Ford Ranger- Oil Change Is Difficult!

From the site- Road Show by CNET...

Unfortunately, according to a report published Thursday by The Truth About Cars, Ford made the new Ranger's oil filter nearly impossible to get at without removing one of the car's wheels. If this seems like kind of a dumb thing to do, keep in mind that the 2.3 liter EcoBoost found in the Ranger is slightly different from the one found in other applications.

In particular, the Ranger's enlarged oil cooler means that there isn't room for the filter to live down by the oil pan anymore, and instead, it was relocated up and into the side of the engine block, protruding at a right angle. Getting it off involves removing the left front wheel and unfastening nine push clips to remove an access panel in the wheel well.

But things don't stop there. To get to the oil drain plug, there is another panel in the vehicle's underbody tray that has four fasteners that need to be removed. Granted, having to access a drain plug through an access panel in an underbody tray isn't all that weird on a modern vehicle, but when added to the rest of the rigamarole, it's just annoying.

 

This has been posted in about 20 threads already, worst part is it ended up being a Fake News story as you do not have to remove the tire.

 

OK Sorry. It didn't show in a search I did, but I just searched again and found it. Weird.

 

taco sheep just looking to start a thread for bashing someone else's product. usual stuff around here