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The Ford Vulcan is a 3.0 L V6 engine designed and built by the Ford Motor Company. It debuted in 1986 in the newly launched Ford Taurus . Ford went on to install the Vulcan V6 in a variety of car, van, and pickup truck models until the 2008 model year , after which production stopped.
In response, Ford extended the warranty on the head gasket to 100,000 miles on most Windstars with this engine. The 3.0 L V6 Vulcan engine was not susceptible to head gasket failure, as it was a completely different engine design. The Windstar was paired with an AX4S transaxle, which was prone to internal failure. The transmission suffered from ...
The SHO engines share a common bell housing pattern with the following Ford engines: the 2.3/2.5 L FWD HSC I4, the 3.0 L FWD/RWD Vulcan V6, and the 3.8 L FWD Canadian Essex V6. [8] In 1996, Ford discontinued the SHO V6 and began fitting the Taurus SHOs with the SHO 3.4 L V8 and the Ford AX4N automatic transmission.
A 3.0L DOHC Duratec V6 engine in a 1998 Ford Taurus. The 1996 model year was the first time that the Taurus did not have an optional engine. The base G and GL had the 3.0 L Vulcan V6, which was a carryover from the previous model.
1986–1987 Ford-Cosworth GBA engine—120° V6, 1.5 L (Formula One engine) 1986–2007 Vulcan V6 —60° pushrod V6 3.0 L, originally designed for the Taurus 1989–1995 SHO V6 3.0/3.2 L DOHC V6
This engine is unrelated to Ford's British Essex V6. Introduced in 1982, versions of the Essex V6 engine family were used in subcompact through to large cars, vans, minivans, and some pickup trucks. The Essex V6 was last used in the 2008 regular-cab F-150, after which it was succeeded by a version of the Ford Cyclone engine. An industrial ...
The Vulcan Engine got the phenolic plastic Upper Intake Manifold in 2001. ^ The "New intake in 1998" Part refers to the fact that the 96 and 97 taurus had a manifold with an integral throttle body, this was changed for 1998. I'm unsure if this applies to the ranger or any other vehicles, though.
It is closely related to the Ford Essex V4 engine produced in displacements of 1.7 L and 2.0 L. Both engines share many parts since the Essex V6 was directly derived from the Essex V4; the 2.0 L Essex V4 and the 3.0 L Essex V6 in fact have exactly the same bore and stroke and share various components. [5]