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re: Question for OT mechanics re: F150 **Update**
Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:41 am to King of New Orleans
Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:41 am to King of New Orleans
Replaced the coils and plugs in the wires 2007 Expedition with the 5.4 Triton and only had 2 plugs break. Bought the extraction tool ($120) and took about 3 hrs to do in the front yard. Total cost was about $400.
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Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:43 am to King of New Orleans
Why do you think it is the ignition coil?
Also, your wife likely possesses the requisite level of mechanical skill to do this.
Also, your wife likely possesses the requisite level of mechanical skill to do this.
This post was edited on 1/14/19 at 7:51 am
Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:48 am to The Mick
Thanks! This is actually on an older Accord. Since, I've never changed the plugs, I may just go ahead and change all 4 of them. Maybe all the coils , too.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 10:55 am to King of New Orleans
Possibly so. I would change out the coils and plugs. You can get a set at a good price on ebay. Worst case scenario is that you replaced something that you needed to take care of anyways
Posted on 1/14/19 at 11:15 am to The Mick
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If you have the 5.4L Triton it's a nightmare to change plugs yourself and a shop will quote you probably 1k'ish
Did my 02. Didn't break any. Had 102k miles.
I ran two cans of seafoam in a tank of fuel. The night before I sprayed Kroil oil down each cylinder hole. Next day I put coils back on to crank warmed motor up. Hurry And killed it then ran around with a socket and extension and broke the plugs loose.
They all came out fine.
OP I was buying oem coils/boots off Amazon forike $36 a piece. Kept on in my tool box.
Get some dialectric grease too.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 3:59 pm to East Coast Band
You can get the set of coils on ebay real cheap and they work fine. Just plug in your make/model etc and get the ones that fit.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 4:04 pm to thejudge
quote:Good work. My problem wasnt breaking the plugs off. It was trying to get to them. The plug wells (or whatever you call the thing you stick the plug and coil down into), were at the back of the engine and slanted towards the firewall on about a 30% angle or so. Mine was a 2004 Expecition with the 5.4 triton. Nightmare. You had to pretty much climb on top the engine to reach it and then the angle made it almost impossible to deal with, really needed some kind of hinged socket wrench so you could work the angles. I think I sold the car as-is after changing a couple of them.
Did my 02. Didn't break any. Had 102k miles.
I ran two cans of seafoam in a tank of fuel. The night before I sprayed Kroil oil down each cylinder hole. Next day I put coils back on to crank warmed motor up. Hurry And killed it then ran around with a socket and extension and broke the plugs loose.
They all came out fine.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 5:09 pm to King of New Orleans
Go to Autozone and get them to hook up their code reader and it will tell you which coil pack is bad if any or if the problem is something else. They will do that for free
Posted on 1/14/19 at 5:16 pm to kywildcatfanone
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This thread is a reminder to me that when my Tundra gets about 8 years old, it’ll just be broken in
Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:27 pm to King of New Orleans
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My truck is “sputtering” between 45-60mph and have been told the issue is most likely coils and/or plugs.
This seem right to yall? Truck runs just fine otherwise.
Don’t rule out it being a catalytic converter or even a fuel issue (pump or filter).
Posted on 1/14/19 at 8:24 pm to biglego
That's not funny, well maybe a little.
I didn't buy the Tundra because I couldn't justify the additional cost over the cost of the F150. So far so good, but my warranty ends next month, so I'm going to start getting nervous.
I didn't buy the Tundra because I couldn't justify the additional cost over the cost of the F150. So far so good, but my warranty ends next month, so I'm going to start getting nervous.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:11 pm to Shepherd
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Don’t rule out it being a catalytic converter or even a fuel issue (pump or filter).
How does this compare pricewise to replacing coils and/or plugs?
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:43 pm to kywildcatfanone
Yeah, I like my Tundra but the F150 is all around better. Tundra might be more reliable but it’ll be a while before we know that since the F150 is still pretty new. F150 is superior in every other category.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:49 pm to King of New Orleans
How does this compare pricewise to replacing coils and/or plugs?
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Is there a check engine light on????
A fuel filter is cheap. May be a little bit of a pain to replace. Especially if within the gas tank.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 11:45 pm to lsufan112001
Check engine light comes on sporadically. Doesn’t stay on. Comes on and flashes a bit then goes off.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 12:03 am to King of New Orleans
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Check engine light comes on sporadically.
It will cost you nothing to stop at the auto parts store and see if a check engine code is stored. Otherwise based on the posts in this thread. Replace all coil packs, spark plugs, catalytic converter, fuel filter, gas cap, fetzer valve, and blinker fluid and you should be good as new.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 7:00 am to King of New Orleans
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Comes on and flashes a bit then goes off.
Quit being cheap and get this fixed before you kill your engine. Flashing engine light usually reduces your power and is the manufacturers recommendation to pull over and get towed before you really break something. If your engine has the cylinder shutoff that might be why it is only intermittent.
Now this isn't -always- the case. But it could be. Plus if you've got no fire and are still running the car you'll have flooded cats soon and then you'll have to replace the converter (expensive) and whatever was initially wrong.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:22 am to Fe_Mike
I said earlier flashing was bad coils. In a Ford if your CEL flashes, it's going to be a misfire most times. The flashing CEL means urgent/stop driving. Unlike a constant CEL which is often bad O2 or other sensors.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:35 pm to King of New Orleans
**Update**
Got it worked on today. Ended up replacing spark plugs and two ignition coils. Runs much better. Still a tad bit of sputtering but it’s minor at its worst. If yesterday was a 1, 10 being the best, it’s running at an 8.5-9 now.
It’s been hard to track down 100% of the problem because the check engine light doesn’t come on much. Only when I was gunning it to 65-70mph. Did it when I left the shop today to test it and no CEL came on.
Will watch it a few days to see if anything changes. Curious to see if I might need another coil switched out. Very happy with today’s result though.
Got it worked on today. Ended up replacing spark plugs and two ignition coils. Runs much better. Still a tad bit of sputtering but it’s minor at its worst. If yesterday was a 1, 10 being the best, it’s running at an 8.5-9 now.
It’s been hard to track down 100% of the problem because the check engine light doesn’t come on much. Only when I was gunning it to 65-70mph. Did it when I left the shop today to test it and no CEL came on.
Will watch it a few days to see if anything changes. Curious to see if I might need another coil switched out. Very happy with today’s result though.
This post was edited on 1/18/19 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:52 pm to thejudge
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Did my 02. Didn't break any. Had 102k miles.
Yours is a 2-valve version, not the same issue as the 3-valve version. Yours will spit out sparkplugs though, I Time-serted all 8 of my plugs years ago so I have fully threaded heads vs the 7 threads you have.
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