You helped me a lot! I also had the same rotting grey vacuum line, but did not know where it was connected to. You showed it connected to heater lines control servo, and mine had a missing vacuum line. Also my 97 Ranger was running very weak. The primary coil pack( the one in the back) was not sparking. It turned out to be a bad connector. It looked fine, but the little contacts inside were not connecting. A new connector from Autozone for $36 fixed the spark problem. And I just passed the California smog test with 273,000 miles on the 2.3 Liter engine. Yeah!!!!
The 1998-2001 Ranger has a 2.5, not a 2.3. It was a very short lived engine, but it was basically the exact same engine as the 2.3 but just a bit larger. Edit, never mind you corrected yourself. 😂
Mines a 97. This is the only time I've had such a good view of the spark plugs on that side. They've always been an enigma. Between my hands and the plenum i couldn't see a thing.
I have a 2000 Ranger with the 2.5, and I've noticed that it occasionally misfires while it's idling. But it operates perfectly under load. It's not enough to throw a code though, so I suspect that it's the coil pack starting to go bad. I checked all of the plug wires and they looked fine, and I replaced all of the spark plugs a few years ago (which was a pain in the arse). So the only thing I can think of is the coil pack. Or it could be the MAP sensor. But those rarely go bad on these trucks. I already tested the head gasket to see if it was leaking, and it didn't change color. So that's good. My engine has over 170k miles, so I wouldn't be surprised if the gasket was starting to leak.
Check over your vacuum lines these trucks are bad about breaking vacuum lines and a leak will sometimes cause a slight skip if all good it could be a coil however most the coils I’ve seen go bad skip worse under a load👍 maybe this helps good luck!
Nice job! My favorite engine. I had an inssue with a crank shaft position sensor. No where does it tell that there are two of them. One on the passenger side and one on the driver side tucked facing backwards. Wiring harness connector gone to the bad!
Know this video is 2 yrs old, but have a 1999 ford ranger 2.5 with a rough idle. It runs all right, but at a light it idles rough and have changed the plugs, wires, both coils, tps, maf sensor and both o2 sensors and it still idles rough. Could the injectors be bad? Plugged my hand held scanner in and from what I can read, but don't understand is the short term and long term fuel trims are both negative when it idles. And from what I can read both o2's seem to function right. Don't know if you can help or not. I thank you for your time. Truck has over 300 k on it.
and getting the fuel filter off is a pain. Tried those tools to get it off the spring clips, but they don't seem to work for me. thank you for your reply to my questions.@@ChristmanGarage
lmao i just pulled all 8 plugs out of my B2500 (same truck) that I bought years ago for nothing with 225k miles on it and have driven maybe 8k miles on. lets just say they weren't to spec any more
Excellent video sir. I’m having a little issue with my 1999 Ford ranger with a 3.0 flex fuel. I am the original owner and do my own maintenance. It’s got me kind of stumped and trying to determine what’s wrong. I’ve got 120,000 miles it developed a real bad miss, plugged in on scanner and it was cylinder number five misfire. “P305”. It was due for plugs and wires anyways so I installed new spark plugs, wires, compression test 150 psi, reset the code and the problem intermittently comes back with cylinder five misfire I’m trying to determine if I have a bad injector or coil pack. FYI, during replacement of all six spark plugs I had noticed cylinder number five spark plug electrode was extremely worn down, comparing to the other spark plugs. Please let me know what you think. Have a great day.
First thank you for the detailed comment👍 good job! I personally would put a coil pack on it they are notorious for going bad. If you could swap two off the coil packs sometimes you can pin point a bad one before you purchase one. If all these tactics fail it could be an injector but they are not as common as a coil pack. Maybe this helps👍
@@ChristmanGarage you’re very welcome and I will give that a shot first and let you know the outcome. Thanks for the response I do the same on my channel. Have a Merry Christmas.
@@ChristmanGarage ok just changed the Coil pack and still having the issue. Intermittent Miss. I drove a couple miles this morning with absolutely no issue and after I stopped at my destination and started back up the Miss came back?? Any idea of a fuel injector causing this? So I’ve Changed Plugs, Wires, Coil pack, ran fuel injector cleaner and compression test. I’m about ready to either clean or replace the injectors I figured if I’m doing one I might as well do all
@@ChristmanGarage I was checking vacuum lines and replace a couple that were very dry rotted as just suspicion in there rather cheap. I was debating pulling in cleaning the injectors or just replacing them in general their original from 1999. Everything mechanical one day will fail. I’ll keep you posted. Thank you for getting back to me. I appreciate it. Hope your holidays are going well.
My 97 2.3 won't crank when its cold outside. It smells like fuel and it gets flooded blue smoke comes out when it starts. Runs fine when weather is warm
Ford numbers their cylinders 123 on the passenger side and 456 on the drivers side. #5 should be the middle cylinder on the driver side👍. Here is a link to what it should look like ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/drivefast1971/2011-04-20_174943_2.gif
I got a 2.5 in a 99 ranger ran rough when I bought it.. I was checking see if the coil packs was bad while running. Stalled out would start but die immediately.. now barely runs when u unplug map sensor
Did you unplug the MAP sensor of the MAF sensor ? These engines are bad about the MAF getting dirty or going bad it is the sensor just behind the air filter on the intake hose sometimes you can clean it with some special cleaner designed for MAF sensors. I would try that first then see if it skips under a load, this truck only was noticeably skipping under a load👍. Maybe this helps
@@ChristmanGarage sorry mass air flow sensor.. if u leave it plugged up it will start but immediately stalls and when leave it unplugged it tries to stay running better but poorly .. threw a ton of parts at this thing including new ecu that has been programmed. Thanks for ur reply back!!
Hey man i got a 97 2.3 ranger and it’s skipping at load and sputtering and stalling at idle randomly. any suggestions it seem to be worse when it’s hot out .
Thanks for the video am having problem with my 1997 ford ranger it's a 2.3 engine when am going up a hill if I stop it doesn't have enough power to move I have to give it a lot of gas to get it move
Yeah the 2.3’s stock aren’t the most powerful thing around but if you have a cylinder dropping out that also makes a huge difference. Thanks for the comment👍
Not sure how this one started out but when it got to me It had a dead skip. Make sure you double check all the coil packs they are notorious for going to the bad! Thanks for the comment👍
EVERY VIDEO THAT I HAVE SEEN ABOUT REMOVING INJECTORS,EVERY INJECTOR REMAINS IN THE RAIL WHEN REMOVER,EVERY ONE! MINE? LOL! MINE ARE JAMMED IN THE MANIFOLD!! ANY TIPS FOR TAKIN THEM OUT? ALSO,IF REPLACING F.I. SHOULD INSERTS BE REPLACED?? THANKS FOR POSTING!
Yeah, i mean they only produced these (and countless other engines) at the Lima plant for 31 years. They were so terrible that they put them in like 17 different Ford and Mercury models, and also the later Mazda trucks. So slow they had to even make turbo versions, and so poorly designed its a mystery how they ever were able to adapt it to waste spark systems and fuel injection. 8 SPARK PLUGS?! That's sooooo haaard to count to. Should just go to Walmart and get an LS engine huh? Seriously, what does "performance" mean in a Ranger? They're tiny, slow, pickup trucks, and they best thing they do is start up and run every day. Then again, some people think removing an EGR valve is a performance upgrade, which is in fact the opposite. On top of decades of production, adaptability, longevity, and the amount of love every one besides you have for them, people build the 2.3/2.5's for oval dirt racing cause they're SOLID. IF I ever see one of them lab coat monkeys id shake its monkey hand and then probably try to convince it to come home with me. Take a lap.
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You helped me a lot! I also had the same rotting grey vacuum line, but did not know where it was connected to. You showed it connected to heater lines control servo, and mine had a missing vacuum line. Also my 97 Ranger was running very weak. The primary coil pack( the one in the back) was not sparking. It turned out to be a bad connector. It looked fine, but the little contacts inside were not connecting. A new connector from Autozone for $36 fixed the spark problem. And I just passed the California smog test with 273,000 miles on the 2.3 Liter engine. Yeah!!!!
Awesome!! thanks for the comment!!
Heater /ac thru the door is the vacuum hose you showed it is not uncommon for them to be broken.
The 1998-2001 Ranger has a 2.5, not a 2.3. It was a very short lived engine, but it was basically the exact same engine as the 2.3 but just a bit larger. Edit, never mind you corrected yourself. 😂
Mines a 97. This is the only time I've had such a good view of the spark plugs on that side. They've always been an enigma. Between my hands and the plenum i couldn't see a thing.
Great video man. Ton of knowledge you've got.
I appreciate that!👍
I have a 2000 Ranger with the 2.5, and I've noticed that it occasionally misfires while it's idling. But it operates perfectly under load. It's not enough to throw a code though, so I suspect that it's the coil pack starting to go bad. I checked all of the plug wires and they looked fine, and I replaced all of the spark plugs a few years ago (which was a pain in the arse). So the only thing I can think of is the coil pack. Or it could be the MAP sensor. But those rarely go bad on these trucks. I already tested the head gasket to see if it was leaking, and it didn't change color. So that's good. My engine has over 170k miles, so I wouldn't be surprised if the gasket was starting to leak.
Check over your vacuum lines these trucks are bad about breaking vacuum lines and a leak will sometimes cause a slight skip if all good it could be a coil however most the coils I’ve seen go bad skip worse under a load👍 maybe this helps good luck!
Nice job! My favorite engine. I had an inssue with a crank shaft position sensor. No where does it tell that there are two of them. One on the passenger side and one on the driver side tucked facing backwards. Wiring harness connector gone to the bad!
Great point!👍
I subscribed just cause how you talk in the very beginning of this video.
Know this video is 2 yrs old, but have a 1999 ford ranger 2.5 with a rough idle. It runs all right, but at a light it idles rough and have changed the plugs, wires, both coils, tps, maf sensor and both o2 sensors and it still idles rough. Could the injectors be bad? Plugged my hand held scanner in and from what I can read, but don't understand is the short term and long term fuel trims are both negative when it idles. And from what I can read both o2's seem to function right. Don't know if you can help or not. I thank you for your time. Truck has over 300 k on it.
Sounds like you’ve covered all the bases, I have seen these injectors go bad quite a bit it’s absolutely worth a shot 👍
and getting the fuel filter off is a pain. Tried those tools to get it off the spring clips, but they don't seem to work for me. thank you for your reply to my questions.@@ChristmanGarage
lmao i just pulled all 8 plugs out of my B2500 (same truck) that I bought years ago for nothing with 225k miles on it and have driven maybe 8k miles on. lets just say they weren't to spec any more
Great job, man. I'm working on the same job about to look for the one that's gone to the bad. 👍
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Excellent video sir. I’m having a little issue with my 1999 Ford ranger with a 3.0 flex fuel.
I am the original owner and do my own maintenance. It’s got me kind of stumped and trying to determine what’s wrong.
I’ve got 120,000 miles it developed a real bad miss, plugged in on scanner and it was cylinder number five misfire. “P305”. It was due for plugs and wires anyways so I installed new spark plugs, wires, compression test 150 psi, reset the code and the problem intermittently comes back with cylinder five misfire I’m trying to determine if I have a bad injector or coil pack. FYI, during replacement of all six spark plugs I had noticed cylinder number five spark plug electrode was extremely worn down, comparing to the other spark plugs. Please let me know what you think. Have a great day.
First thank you for the detailed comment👍 good job! I personally would put a coil pack on it they are notorious for going bad. If you could swap two off the coil packs sometimes you can pin point a bad one before you purchase one. If all these tactics fail it could be an injector but they are not as common as a coil pack. Maybe this helps👍
@@ChristmanGarage you’re very welcome and I will give that a shot first and let you know the outcome. Thanks for the response I do the same on my channel. Have a Merry Christmas.
@@ChristmanGarage ok just changed the Coil pack and still having the issue. Intermittent Miss. I drove a couple miles this morning with absolutely no issue and after I stopped at my destination and started back up the Miss came back?? Any idea of a fuel injector causing this?
So I’ve Changed Plugs, Wires, Coil pack, ran fuel injector cleaner and compression test.
I’m about ready to either clean or replace the injectors I figured if I’m doing one I might as well do all
@@hvacexplained9341 yes could absolutely be an injector sometimes you can tap on them and they will act up
@@ChristmanGarage I was checking vacuum lines and replace a couple that were very dry rotted as just suspicion in there rather cheap.
I was debating pulling in cleaning the injectors or just replacing them in general their original from 1999. Everything mechanical one day will fail. I’ll keep you posted. Thank you for getting back to me. I appreciate it. Hope your holidays are going well.
My 97 2.3 won't crank when its cold outside. It smells like fuel and it gets flooded blue smoke comes out when it starts. Runs fine when weather is warm
Sometimes a mass air flow will cause that but it also could be a temp sensor issue sending the wrong signal to the computer
Did you check the fuel pressure before changing injectors?
Normally I would but I didn’t on this job because all the other injectors were working so I new it had enough pressure 👍thanks for the comment
Great info great job!!! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
I have a 3.0 ranger i need to change the injector for cylinder 5 but i cant find out how they are numbered
Ford numbers their cylinders 123 on the passenger side and 456 on the drivers side. #5 should be the middle cylinder on the driver side👍. Here is a link to what it should look like
ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/drivefast1971/2011-04-20_174943_2.gif
I got a 2.5 in a 99 ranger ran rough when I bought it.. I was checking see if the coil packs was bad while running. Stalled out would start but die immediately.. now barely runs when u unplug map sensor
Did you unplug the MAP sensor of the MAF sensor ? These engines are bad about the MAF getting dirty or going bad it is the sensor just behind the air filter on the intake hose sometimes you can clean it with some special cleaner designed for MAF sensors. I would try that first then see if it skips under a load, this truck only was noticeably skipping under a load👍. Maybe this helps
@@ChristmanGarage sorry mass air flow sensor.. if u leave it plugged up it will start but immediately stalls and when leave it unplugged it tries to stay running better but poorly .. threw a ton of parts at this thing including new ecu that has been programmed. Thanks for ur reply back!!
Wheres the fuel rail pressure sensors located i cant find it in my 98 ranger , and i cant info on internet or videos on it
I don’t think these vehicles have a sensor on the fuel rail??
@ChristmanGarage okay thank you very much I was breaking my head trying to figure out where it was at
Well done 👍
I need to work on one that I bought and no fire 🔥
Hey man i got a 97 2.3 ranger and it’s skipping at load and sputtering and stalling at idle randomly. any suggestions it seem to be worse when it’s hot out .
9 times out of 10 it’s a coil pack however it could be an injector or a bad plug or wire👍
Maybe this helps
Thanks for the comment
Super helpful ! Thanks !!
Thanks for the video am having problem with my 1997 ford ranger it's a 2.3 engine when am going up a hill if I stop it doesn't have enough power to move I have to give it a lot of gas to get it move
Yeah the 2.3’s stock aren’t the most powerful thing around but if you have a cylinder dropping out that also makes a huge difference. Thanks for the comment👍
Did you ever sort out the issue?
Good job, man!
thanks for the comment!
😮 awesome thanks man
Awesome thanks 😮
What kinda symptoms was it having
Mine started out as sputtering out at high rpms and then now it’s ten times worse and just dies out all the time
Not sure how this one started out but when it got to me It had a dead skip. Make sure you double check all the coil packs they are notorious for going to the bad! Thanks for the comment👍
Awesome video 📹 👏
Thanks for the comment👍
I feel like you're thiiiiiis close to being vice grip garage. 😁
I love vise grip garage Derek is a genius 👍👍
@@ChristmanGarage you can't not like Derek. He's so wholesome and nice.
EVERY VIDEO THAT I HAVE SEEN ABOUT REMOVING INJECTORS,EVERY INJECTOR REMAINS IN THE RAIL WHEN REMOVER,EVERY ONE!
MINE? LOL! MINE ARE JAMMED IN THE MANIFOLD!! ANY TIPS FOR TAKIN THEM OUT? ALSO,IF REPLACING F.I. SHOULD INSERTS BE REPLACED??
THANKS FOR POSTING!
If they stick I usually just pull them out and if the tip comes off you can usually pop it out with a small pick 👍
Yep she went to the bad.
Thanks for the comment! 👍😀
Top plenum, side plenum...dude, do u even know what a "plenum" even is. Tryna sound educated.
Best performance upgrade to the engine is to replace the engine with a good one that wasn't cobbled together by monkeys in lab coats
Yeah, i mean they only produced these (and countless other engines) at the Lima plant for 31 years. They were so terrible that they put them in like 17 different Ford and Mercury models, and also the later Mazda trucks. So slow they had to even make turbo versions, and so poorly designed its a mystery how they ever were able to adapt it to waste spark systems and fuel injection. 8 SPARK PLUGS?! That's sooooo haaard to count to. Should just go to Walmart and get an LS engine huh?
Seriously, what does "performance" mean in a Ranger? They're tiny, slow, pickup trucks, and they best thing they do is start up and run every day. Then again, some people think removing an EGR valve is a performance upgrade, which is in fact the opposite.
On top of decades of production, adaptability, longevity, and the amount of love every one besides you have for them, people build the 2.3/2.5's for oval dirt racing cause they're SOLID. IF I ever see one of them lab coat monkeys id shake its monkey hand and then probably try to convince it to come home with me.
Take a lap.