups and downs on it that finishes with a sharp drop just after it starts the engine going upwards, and has a side by side component in it as well. If you hit it at 60Km/H (the new speed limit) it really bounces everything about, and the wife managed to destroy a set of mounts in her car as well so it's not just me! And shes not hard on gear. Basically you either need to be doing 40, or 80 over the bumpy bit I think so you avoid the combination of harmonics that creates the issues.

Everything has its faults.. a friend who works in lease vehicles said they just had another new ranger in with a blown engine. 2 years old

Back when we was kids, a blown engine was a rare and exotic thing...

Now not so much.

We used to do engine blows at work drain the oil and water and let her rip with a block on the accelerator. Quickest one was a xj6 jag longest was a 525 bmw.