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chazell29
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Okay, so I just came home on leave from the Army, and my truck has been sitting for a couple months, occasionally being started and moved around.
It's a 2003 Ford Ranger 3.0L V6 automatic. My buddy and I decided to change the oil today since it's been sitting for 2 months, and we noticed a plastic ball about 4-5 inches in diameter hanging down from the engine. We looked in the top of the engine, and noticed the ball was attached by 2 black wires or hoses (most likely hoses) and one was attached toward the front of the engine by the fan area, and the other was attached in the back left, to what I beleive is the "drier" for the A/C......this part:
a-aironline.com/images/ARD8135_LG.bmp
Well, It looked like it was supposed to be mounted somewhere, but I didn't have time to get it looked at. Well, I went for about a 50 mile drive, and once I arrived at my desitnation, I noticed my A/C was no longer working well. Even on Max A/C with full power, nothing would come out of the main vents. If i put it to floor, I could get A/C from there, or the two small vents on the dashboard by the windshield would blow air out, but that's it. I opened the hood back up, and noticed that the black plastic ball was gone. The hose that was connected to the A/C part I posted above was gone, and the hose that was attached toward the front of the engine was melted...I'm assuming the hose hit the hot engine, melted the hose and the ball fell off.
Then a bit later my gauge for my oil starting spazzing out.
Does anyone know what part I'm talking about, and if so what is it for? Any information would be greatly appreciated before I take it into Ford to have it looked at.
Also, when I turn on the fan and not the A/C, nothing blows out of the vents either.
It's a 2003 Ford Ranger 3.0L V6 automatic. My buddy and I decided to change the oil today since it's been sitting for 2 months, and we noticed a plastic ball about 4-5 inches in diameter hanging down from the engine. We looked in the top of the engine, and noticed the ball was attached by 2 black wires or hoses (most likely hoses) and one was attached toward the front of the engine by the fan area, and the other was attached in the back left, to what I beleive is the "drier" for the A/C......this part:
a-aironline.com/images/ARD8135_LG.bmp
Well, It looked like it was supposed to be mounted somewhere, but I didn't have time to get it looked at. Well, I went for about a 50 mile drive, and once I arrived at my desitnation, I noticed my A/C was no longer working well. Even on Max A/C with full power, nothing would come out of the main vents. If i put it to floor, I could get A/C from there, or the two small vents on the dashboard by the windshield would blow air out, but that's it. I opened the hood back up, and noticed that the black plastic ball was gone. The hose that was connected to the A/C part I posted above was gone, and the hose that was attached toward the front of the engine was melted...I'm assuming the hose hit the hot engine, melted the hose and the ball fell off.
Then a bit later my gauge for my oil starting spazzing out.
Does anyone know what part I'm talking about, and if so what is it for? Any information would be greatly appreciated before I take it into Ford to have it looked at.
Also, when I turn on the fan and not the A/C, nothing blows out of the vents either.