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Ford Ranger More than two decades ago, the Ford Ranger debuted as an answer to various compact pickup trucks being made available by Japanese automakers. The Ranger was cleanly styled and offered with a choice of a 6-foot or 7-foot bed. Ford boasted that the Ranger had more interior room than the best-selling imports and that 4-by-8-foot construction material could be carried in the bed.

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Old 04-23-2008, 01:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default problems with 97 ford ranger
whenever i'm driving it sputters, sometimes bad sometimes not so bad. also, it seems to be getting worse gas mileage than normal. recently started idling a little bit rougher than normal as well.

it's a 97 ranger with about 170k on it.
I just recently changed the air and fuel filters but that is about it. the spark plugs and wires aren't all that old either.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Old 04-27-2008, 09:34 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Clean the MAF sensor with throttle body cleaner. DON'T touch the little wire/resistors, just spray the tar out of them until clean.
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