I had a 1992 Ranger with a 3.0L, it had 393K on it when I sold it and it was still running fine. I got it after someone traded it in at 94k with an oil light on the dash and no oil pressure. Someone had replaced the pan gasket and used a half pound of RTV which a good bit of it ended up in the oil pickup screen. My plan was to just stuff a 351w in it but needed to get it home, I pulled the motor, dropped the pan, cleaned out the screen, checked the main caps, they were worse than what your were here but no copper was showing. I put it back together with only the cost of a new pan gasket and fresh 10W30 Mobile 1 oil and fresh filter. It was a bit noisy at first but shut up after a few hundred miles. It gave me no issues after using it for a week so I just kept running it as my beater truck. It never died and it wasn't from me not trying a few times. I'd shift that thing on the rev limiter most of the time, I towed with it like it was a tractor and ran the wheels off it for 15 years, but that time the body was starting to get rough, it needed paint, had nearly 400k on it and needed an ac compressor, door hinges, a windshield, and tires so I sold it to a guy and bought a newer model with less miles. Those 3.0L motors were tough as nails, it wasn't uncommon to see them over 250k and with basic care they'd go seemingly forever. They didn't make big power but would outlast the 2.9/4.0l motors by double without all the cracked head issues.
@@pingpong9656 Not that I found. Had a new oil pump installed before it failed. I had some evidence that it was hung on redline for a while. As evidenced by the rocker failure, It looked like when the rocker let go it spread metal throughout the system.
@@andersonsgarage2334 I just rebuilt a 2.3L Duratec - it had spun bearings, bent crankshaft, burnt out connecting rods. A ton of shrapnel in the oil pan. Amazingly non of it made it's way to rest of engine - looks like the oil pick up stopped large pieces and oil filter stopped the rest. Engine is running great now....
One engine in how many thousand Ford 3.0 V6 engines. Come on give me a break. This engine was probably neglected and still operated until the spring gave up. You can find problems in every engine ever made if you look hard enough. Makes a great bull shit "You Tube" presentation though.
@@waynesimon7096 thats precisely what the video was about. Still running with all that metal in it. At NO point in the video did I claim the 3.0 Vulcan wasn't a great engine.
I love that almost every bearing in that engine was trashed, yet the little Ranger was still running with only a small tick after 15 minutes.
I like the fact that these little 3.0s are so simple you can do practically a full breakdown in a 10min video with commentary.
Me too
I had a 1992 Ranger with a 3.0L, it had 393K on it when I sold it and it was still running fine. I got it after someone traded it in at 94k with an oil light on the dash and no oil pressure. Someone had replaced the pan gasket and used a half pound of RTV which a good bit of it ended up in the oil pickup screen.
My plan was to just stuff a 351w in it but needed to get it home, I pulled the motor, dropped the pan, cleaned out the screen, checked the main caps, they were worse than what your were here but no copper was showing. I put it back together with only the cost of a new pan gasket and fresh 10W30 Mobile 1 oil and fresh filter. It was a bit noisy at first but shut up after a few hundred miles. It gave me no issues after using it for a week so I just kept running it as my beater truck. It never died and it wasn't from me not trying a few times. I'd shift that thing on the rev limiter most of the time, I towed with it like it was a tractor and ran the wheels off it for 15 years, but that time the body was starting to get rough, it needed paint, had nearly 400k on it and needed an ac compressor, door hinges, a windshield, and tires so I sold it to a guy and bought a newer model with less miles. Those 3.0L motors were tough as nails, it wasn't uncommon to see them over 250k and with basic care they'd go seemingly forever. They didn't make big power but would outlast the 2.9/4.0l motors by double without all the cracked head issues.
Awesome simple OHV engin. Mine has 210k 5 soeed manual 4x4 and fiberglass strpside bed and hood. Hope it will last until my kid comes up 👍🏻
@@stringsandsprockets7845 they are really simple engines.
Well filmed guys! 🙂
These 3.0L v6 engines will run until the body falls apart. Solid engines I have had a couple all over 300K ran great.
Very good Ford engines. This failure wasn't the fault of the design. User error.
I heard that the cam shaft bolts loosen up on these 3.0L duratec V6s
@@pingpong9656 duretec maybe. This isn't a duretec it's a Vulcan
@@andersonsgarage2334 I figured that out later in the video... :)
The last thing you forgot to say.>>>> "So, we'll get Alex to take the blame for this engine failure"...
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Dang it. Good observation
what concerns me is only two upper bolts holding that block on the stand.
It was junk so it wouldn't have mattered really , appreciate your concern though.
Makes me nervous for my '02 Taurus lol
😁 don't be nervous. This was a rare case of too many rpms on an old motor.
@@andersonsgarage2334 yeah I figured it wasn't too common. Apparently the Vulcan is a very reliable engine, so I feel like I'm in luck :)
Can still buy the crank new from ford I think it's 130 bucks plus shipping.
@@JH-oh1in appreciate that. This little 3.0 was just too far gone.
the valve seats are the big problem on them and the bolts changed in 99
Correct
Does this mean the valve seat issue was corrected due to the new bolts in 99? Or did that make the problem worse?
Was this an oil priming issue?
@@pingpong9656 Not that I found. Had a new oil pump installed before it failed. I had some evidence that it was hung on redline for a while. As evidenced by the rocker failure, It looked like when the rocker let go it spread metal throughout the system.
@@andersonsgarage2334 I just rebuilt a 2.3L Duratec - it had spun bearings, bent crankshaft, burnt out connecting rods. A ton of shrapnel in the oil pan. Amazingly non of it made it's way to rest of engine - looks like the oil pick up stopped large pieces and oil filter stopped the rest. Engine is running great now....
Awesome. Good for you. Glad to hear you got it back on the road. 😎
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@@Danimal-76 as in?
One engine in how many thousand Ford 3.0 V6 engines. Come on give me a break. This engine was probably neglected and still operated until the spring gave up. You can find problems in every engine ever made if you look hard enough. Makes a great bull shit "You Tube" presentation though.
@@waynesimon7096 thats precisely what the video was about. Still running with all that metal in it. At NO point in the video did I claim the 3.0 Vulcan wasn't a great engine.