My ranger is hard to start in cold weather. The colder the harder to start. Once started no problem until it sita over night

Asked by refinebounty Oct 24, 2014 at 02:44 PM about the 1989 Ford Ranger S Standard Cab SB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

warm weather OK  Problem starts  when weather turns cold Once started everything is fine ranger is 4 cyl 2.0

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crumbob answered 9 years ago

does it have the owners manual specified oil weight where do you live if I may ask

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Tom answered 9 years ago

Sounds like a high mileage low compression issue

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Guru9NDMJN answered 2 years ago

Clean the throttle body, I had same issue and took me 5 years to figure it out. starts every time now.

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