Thread: Ranger Super Duty review.

As i have said before,i run both for work,as loaded work utes,so it easy to to compare them.....

Used as a private vehicle driven to work and back,a long trip a couple of times a year,it might be a different story.

As for the SD,if they have made some improvements,great,if not,it will be the same as the rest of them,at a guess.

I must say I chuckle at the responders here saying that the 3.0 is crap considering that in one form or another it has been around in Land Rovers since 2005 and many if not most on the forum have them in their vehicles.
Recently Ford Rangers have a new problem, one of the camshaft pulleys self destructs, but they are replacing engines under warranty. they are a set VIN series as I told a mate who has a 3l Everest and he was told by Ford his was not an affected VIN. But then my son's ex has a Ranger and theirs died and was not in the VIN series. Go figgure. But Ford looked after them with a loaner for 12 weeks. Before you say 12 weeks that is outrageous the same bloke with the 3L Everest had a RRS and waited 6 months for a new engine.
My 6R80 (nee ZF) has been faultless and most are unless overloaded and or overheated. The early 10R60s had problems with TCs and flex plates but that was years ago. They are well known. I watched a Wholesale Transmissions video yesterday on a harsh shifting 6R80 and it was only one dud solenoid at 240KK.Pretty good when D2 trans were often dead by 240KK. I realise the 10R60 is different but most on the Everest Facebook Group are rapt in the transmission.
The 3.2 AFAIK has only one engine killing fault and that is the EGR cooler. Ford have warranted it for 10 years. I think most engine failures are caused by the owner driving them with no water or water dripping out the exhaust.

The worst blue by Ford was the Wet belt 2.0 and 2.4 in Rangers, Everests and Transits. What a disaster but again mostly caused by long oil changes, wrong oil and neglect. Ford has now discontinued the engine and replaced with a timing chain engine. Took them a while though.
I have no need for a Ranger SD but I lust after a similar Everest. No money though.
BTW I have owned my 2018 Everest for 2.5 years now and apart from a dead glow plug and adblue heater when I bought it (under warranty), absolutely no problems at 100KK.( and no oil leaks!)
Regards PhilipA

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Recently Ford Rangers have a new problem, one of the camshaft pulleys self destructs,
The 3.2 AFAIK has only one engine killing fault and that is the EGR cooler. Ford have warranted it for 10 years. I think most engine failures are caused by the owner driving them with no water or water dripping out the exhaust.[/QUOTE


The cam shaft pulley problem has been ongoing for decades in the Ford Lion TDV6 engine.

As for the 3.2L,my local mechanic has a steady stream of them in with injector issues.
If not sorted quickly,the engine may fail.

The 3.2L we had also had continual oil leaks which were eventually,after quite a few attempts,sorted by the dealer.

Wet belts,what an absolute disaster,in many markets all over the world.
In the UK,they were failing prematually and the vehicles had been serviced correctly by the Ford dealer,who then tried to charge the customer for a new engine.....

If only Ford was to put half as much effort in trying to make the TDV6 half decent into also keeping the TDV8 going then they could have the perfect engine for the Ranger Super Duty.

Detuning the TDV6 helps reliability and fleet buyers won’t care if it takes longer to get up to speed, but it is a compromise for the recreational market. Loaded up and it will make over-taking “interesting”.

Sadly Ford’s only decent diesel right now for heavy duty use is the 6.7L Power Stroke.

As this is a thread about the Ranger SD, the wet belt thing is irrelevant.

Originally Posted by Tins

As this is a thread about the Ranger SD, the wet belt thing is irrelevant.

We drifted off topic, shock horror ?

30 plus years ago a Pommie car company built this thing called a 130 Defender.

It has a 1.5 tonne pay load, 4 tonne towing, and is great off road.

I'm not sure an extra 400kg pay load and 500kg towing is a game changer.