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 Posted: Fri Jul 15th, 2022 04:21 pm
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Tsquare



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Welcome to Ford-Rangers! I talk smack about my 3.slo but in truth they are a pretty good engine. I have a slow leak on the pan gasket of my truck. It is not bad enough to drip but just bad enough to wet the rear passenger side of the pan. I have wiped it clean every oil change for the past few years then hit it with some brake cleaner to clean what I missed with my oil rag. When it starts dripping I will look into replacing the gasket. I have about 130k miles on it where my most problematic area was ignition issues. BTW: when you change the spark plugs spend a little extra for Iridium plugs.

I replace my PCV every 20k. It is cheap insurance against having one clog up.  I would clean up the engine so I could see exactly where the oil leaks and then take it from there.



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Tony
NE ATL
'04 XLT regular cab 3.slo stepside
Semi retirement