2.5L ('98-'01) about ready to give up and get rid of it

[rusty ol ranger]

All Lima's have a belt, square tooth until '92 then round tooth after that, round tooth can be used on either...

I thought the 2.5 was a duratec? I must be confused

 

[scotts90ranger]

Not in Rangers, the '98-01 was a lima based 2.5L that is just a stroked 2.3L, mid '01 switched to a 2.3L Duratec and it stayed 2.3L through '11 in the Rangers but other stuff got a 2.5L Duratec.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Not in Rangers, the '98-01 was a lima based 2.5L that is just a stroked 2.3L, mid '01 switched to a 2.3L Duratec and it stayed 2.3L through '11 in the Rangers but other stuff got a 2.5L Duratec.

Damn learned somethin new today

 

[Kitcat]

You are certain to lose a lot of money if you try to sell a truck that doesn't run right. Expensive as it is to repair.selling and buying would probably cost more. Nice old truck! Well worth fixing in my humble opinion.

thank you. i thought it was worth fixing it up when i bought it. its not in too bad of shape as far as rust wise for being a Michigan truck. if it wasnt for someone getting into a slight front end fender bender before i got it, it would have really nice and easy fix for its body. the bed is good, so is the frame, the rockers arent bad and someone had already replaced its tailgate before i got. the doors bottoms are shot but as i said i got 2 really good used doors to replace them and its cab corners have to be fixed. my husband thinks im crazy that i want to take it to back to the bricks classic car show here in flint if and when we can get it running right again and have its body fixed. i mean shit its 25 years old now which makes a classic and by the time i get it all put back together it will be even older.

 

[Kitcat]

I’d check the timing belt.

me and my son thought about maybe it had jump time but doesnt seem to fit with how it started having this issue cuz how could it be running and idling fine to the next day when put a new battery jump time??????

 

[pjtoledo]

Damn learned somethin new today

to make matters worse Ford also made a 2.5 V6 Duratec.
found in Contours, not sure what else.

 

[SumoPsycho]

me and my son thought about maybe it had jump time but doesnt seem to fit with how it started having this issue cuz how could it be running and idling fine to the next day when put a new battery jump time??????

It will only cost you a little time to check it, or you can keep throwing $$ at it.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

me and my son thought about maybe it had jump time but doesnt seem to fit with how it started having this issue cuz how could it be running and idling fine to the next day when put a new battery jump time??????

It would be a hell of a coincendence but one to look into for sure.

Now that i know the 2.5 has a belt it actually makes sense that it could be the belt.

 

[SumoPsycho]

IMHO, you need to step back, take a couple of deep breaths and then diagnose the problem instead of throwing parts at it.

 

[Kitcat]

It will only cost you a little time to check it, or you can keep throwing $$ at it.

you maybe right. i got the blue tooth scanner thing and one of the things it said was timing was advanced. i still dont get how it could jump time sitting overnight on its own. but when my son has the time to come over and work on it again hes going to check the timing

 

[scotts90ranger]

If the belt was loose enough it can skip a tooth on shutdown or acceleration, happened to me, pulled it off the trailer at camp and did a hot lap halfway around camp and it shut right off, skipped a tooth on the timing belt, borrowed someone's phone that had service to get the timing marks online, fixed it, then rallied the rest of the weekend!

Now every time I do a timing belt after I get the belt on I go ahead and use a big adjustable wrench around the crank snout to hit the key and turn the crank twice in the right direction to verify the timing marks are lined up then lock down the tensioner and reassemble... I take shortcuts too often, I think this step is worth the extra 2 minutes...

 

[Lefty]

thank you. i thought it was worth fixing it up when i bought it. its not in too bad of shape as far as rust wise for being a Michigan truck. if it wasnt for someone getting into a slight front end fender bender before i got it, it would have really nice and easy fix for its body. the bed is good, so is the frame, the rockers arent bad and someone had already replaced its tailgate before i got. the doors bottoms are shot but as i said i got 2 really good used doors to replace them and its cab corners have to be fixed. my husband thinks im crazy that i want to take it to back to the bricks classic car show here in flint if and when we can get it running right again and have its body fixed. i mean shit its 25 years old now which makes a classic and by the time i get it all put back together it will be even older.

Good for you. But be prepared. Last year some friends persuaded me to put mine in a local car show. Almost no one wandered over to look at it.

 

[Kitcat]

If the belt was loose enough it can skip a tooth on shutdown or acceleration, happened to me, pulled it off the trailer at camp and did a hot lap halfway around camp and it shut right off, skipped a tooth on the timing belt, borrowed someone's phone that had service to get the timing marks online, fixed it, then rallied the rest of the weekend!

Now every time I do a timing belt after I get the belt on I go ahead and use a big adjustable wrench around the crank snout to hit the key and turn the crank twice in the right direction to verify the timing marks are lined up then lock down the tensioner and reassemble... I take shortcuts too often, I think this step is worth the extra 2 minutes...

that makes sense on how it could have happened then. i will let my son know about your extra step too. it wouldnt surprise me a bit if the belt was loose enough to do that cuz everything weve replaced so far seem like they have never been changed before and original to the truck.

 

[Kitcat]

Good for you. But be prepared. Last year some friends persuaded me to put mine in a local car show. Almost no one wandered over to look at it.

wow nice! great looking truck! i would have differently been checking it out if i was at that show.

 

[Lefty]

wow nice! great looking truck! i would have differently been checking it out if i was at that show.

Well, there was a whole row of Corvettes just right next door. If I ever do show it again, I will message you!