Ford 2.3L I4 engine.

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      Looking at a Ford Ranger with this engine and I have a couple questions.

A). Are all these engines considered Ecoboost?

2). Are most of these engines turbocharged?

      Advertised at 143 hp so I'm thinking it's not a turbo. It's in a 4x2 and a 5- speed manual.

      Any thoughts on these?

[HD]

Ecoboost means it's a turbo, so no on both questions.

The ranger I had, had a V6....it was a lemon.
Neighbor guy has a ranger with the 2.3 and he's still running it without many problems.

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      I had a '97 Ranger with the 4.0L V-6 and put 120,000 miles on it with very little problems. I was a bit surprised by that.
      I got rid of that Ranger because of the frame rusting out.

[HD]

Yup, we had to weld up the frame on ours too cause it rusted out.

If you Google that V6, a lot of them got warped heads and leaked antifreeze into the cylinders. I ended up putting rebuilt heads on, but then the bottom end dropped a rod.

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      I have heard this several times. I think I was just very lucky. That truck owed me nothing. I got rid of it with close to 220,000 miles on it. I once went close to 20,000 on one oil change because I thought it's life was just about over.
      It sounds like that little engine would serve my needs well enough. No heavy loads or towing anymore. I like the idea of a manual transmission again.
      Thanks.