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Hey all, this is my first post here. I've been lurking for a few weeks, and figured I should join in the fun
So I traded my old car for this ranger 3 weeks ago. its a 2007, XL 2WD, with a flat deck. The dash says it only has 187xxx Kms on it, but the guy listed my old car as having 119xxx kms on it (when I traded him it had over 242xxx kms) so I'm not sure how accurate that is.
The previous owner trashed it completely through the hills here, all shocks are toast, ball joints, wheel bearings (the front spindle nut was hand tight. I didnt even need a socket to take it off), and the tie rods had more play than a 6 year old discovering dunkaroos. I knew I was getting into to something serious when I traded for it, but I wanted a new project to tinker with.
The frame is solid, and the flat deck is neat. It had no front bumper, and they had cut the bumper mounts off (seriously). So I had to fab up my own bumper brackets to mount an XLT bumper (I wanted the fog lights).
Anyway, thats the history of the truck. TL;DR - It needs some TLC.
This engine rattle has been bugging me though. I have listened to a bunch of youtube videos with rod knock, and the camshaft synchro, but they don't sound similar to this noise.
It only 'rattles' when the engine is under light to no load. AND, only once it is fully warmed up. It doesn't rattle when cold. And it doesn't rattle when under load (like accelerating) but if you are coasting and just give it a little gas, it starts to rattle.
It almost sounds like my old saturn when the timing chain was loose and smacking the bad tensioner, But again, I know very little and would LOVE if you could help me out.
And if it was a rod knocking, wouldn't that be audible at startup, and only get worse under load?
I am including this youtube clip of me in the truck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEd0Vdc2GOM
Thanks for any and all help. and I look forward to doing lots of work to this truck! I love it, and don't mind fixing it up at all. It's all a learning experience. I am toying with an engine swap, but not sure yet.
So I traded my old car for this ranger 3 weeks ago. its a 2007, XL 2WD, with a flat deck. The dash says it only has 187xxx Kms on it, but the guy listed my old car as having 119xxx kms on it (when I traded him it had over 242xxx kms) so I'm not sure how accurate that is.
The previous owner trashed it completely through the hills here, all shocks are toast, ball joints, wheel bearings (the front spindle nut was hand tight. I didnt even need a socket to take it off), and the tie rods had more play than a 6 year old discovering dunkaroos. I knew I was getting into to something serious when I traded for it, but I wanted a new project to tinker with.
The frame is solid, and the flat deck is neat. It had no front bumper, and they had cut the bumper mounts off (seriously). So I had to fab up my own bumper brackets to mount an XLT bumper (I wanted the fog lights).
Anyway, thats the history of the truck. TL;DR - It needs some TLC.
This engine rattle has been bugging me though. I have listened to a bunch of youtube videos with rod knock, and the camshaft synchro, but they don't sound similar to this noise.
It only 'rattles' when the engine is under light to no load. AND, only once it is fully warmed up. It doesn't rattle when cold. And it doesn't rattle when under load (like accelerating) but if you are coasting and just give it a little gas, it starts to rattle.
It almost sounds like my old saturn when the timing chain was loose and smacking the bad tensioner, But again, I know very little and would LOVE if you could help me out.
And if it was a rod knocking, wouldn't that be audible at startup, and only get worse under load?
I am including this youtube clip of me in the truck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEd0Vdc2GOM
Thanks for any and all help. and I look forward to doing lots of work to this truck! I love it, and don't mind fixing it up at all. It's all a learning experience. I am toying with an engine swap, but not sure yet.