Any ranger gurus out there?

99 3.0' runs and drives great 99% of the time, but twice now it's killed over in traffic at a light. Will just idle down, start spitting and sputtering and die. Both times have been on hot days, when it dies, its a pain in the ass to get going again, but then runs fine till you stop, then it will idle down and sputter till dies. Doesn't do it all the time, and like I said seems heat related. Anyone heard of this?

Iac valve? Or mass air?

Mine did that

keith wrote:

Mine did that

Good to know Keith...lol... And the cure was?

I got rid of it

keith wrote:

I got rid of it

Your just a bundle of useful information tonight brotha...lol

Haha lol

Thers a steel tube comeing from the EGR that runs down the fire wall off the back of the motor. Should have some sort of woven fabric sheilding around it. They rust and rot out. Check that. If not check the voltage at the fuel pump at running temp, mite be getn hot and shutting down on ya at idle. I had a 98 with a 3.0 that was doing that shit. that was my cure. The combination of bolth. Hope this finds you useful. I hate issues like that. Good luck buddy.

AND BEFORE IT TOTALLY STALLS, YOU KNOW WHEN IT STARTS ACTING STUPID. TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND THEN START IT RITE BACK UP. BET IT STARTS RUNNING FINE. SORRY BOUT THE CAPS.

MICHIGAN MIKE wrote:

AND BEFORE IT TOTALLY STALLS, YOU KNOW WHEN IT STARTS ACTING STUPID. TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND THEN START IT RITE BACK UP. BET IT STARTS RUNNING FINE. SORRY BOUT THE CAPS.

Do I scream at it while I'm doing it? Lol.. And honestly I think your right, the first time it started it I sputtered it half way in a gas station, got some gas with the truck off and then it ran on home......

I have a buddy taht is a mechanic and he has told me of several that had overheating fuel pumps

i got a 98 parts Ranger if you need any parts. i dont have a fuel pump tho. gave it to Paco so he could get his running again. lol.

What motor Brian? I need a harness

3.0L v6

Tuckin Eh wrote:

What motor Brian? I need a harness

damn rats

its those dang Canadian rats, eh?

my 2005 or 2004 work truck did the same thing the ranger has from what i was told, a fuel pump cutt off under the dash on the pas side. mine had a bad switch that would trip on it's own and reset when i pulled the key out it would start back up with a little effort.and be fine for about a day, after i had the pump replaced and it did it again some guy in a shadly lookin shop in pa bi-passed the switch and i never had an issue again.

hope that helps you may have a completely dif issue mine was lees than a year old when i had the issue,