Hi gang, some background info... I drive a 1994 ranger extended cab 4x4 with 3.0 v6 and man trans. A few years back a head gasket blew out and hydraulically locked the engine.
A buddy had a 1993 2wd ranger with the 3.0 v6 that a tree fell on years ago. engine had 60k on it. I bought it and put it in.
Fast forward and the oil pan started leaking. A hole wore in it from the frame or axle...? SO I ordered a pan online. it is different from the old one as it looks to have indentations just where the hole is worn through the old pan.
SO I conclude the 2wd and 4x4 pans are different. BUT WHEN I GO TO INSTALL IT IT WONT SET DOWN AGAINST THE BLOCK! I can see where the oil pick up hits the inside of pan on one of the indentations.
So the oil pumps must be different between the 4x4 and 2wd models as well? I can't find an oil pump listed anywhere that lists 2 pumps. just one part. AND when I look up oil pans all I find is the type I have WHICH I believe is the correct one for the 4x4.
However, if I buy the oil pump and pan it won't fit, I would wager. Any one out there dealt with this?
And while I have the engine on the engine stand anyone got any tips on how to draw more power out of these things I would love to hear them.

Long winded post I know but Thanks in advance for any thoughts...Jeff.

 

I just see 1 oil pan listed for 1993 to 1997 3.0l 2WD or 4x4, same part numbers or skews
And only 1 stock oil pump listed for 1991 to 2008, 2WD or 4x4

 

Thanks for responding Ron... that is exactly the results I have found as well. I am almost to the point of taking the oil pump off and cutting the braze weld used to secure the pick up tube, removing it and cutting out about an inheritance or so to shorten the horizontal length and that may allow the pick up to clear the pan. The wife says just put a 2wd pan on and replace it every few years. UMM NO.

 

Any chance the engine from your buddies 93 came out of a Taurus

Taurus pump


Ranger Pump


Notice the shorter pickup on the Ranger.

Which might also explain the rubbing.

 

Yea, it kind of sounds like there's some Taurus type stuff going on here. Where is the drain plug on the old pan at? Back of the pan or side of the pan?

 

Yes the engine is from a 1993 ranger, pulled it out myself... also the oil pump is the ranger pump pictured, the shorter pick up.
I just don't get it. and thanks for responding.

 

the drain plug is located at the rear of the pan. the old pan has the drain on the side... I also should note that the old pan has the low oil sensor, new pan does not.

 

If the old pan has the drain plug on the side, it's probably a Taurus pan. Rangers have the drain plug at the back of the pan. If the new one doesn't have the oil level sensor hole, it's probably for a 95+ 3.0. The correct pan for the truck should be this one below.

Ranger Oil Pan, 3.0L V6 93-95-Broncograveyard.com

What's confusing is that the new pan is hitting the oil pump. But I don't know just how different the 1995+ pans are from a 93-94 pan.

 

I understand that you pulled the engine from the 93 Ranger,

Are those 60k miles on the entire Ranger, or just the engine ?

If just the engine, any chance it's from a Taurus ?