Ford Ranger, Starts & then stalls diagnosis

[@thecapedcrusader326]

I'm really enjoying your videos more and more. Excellent explanation and diagnosis Peter. Well done.

[@kennedysgarage3281]

I was a little concerned that I might get bet while under the watchful eye of the mechanic that couldn’t get it going again. But luckily I won this one 😂😂
Glad you’re enjoying my stuff 🙏😉

[@BarrettAE86]

Working at a garage in Ennis myself Peter find the videos great picking up lots of tips and tricks like the tinfoil idea never seen that before . Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your knowledge👍

[@kennedysgarage3281]

It’s great to have you on board and I’m glad you are enjoying some of my content. CZcams is a great forum for learning little hints & tips. Everyday is a school day in this trade 😂😂👍

[@mikeberry304]

Great diagnosis there Peter , who needs a faraday case , when we have tin foil , great mobile tip 👍👍, easy kill of the egr valve mechanism when putting it back together if the guy didn't see the motor could move , or turned the ignition while stripped , well done there 👍👍

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Isn’t it funny how some jobs can just spiral of of control on each and every one of us. The brain just gets overwhelmed sometimes and a little help from a fresh head can be great. Cheers Mike 😉😉

[@davesterl]

Head further north next time you're out on the road, lol. Great job Peter

[@kennedysgarage3281]

I would only love to Dave, someday soon hopefully 🤞🤞
Let me know if ever you do ride along’s 😂👍

[@JetManJoe]

This was the same issue we had with our ford ranger. Thanks our EGR valve was stuck

[@kennedysgarage3281]

@@JetManJoe brilliant Joe, I’m glad this helped 👍👍

[@johnfittis5764]

Great cartoon, that could of been a very long expensive saga, but you sussed it out Peter, good man yourself.

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Cartoon 😂😂 , isn’t it wicked the way some jobs can just go wrong. And it can happen to the best of us 🤔
Thank you John 🙏🙏

[@theautomotiveclinic3582]

Some of the best videos on CZcams mate! Love it

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Wow. Thank you so much Automotive Clinic, I really do hope I can keep them coming for you. 🙂🙏🙏👍

[@shauncraggs4447]

excellent video with great explanation cheers

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Thank you Shaun I appreciate that 😉👍

[@plasticrepair6163]

new subscriber from the border up north your a cleaver man great to see an irish lad on you tube i like the tin foil trick very clever stuff

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Thank you very much for subscribing & I’m delighted to have you on board 🙏🙏

[@wackey3455]

Great video fair play Peter never in a million years would I have gess that 👍

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Hey Wackey I have seen this issue only a few weeks ago on a caddy with the egr stuck in the open position, one to watch out for 🙏😉

[@kevinpalmer7452]

Absolutely brilliant diagnosis Peter. Loved the tin foil trick never seen that before you just know il be trying that one👍 like the quote smells like EGR think that was the crucial data pid in that case😂

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Tin foil is a handy immobiliser test alright. But when it tried to run it smelled crappie, sometimes you’d get the same thing if it had petrol in a diesel & the only fancy tool was a noise 😂😂👍

[@MetoTautea]

Thanks

[@kennedysgarage3281]

You are most welcome, hopefully it helps you out 🤞🤞

[@the_retired_mechanic]

Well done mate. I thought maybe egr stuck open as I know diesels work opposite to petrol and are closed upon acceleration and have had same sorts of starting problems before on diesels. However I was enjoying you confirming my guesswork

[@kennedysgarage3281]

I don’t know how I missed your comments Chris but am only seeing them now in CZcams studio 🤔
I’m glad you enjoyed it, thanks mate 😉🙏

[@mechanicmatt871]

Great diag, cheers mate 👍

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Cheers Matt, weirdly Matt I was kinda worried about going into another workshop and possibly failing to get it running. So hat’s off to what you do everyday. But luckily it worked out ok 🙏👍

[@michaelcoughlan1123]

Really well Peter.

[@kennedysgarage3281]

The joys of the modern day vehicle Michael, fair play to you for watching my stuff. Do you find them educational??

[@michaelcoughlan1123]

@@kennedysgarage3281 Very much so. I look at a couple of car repair shows on Discovery and I find your videos just as interesting.

[@kennedysgarage3281]

@@michaelcoughlan1123 high praise indeed Michael, thank you so much 🙏🙏

[@bigboyrocky4032]

Very interesting 🤔

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙏🙏👍

[@roblanegan2875]

Excellent content.Really well demonstrated.Thank you 👍🏻

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Thank you so much Rob 😉😉

[@johnrosenberger3470]

Very informative

[@kennedysgarage3281]

The EGR valve is very common to stick on this engine type so it is a good one to keep in mind for all running issues, thanks John 🙏👍

[@Rory96inthahouse]

Tin foil trick was cool , is that how immobilizer works it needs some signal from key like magnetic field sort of thing?

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Yes. There is an antenna around the ignition switch barrel which when energised sends a magnetic field which allows the key to then send a signal back in. By covering the key I stopped the chip in the key seeing the signal from the antenna creating an immobiliser fault. Just to see if the immobiliser system was working. It’s a fast way of checking 🙂👍

[@user-rj2vj3dh1l]

on my 94 ranger I tried of of different thing and then finely it downed on after cleaning the connectors on the power control box spread the prongs on the relay and i did and it worked the wabble or click on and off when you touch them.

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Well done on fixing it mate 💪💪

[@glenohara6563]

Great job on that Peter, love your content. Watch the latest vid from Bernie of Automotive test solutions regarding a stalling Honda, long vid but very interesting.

[@kennedysgarage3281]

I really enjoy Bernie’s stuff & have learned a lot from him but didn’t see that one yet. I find I leave the longer one until the weekend to watch, but it is on my list. I’m glad I’m in your playlist with ATS 🙂🙂 fair play Glen 🙏😉

[@calm4477]

So they removed EGR to replace glow plugs and reassembled EGR out of alignment?
Didn't take you long to suss that one out, great work as usual 👍

[@kennedysgarage3281]

They took the motor off the top of the EGR valve & refitted it back wrongly which bend the valve itself ( I believe ) Or the valve itself was seized prior slightly open & coincidently stuck fully open after fitting glow plugs.
I think the first is most likely 🤔😉

[@calm4477]

@@kennedysgarage3281 did the EGR work afterwards or did it need replacing?

[@ToyotatechDK]

The last backyard “mechanic” was a bit too trigger happy on the RTV tube

[@kennedysgarage3281]

That is correct Lasse, I see a lot of that kinda stuff lately. It really isn’t good enough 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@samzed1291]

My car is struggling to start, however when starting it makes a really clunky noise and stalls. When driving the car doesn’t go over 2000rpms before stalling. What could this be?
The noise is coming from the bell housing, I suspected it’s a torque converter

[@kennedysgarage3281]

It is nearly impossible for me to advise without hearing or seeing the car but could the noise be coming from the turbo???
If it stopped turning it couldn’t rev up and would most definitely struggle to run 🤔🤔

[@samzed1291]

@@kennedysgarage3281 i mean it could be, but the metal clunking noise is coming from the front of the transmission. I have reconditioned the torque converter but I’m still stressed that it could be something else. I will find out soon 🙏

[@kennedysgarage3281]

@@samzed1291 good luck with it 🤞🤞🤞

[@mrfuzz177]

I noticed that your crank and cam signal synchronized turned 'YES' on the scanner while cranking..mine stayed 'NO' while cranking..do you think the timing is off or something else?

[@kennedysgarage3281]

The cam/crank synchronised should turn to ‘yes’. If they it doesn’t it could mean your timing is off or it could be just missing either the camshaft or crankshaft signal. If so it couldn’t tell if they are synchronised or not.
Disconnect the camshaft sensor and then look for engine RPM on your scantool. It will fast test the crankshaft sensor & circuit. Let me know what you find 👍👍

[@mrfuzz177]

How can I show you the scan tool data? do you have whatsapp or telegram that i can contact?btw thanks for your response

[@kennedysgarage3281]

@@mrfuzz177 search Kennedysgarage.ie

[@mrfuzz177]

Do I still can have this problem if my egr was blocked with egr blanking plate?

[@kennedysgarage3281]

No, it could be stuck open but you can have no egr flow. Immobiliser or fuel pressure???

[@mrfuzz177]

I got P2562 and P2563 code,but i don't think that code had anything to do with no start issue right? I've changed the turbo electronic actuator,but still got that code with no start

[@mrfuzz177]

I don't think immobiliser,because the car start like for 1-2 second then die

[@kennedysgarage3281]

@@mrfuzz177 as in this video there is an immobiliser light that illuminates and then goes out. Does that happen??
Look at fuel pressure too, it should rise to around 200 bar before it starts 🤔🤔

[@user-rc6ku5tv2t]

Pump the gas 3 times, then start. mine doing same thing.

[@kennedysgarage3281]

The egr valve very commonly sticks 😉👍👍

[@charleserxleben799]

Hi can you help me my 3.2 starts and run 60 km and then stops then I have it pulled and then it starts again
Cold start is good
Hot start is good
It looks like feul starvation
But I changed the feul pump in the tank whale I'm driving it die

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Try to fit some kind of looking glass or clear pipe on the fuel feed pipe after the fuel filter. Then start it & run it, watch for air bubbles when it runs good & the compare when it runs bad ???
Might be a good test 🤔🤔

[@toby621]

Hi I have a 2008 ranger ok it does the same thing but if I keep winding over the starter motor until it starts it will run and then when I turn it off sometimes it won’t wind over the dash light up but no start then if I go back after awhile it will wind over again when it first started playing up you would be driving along and the taco would jump and the car would cough and jurk and a light with a car and a key in it would come on took it to a ford dealership and they have no idea what the problem is any idea’s what it might be

[@kennedysgarage3281]

Hi Toby, you have explained your issue very well but unfortunately I could lead you down the wrong track without actually seeing the vehicle.
I could say I might be an immobiliser fault but once the immobiliser is disarmed after first start,it then doesn’t be used once running so wouldn’t effect it while driving.
I could say starter motor, which I have seen to draw too many amps & inhibit starting.
And then sounds funny that the dealer doesn’t know, is it possible to get fault code scan ???

[@toby621]

thanks for the reply
i was thinking along the same line as you said
i will try a auto electrican
the dealer said the found no codes
i did read about the starter motor could do this
i will take it out and get it tested
thanks again

[@kennedysgarage3281]

@@toby621 just on another thought it might be worth replacing the camshaft & crankshaft sensors, if you cannot test them. Just from the tachometer going funny 🤔🤔🤔🤞

[@toby621]

@@kennedysgarage3281 i took it to another mecanic but i think your are right