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And just think, you are breathing in that stuff - for months on end! No wonder all sorts of cancers and autoimmune based diseases are on the rise in the first world.

But first remove the damper to put on the replacement.

140,000 Km service time, oil, oil filter, air filter, diesel fuel filter. A mix of Ford OEM and after market filters. The Ryco oil filter was actually a better fit on the plastic cartridge spigot than the Ford filter I used last oil change. The 3.2 i5 diesels have a design peculiarity where...

Yes my earlier Fords were OK too, it's something that they changed for the current model Ranger.

For the same reason the weather stripping on my son's 2010 Santa Fe still looks as new and the ones on my 2015 Ranger were literally crumbling and falling apart 2 years ago. When both cars are stored and used in the same place.

I haven't seen Scotty for ages I thought he must have retired.

Plenty of them on sale over here: https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/ford/ranger/plug-in-hybrid-fueltype/

I'll see your dwell meter, and raise you a pair of drum brake pliers.

Are you going to get the one eye long sight one short sight solution? Sounds crazy but it works once your brain adapts. Best to test it first before doing anything permanent though because some people never adapt and suffer from headaches, blurred middle vision, and difficulty with fine tasks...

Exactly - book em Danno!

Maybe Ford should give up on these and just go back to buying autos from ZF, or maybe try Aisin both good reliable brands. Ford Australia used to buy their autos from BTR Autos a local Australian company, which designed and built an excellent 4 and 5 speed auto box, they went into all locally...

Some pop and rock ages badly, but what a truly timeless song that one is! Well quoted sir.

Yep and at the average age here, inability to follow through. Double buyers remorse!

Yes you are right, there is something in this too. Diesel engines are very popular in Australia and most of the complaints seem come from EGR, DPF, and Adblue SCR systems failures. I agree the old Toyota and Nissan diesels were as reliable as sunrise in the morning, not so much now. A shame...

Ignore, deny, blame the customer, and then quietly fix in a later update, and pretend it never happened. That's what a friend in the software industry told me was a common business model. I guess that a bit harder to do with a physical item like an engine or gearbox. Or is it?

Pretty much every manufacturer seems to have an engine failure claim hanging over them at the moment, can't anyone make anything properly any more. I guess it's the old, make it cheaper, make it faster, and push it out the door before it's fully tested, making the customer the beta tester.

I've always followed the "severe service" schedules for my cars. If you read the fine print in most service schedules most cars actually warrant it in some ways in any case. Has always worked for me!

Yep loved mine, such a simple suspension set up but they handled so well, someone put a lot of thought into that design.

But luckily Ranger transmissions crash much closer to the ground.

Given that our rangers are built in Thailand I wouldn't be surprised if even the OEM ones were not made in China either.