The Mercury Villager is a badge-engineered Nissan Quest. The vehicles are mechanically identical.
The Villager engines are NOT interference engines, even though some catalogs claim they are. The reason is that it is a Nissan engine, and the Nissan versions are interference, the Mercury ones are not.
It is a Nissan 3.0 or 3.3 V-6 with some modifications to Ford's specs.
The Villager is NOT an interference engine. This is straight from a guy who was engineering liaison between Ford and Nissan on this project. The catalogs that say it is are WRONG.
The Villager is NOT an interference engine. This is straight from a guy who was engineering liaison between Ford and Nissan on this project. The catalogs that say it is are WRONG.
No, the 3.0 V6 in a 1993 Mercury Villager is NOT and interference engine.
97 Villager uses timing belt on their 3.0 engine same as Nissan Quest.
Yes, exactly the same.
The Villager does not have an interference engine.
I believe if you research the issue you will find that the Mercury Villager is actually a Nissan Quest and I doubt that the engine will fit the Ford Ranger. Good Luck!
Yes it is exactly the same.
It was used with my 96 Mercury Villager V-6 engine. I believe, though, it was a Nissan engine, also used in the Nissan Quest. - dt
In spite of what you may hear, the engine in the Villager is NOT an interference engine.