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Engine Compatability Question

RLEIGH59

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Year, Model & Trim Level
1993 XLT
HELLO,
I HAVE A 1993 XLT WITH A 4.0 LITRE V-6, AUTOMATIC, NO HUGE EGR VALVE ON THE INTAKE,AND AN "X" AS THE 8TH DIGIT IN THE VIN#. I HAVE BEEN IN THE MARKET FOR AN EXTRA IDENTICAL V-6. CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF A 1991 OR 1992 RANGER 4.0 V-6, STANDARD TRANNY, WITH THE 8TH DIGIT VIN# ALSO AN "X" FIT MY TRUCK WITH LITTLE OR NO MODIFICATIONS AND IF ANY OTHER YEAR EXPLORER OR RANGER 4.0 LITRE V-6 WITH THE SAME VIN CODE AUTOMATIC OR STANDARDFIT MY EXPLORER. I HAVE A CHANCE TO BUY CHEEPLY A 4.0 LITRE V-6 FROM A 1992 RANGER ,STANDARD TRANNY, WITH 8TH VIN# AN "X" BUT AM NOT SURE IF IT WILL FIT MY TRUCK. I GUESS SOME YEAR FORD AEROSTAR V-6'S WILL FIT ALSO. I HAVE BEEN CHECKING ENGINE DISTRIBUTERS AND REBUILDER SITES TO CHECK AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT 1993-94 EXPLORER ENGINES(AUTOMATIC TRANNY) THAT MEKE THEM DIFFERENT AS FAR AS COMPATABILITY. CAN ANY ONE GIVE ME THE REAL SPECS ON WHAT WILL FIT WHAT AND WHAT WON'T. WITH WHAT TRANNY AND WHAT WON'T. PLEASE HELP IF ANYONE CAN. I NEVER OWNED A TRUCK LIKE MY EXPLORER XLT, AND SINCE I'VE OWNED IT I AM HOOKED AND WOOLD LIKE TO KEEP MINE AROUND AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
AGAIN THANKS IF ANY ONE CAN GIVE ME AS MUCH INFO AS THEY CAN.

RLEIGH59@HOTMAIL.COM
 






number 1, don't type in all caps :fire: Secondly, yes 4.0's whether in ranger or X's are the same 91-94. If I remember correctly they redid the heads/pistons in 95, so it runs a differenct ecm. All this can be looked up at therangerstation dot com

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