A wrench was accidentally left on crankshaft pulley and now the truck won’t start. Could it be its out of timing? It’s on 2008 ford ranger with a 2.3L engine. Doesn’t look like any wires were pulled either
A wrench was accidentally left on crankshaft pulley and now the truck won’t start. Could it be its out of timing? It’s on 2008 ford ranger with a 2.3L engine. Doesn’t look like any wires were pulled either
Yeah it’s out of time and may have eaten some valves. That engine has Fords POS timing system that doesn’t have a key for the timing components. The bolt being torqued down tight is all that holds the damper and sprocket in position. If the bolt gets loose the sprocket and damper can shift on the crank snout and it throws the engine out of time and 90% of the time it eats a couple valves at least. Sorry. What I do with them is not something Ford recommends, I will mark a spot on the crank and sprocket and cut a keyway and install a key, then put them back together so they can’t move around. Ford/Mazda should take the folks who came up with that idea and __________ them…