Ford Ranger Murder

This little event that happened June 30, 2007 caused me much grief and money. The sound you hear at the end is a rod twisting and breaking and a piston shattering. Note to self: never take another daily driver mudding.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• ford
• ranger
• blown
• engine
• hydrolock
• mud
• mudding
• Uwharrie
• National
• Forest
• 4x4
• four
• wheel
• drive

[ComedyRobby]

I honestly doubt you blew a piston, that sounded much more like you getting water in your intake, this isn't murder, more like an act of violence :P

[okman18]

@ComedyRobby Umm, If you want to see a picture of the f*****g piston, I still have it in a Ziplock bag...It blew alright. It was murder at its finest.

[jjchury]

Should have pulled the plugs and pumped out the water and I would bet it would have been fine. 4.0s are pretty tuff if thats what it was. It happend to me atleast 5 or 6 times and with 180k on the engine, it still fires up every day and runs, well like its has 180K miles on it :)

[okman18]

Seriously, did you not read the video info? "The sound you hear at the end is a rod twisting and breaking and a piston shattering." It would not have been fine to just pull the plugs and pump out the water.

[auxinbass]

I'll bet he would have made it in a 4Runner. Lol!

[okman18]

STFU, he did yesterday by the skin of his teeth.

[davidsquall351]

I took off my cylinder heads and everything looked okay. Then I was pushing down on the piston for #6 and it collapsed.Connecting Rod destroyed.the thing that sucks is there was a way to go aroundthe water. but I've learned.....the expensive way.....Hehe :)

[garthro]

dont tell me thats what the sound was thats the sound my truck made today right before it stalled great

[GerryK61]

@ComedyRobby

Getting water in the Intake will cause Hydraulic pressure & blow through a piston & twist a rod with ease.

I feel for the owner of this Ranger.

[skipbenner]

hahaha i did the same in my jeep when it was alot deeper

[SMurphyMadness]

I learned the same way--the hard way. Mine was a subaru outback. Puddle looked shallower, and I could of pumped the water out but I was ignorant enough to try and start it while the exhaust was under water. That's when It was sucked in and the damage was done.

[Tj1056]

wow that was weak

[killapawner]

shoulda went a tad bit slower so when the nose dipped down under the water it wouldnt have splashed water in the intake

[NHMan4060]

I do that with my 01 ranger that is my daily driver, and i go through stuff much much worse

[AyeeJustJeff]

I'm going to tell you right now you sucked water in to your intake. I also have a ranger, 88 ranger, and I sucked water into the intake and she did the same thing.

[partywithJdub]

Dude come was that seriously a rod and a shattering piston. My truck makes that little noise when ever I kill it too.

[kovu159]

Man, that sucks. Thought I did that to my one Jeep when what I thought was a puddle ended up being up to my windshield. It died, but after we towed it out it luckily started right up.

[summ3020]

Not saying it didnt happen but i honestly did not hear a rod....