Dang dude that was a really tough 3.0 I bet it would’ve survived after adding oil if it wasn’t turbo’d. I did the exact same thing to my ATV right after rebuilding the engine I forgot the oil and it ran super hot (no temp gauge air cooled) and added some oil and right after it blew 🫤
Technically it WAS the turbo tho? Well im sure he’s aware of this but turbo’s require more frequent oil changes on the engine right? Like honestly every 1.5k miles? And this is an old truck so maybe more frequent than that? So yea but its good to know it ran solid and would have stayed solid with oil.
Thats shitty man. At least junkyard Vulcans are still less then $500 in Alberta. You gonna rebuild it (swap in a junkyard one) or keep the build going with some different swap?
@@HeapOfEngineering thanks for the clarification, I've done a freaky amount of research into the Vulcan and I forget what is common knowledge and not. If you swap the valve covers and accessory drive from a ranger Vulcan it will drop right in and run on the stock ranger computer. The Taurus cam is set up for more sustainable speed highway driving, unlike the Ranger being set for torque. I'm planning on building a Vulcan for boost to swap into my Ranger. I'm starting with a Taurus Vulcan for the cheaper cost.
@@AdamKueflef I found a little trick for building turbo setups. You can use the back exhaust header from a later taurus vulcan on the passenger side of a ranger vulcan and it routes exaust towards the front. And it is still on the same side of the motor so it is better than just flipping a ranger manifold around. I have the taurus manifold, and I will use the regular ranger manifold on the driver’s side. The driver’s side manifold will route under and into the passenger side, where you can make a 90 degree pipe from the taurus manifold merge smoothly with the pipe from the driver’s side pointing upwards. From there just add a turbo flange.
The Vulcan is as tough as the come, but they usually come with oil :)
Just put a taurus motor in there. Same engine, just has different camshaft profile and different head gaskets
It's okay buddy you will recover
There was nothing better man, that ranger out did it’s self 🥂
Dang dude that was a really tough 3.0 I bet it would’ve survived after adding oil if it wasn’t turbo’d. I did the exact same thing to my ATV right after rebuilding the engine I forgot the oil and it ran super hot (no temp gauge air cooled) and added some oil and right after it blew 🫤
Tough little truck.
My N/A 3.0 lost oil pressure and instantly locked up idk how you continued to start it 😭
How many miles did it have on it
Latest 6 months
Shocked it was due to lack of oil and not the turbo, I really wanted to see if the turbo would blow the engine. Was the turbo kit worth it for you?
Technically it WAS the turbo tho? Well im sure he’s aware of this but turbo’s require more frequent oil changes on the engine right? Like honestly every 1.5k miles? And this is an old truck so maybe more frequent than that? So yea but its good to know it ran solid and would have stayed solid with oil.
Yea totally worth it price wise. The fabrication was hard tho cuz I suck at that stuff
Thats shitty man. At least junkyard Vulcans are still less then $500 in Alberta. You gonna rebuild it (swap in a junkyard one) or keep the build going with some different swap?
A vulcan from a taurus is significantly cheaper than a vulcan from a ranger and there are only minor differences like the cam profile and head gaskets
@@HeapOfEngineering thanks for the clarification, I've done a freaky amount of research into the Vulcan and I forget what is common knowledge and not. If you swap the valve covers and accessory drive from a ranger Vulcan it will drop right in and run on the stock ranger computer. The Taurus cam is set up for more sustainable speed highway driving, unlike the Ranger being set for torque. I'm planning on building a Vulcan for boost to swap into my Ranger. I'm starting with a Taurus Vulcan for the cheaper cost.
@@AdamKueflef I found a little trick for building turbo setups. You can use the back exhaust header from a later taurus vulcan on the passenger side of a ranger vulcan and it routes exaust towards the front. And it is still on the same side of the motor so it is better than just flipping a ranger manifold around. I have the taurus manifold, and I will use the regular ranger manifold on the driver’s side. The driver’s side manifold will route under and into the passenger side, where you can make a 90 degree pipe from the taurus manifold merge smoothly with the pipe from the driver’s side pointing upwards. From there just add a turbo flange.
cummins or tdi swap it