just got it towed to get checked out. engine light came on last night so i stopped driving on it. oil gauge is not working right and there is a really bad ping coming from my truck. anyone ever had this problem?

 

Sounds like you mighta done gone blowed it up.

Could be a spun rod bearing, and it's blocking the oil passage before the sensor, not giving you any oil pressure reading.

Is the noise a ping or a knock?

I spun a bearing in a Toyota Celica, and I lost oil pressure, my power was cutting out on the road, all my dash lights came on and then it started making a horrible knocking noise before it died in the middle of the highway.

 

sounds like time to do the 5.0 mod

 

If your truck is in good shape and stuff, it'd definetly worth the cost to drop a new motor in it.

My 4.0 has over 250 000 miles on it.

 

Yeah man if it's in good condition, throw a 5.0 in it, or another 4.0, or be a real man and fit a supercharged 4.6 into it. HAHAH.

 

I dont know how you all feel about getting a new car. but thats the only way that i see. I was thinkin of this http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ctd/1053291276.html. It's a 03 civic ep3 hatch. easily customizable, thats the only reason. plus I get free tint whenever I need it. :) I love my truck and dont want to get rid of it, but if its dead, dad is buying me a car, not a new motor or tranny. plus i only got 12 mpg in the mazda. im just wondering if the box i am building will fit in the hatch, anyone know the length and width of the hatch in one of these things?

 

12mpg with a 3.0?!!! WTF!!!!!!??????

I despise Hondas for many reasons, but that 03 is actually really sweet...and I do love me a very tastfully modded Honda....I know...I hate on Hondas all the time, but here and there I always get the urge to want to build one.

However, trucks are practical and fun. After owning several pickups and SUVs, I will never go back to a car as my only mod of transportation. I'll have a car as a second vehicle, but trucks FTW.

Plus...maybe $2000-3000 or less for an engine rebuild or an engine swap (with a stock 3.0) will cost you significantly less than buying another vehicle.

If the truck's good and you like it, why not fix it instead of letting a perfectly good and repairable vehicle go to waste?

 

pinging,check engine light,oil pressure guage from a ford ranger??????? ....I dont see whats the problem lol...

 

7 years and never had the CEL come on in mine.