Drove the 02 ranger (2.3 4x2 93K auto)in the drive two nights ago and all was fine.
Went to start it the next morning and you'd have thought a P51 Mustang was firing up with the coughing and black and blue smoke coming from the tail pipe.
Limped it down to the nearest garage,explained the situation and left it.
Garage owner calls to say his mechanic charged the battery (which wasn't holding a full charge) and the truck started right up no misfiring or smoke or..
They replaced the battery and took it up on the interstate as well as stop and go and it drove fine.
I called Ford and asked, and they are adamant low voltage wouldn't create the issue I had. Their thought was something either froze up (in the northeast)or stuck and then freed itself.
Wondering if something like this has happened to anyone else and if so what-if anything-was discovered to be the culprit.
Went to start it the next morning and you'd have thought a P51 Mustang was firing up with the coughing and black and blue smoke coming from the tail pipe.
Limped it down to the nearest garage,explained the situation and left it.
Garage owner calls to say his mechanic charged the battery (which wasn't holding a full charge) and the truck started right up no misfiring or smoke or..
They replaced the battery and took it up on the interstate as well as stop and go and it drove fine.
I called Ford and asked, and they are adamant low voltage wouldn't create the issue I had. Their thought was something either froze up (in the northeast)or stuck and then freed itself.
Wondering if something like this has happened to anyone else and if so what-if anything-was discovered to be the culprit.