My local Lincoln dealer wanted $650 for this spark plug and boot change in Southern California!! I purchased the Ford OEM parts at a O’Reilly Auto Parts in Encinitas for a fraction of what the dealer charged. Thanks to this video, it took me just over an hour to change out the plugs. The dealer wanted to charge 4 hours from the book!! So fun and easy! Thanks so much for posting such an awesome instructional video! My Lincoln Ecoboost is a 2016 and the engine hasn’t changed from this video.
I have the 2013 F150 Ecoboost. I got the updated motocraft SP580 Iridium plugs and coils. I was having the chugging and flashing yellow light at higher RPM. $96 and two hours later the chugging is gone! This is a definite fix and WOW, so much smoother & what a power difference! You were right about the MPG improvement too (and those bastard clips)! Fantastic video and thank you!!!
Where’d you get coils and plugs for 96 bucks? I have a 2012 eco boost with the misfire in the third cylinder and I got new plugs but those coils are pricey!
On the spark plug I used the sp534 iridium. And msd coil packs red 82576. I have a 2014 EcoBoost 3.5. Made a world of difference. I see you used a different plug.
Today I used your video to guide me through this procedure on my 2014 EcoBoost. I'm no mechanic, and these modern engines make me nervous. But, with your help, the job is done! Thanks very much.
I've got the same issue... in addition my AC was intermittent once it began sputtering so hopefully that is do to the misfiring, and it will correct itself after I'm done with the repair.
THANKS MAN! I have 86K on my 2011 F150 FX4 Ecoboost. Lately it's been running rough - I thought was transmission issue the way it jerked around at speed. Studied up; found your video. Ran out and bought some plugs and changed them. I did it step by step like you suggested (well, I couldn't get new boots but they all looked perfect). I torqued to 132 in-lbs. Just took it out for 20 minutes - drove surface roads and highway - could not get a single shudder! Running great, no misfires. I never did have a check engine light but the problem was worsening so probably only a matter of time. Your video is really well done man - I sincerely appreciate it.
Just replaced my plugs and you're right, you get used to the rough idle... I too was amazed that I had just accepted a rough idle as normal... She's smooth now, kicking myself for not changing the plugs sooner!
I ended up changing my 2011 F150 Ecoboost plugs and boots after watching your video. You saved me a ton of money and the satisfaction knowing I didn’t get ripped off. The truck is running like a top! I had a terrible shuttering and stuttering in the engine but no engine light. I found one plug that had a bad crack on the outside. After changing all 6 plugs it runs like the truck did when I brought it home on day one. Thanks for the video!
Great Freaking video! My f150 platinum was driving in horrible limp mode and had that code and I didn’t pay attention to the code but my coil bank five was the bad one. I changed all the spark plugs and nothing worked. Until I change the coil on Bank five that did the trick in holy cow. The power of my truck is back. This was an amazing video. Make sure you run a scanner and know which one is gone bad if you’re not going to change them all as far as the coil‘s. I got to say the O’Reilly‘s coil cost me $91 for one. For six upgraded spark plugs they cost me $65. I did not replace all the coil‘s.
This does work. Done twice in 183000 miles. The reason is because in a turbosuperchaged engine if you shove in twice the air, it's like opening the spark gap twice as big( air IS an insulator, Ford...) Anyway, spark has more resistant as boost increases. Ford dogged out the 3.5 on numerous torture tests, but messed up on the plug gap big time.
Oh the fun I had Saturday morning. I ordered the plugs and boots on amazon, went and got the antiseeze and di-electric grease at Oreily's. Sun came up and before it got too muggy and hot I started in on this half hour work. Now, late Friday I did the Electronic Throttle Body clean and that went really easy. Figured I'd been schooled by videos and started the plugs. Got everything off, got the hoses out of the way, got the coil packs unbolted on the rider side and that's where I got stuck. I couldn't get my fingers on the coils enough to get them out. Pry on them a video says. Ya, pop a piece of plastic off the top of one. Finally I hoped on the motorcycle and made the mile trip to the auto parts store and after looking bought one of those plastic panel removal kits for working in the interior. With a little practice I could get one of them under the connection, lift up a bit on the coil and slide it further under the coil pack and with a bit of wiggling, up they came. I was worried about breaking the jack but got past it with the tool. The third time I did it the last coil came right out. GREAT removed the boots, removed the plugs, new boots, anti seized the plug, greased the boots and put the back cylinder plug in AND went looking everywhere for my needlenose pliers to get the dang plug socket out. Everywhere. I was just using them two days ago. Of course I was using my headset several days ago and finally ordered a new one today. Back on the motorcycle, back to the store for some pliers, and back. Socket comes right out now. total time on one bank, 2 hours. The other bank took 15 minutes. Put everything back together, shorted around the battery to clear the ETB stored memory and did the reset routine recommended by FordTechMakuloco. Later that day while driving with the wife to Walmart, she kept asking me why I was slowing down to 20 mph and then gunning it to 70. "Because I couldn't do that yesterday without the engine missing and if done hard enough, throwing a code". Thing runs like it did when I bought it. It's a 2014 with 90,000 on it and what looked to be the original plugs, or at least the previous ones. One of the coil boots was cracked and when I pulled it off it broke in half and the spring fell out of it. I think I found the majority of my problem there. The plugs ranged from 37 to 52 thous, that was probably another. I just hated the fact that in the videos all the guys were reaching in, grabbing the coils and pulling them off. Mine might as well have been JB Welded in. Thanks for the videos.
And, no Blood appeared to be lost during this proceedure. What a deal. My hand look like I have been in a knife fight after working on tight places with all the clips and covers.
Thanks for making my vacation less stressful Pulling Rv and started to shutter at 70 up a 6% grade. . Thought this was going to be a pain in the ass. 15min was way better than the 3 week lead time before any Ford dealer within 200 miles could look at it.
Great video!! I am by no means mechanically inclined. My daughter’s truck has sputtering and I took it to the parts store and got the parts. Took me about an hour but it’s all done.
Nice. I’m a do it myself guy too. I drove one of those Turbo 6 Fords a couple of years ago. I was very impressed with the power it had. Felt even more powerful than my V8 in my Silverado. My old Silverado (RIP) had 265 K miles on her and ran like a champ. The only reason she got sold was due to some guy t boned me while he was running a red light!!! I ended up selling it to a Mexican guy at my work for super Cheep. He took that to Mexico and 3 years later his Dad still uses it on their farm every day. I miss that old truck. However now I have a company E 150 van that comes with a company gas card!! My personal car is only driven my me maybe once a week at the most. I really enjoy having a company car with a gas card!!🤑
The ecoboost in our 13' has lots of power but its not perfect. Some turbo lag, spark plug issues (although now I know to replace every 40k I guess it could be worse). It sucks gas though.
Did this a few months ago had a cylinder 6 misfire. All of my boots were dry rotted and the spark was not making it to the plug. Change all plugs anyways. No issues since had to pick the boots out with plyers and a pick
Great video. Should have cleaned your MAP sensor while you were under there. I've been putting up with crappy running for a while. Engine light came on yesterday. Cleaned 3 sensors. Replacing plugs today.
Awesome video. Really helped in my project of replacing the spark plugs with cold sparks and I went ahead and put on the Accel Super coil packs. My truck had a misfire on cylinder 5 everytime I was going up a large hill that is on my way to work. It would drop down to limp mode and I’d have to pull over and restart the engine. Now my truck runs better than brand new and I just hit 192,000 miles. Highly recommend doing this with the Accel Super Coil Packs. Roughly $300 total for the set up.
Excellent video. Just changed the plugs and boots on my 2013 ecoboost. The only problem for me was unplugging the coil connector. My arthritic hands don’t always do what I ask them to do. An extra screwdriver helped. Where the connector slides onto the coil was a little gritty. Cleaning that might help for next time. Thanks
Awesome video. I’m no mechanic but I can follow directions. This video was spot on. I actually did this in under an hour which is rare for a first time project. Lol!
Nice video bro. I was born and raised in Cheyenne Wyoming. I also worked at the refinery you drove by. Thanks for the video, now I will know exactly what I need to replace my spark plugs.
Thanks for the video! The first time this happened to my FX4 I had the dealer change out plugs. It did it again at 118k miles. After watching this, I changed them out myself!
Same thing here. My 2012 would misfire and the dealership wanted 650 to change spark plugs, i just did them last weekend for 65. Only thing that sucked is when the boots broke off inside. Best thing i found that worked were locking forceps to pull out the old broken boots
Thank you sir! Had a P0305 code, misfire in cylinder 5 on my 2013 F-150 Ecoboost 3.5 V6 going up a mountain hauling a travel trailer in Colorado. Stopped at O'Reilly's Trinidad and swapped it out really quickly and so far so good. I had 167k miles and the spark plug had a .045 gap and looked like the original Ford plug. I'll need to change the rest once I get back home.
Thank's for this video. It took about 45 minutes after I realized that my torque wrench and plug socket were not the same drive. Easily a 30 minute job if you have everything ready when you start.
Thanks for the video. I changed the spark plugs without a problem. Still felt sluggish after I test drove it. I found a video on how to reset the throttle control. That did the trick. Runs like a beast now. Thanks
I had the same issues with mine. I changed the spark plugs a couple of weeks ago and it was running great. Now it's doing it again so I'm going to change the boots today. I hope it takes care of it. I use my truck for work and I need it to play nice!
Did you change the boots and use the dielectric grease ? Some people carbon tracked the plug in couple of days because of a bad boot and no dielectric grease on plug and boot
Thanks for the great video. Just had to do the plugs on my truck in the winter and this made it a lot easier to be prepared. Coffee is always a must!!!
I wonder what car you're comparing this to, because I think this is relatively simple. About 15-20 minutes, all done. My wife's Mazda MPV (transverse mounted Ford 3.0 V6) required the whole damn intake manifold to be completely removed along with a dozen funky emissions hoses, the EGR, and the deeply-hidden PCV valve, just to gain access to the 3 plugs against the firewall. Now THAT was a pain in the arse. EDIT: Okay, I just did this job and it took me an hour but that's because I always start wandering around the motor, randomly wiping down parts until they look new, etc. XD But still, this is 25X easier than the other V6 I talked about.
In two hours when the parts arrive I’m about to do the same to my 2011 eco boost bc I think it’s the same exact issue. But I am replacing all coil packs and spark plugs so I hope I’m as happy as you are afterwards! Great video though. Thanks!
Man! Thanks a ton. You're help with the clip on the pressure pump was a life saver. Lol also while I was performing this repair a B1 Bomber just so happened to be taking off right over me...
Thanks for the video! First time changing my own spark plugs and the video helped a lot. Though I did manage to pop off one of the red locking tabs. Going to have to see if I can find a new one of those.
I'm glad the vid helped. Those little read locking tabs are pain. One of mine was actually "unlocked" the whole time from FORD so I wouldn't fret too much with it not there. But its good to replace when you can for piece of mind.
This is a great informative video TheRealCobraBurnout. I have been having this problem for a while now. Glad you described your issues and gave good video views of how to remove the parts with the correct tools.
Thanks for the great video. I just finished changing the plugs on my 2013 F150 EcoBoost and watching your video first was a great help. Those little clips on the coil wires are tricky. I went back to that part of your video and watched it again and then I got them off pretty easily.
I'm glad the vid helped. I like hearing the success stories. Dealers want big money to do this but most people are fully capable of doing the work themselves. Way cheaper
Hopefully you can help me here. About a month ago I got on a highway on the way to school and had to jump on the gas a bit because I didn’t want to piss the guy off behind me that I pulled in front of. All the sudden the entire truck starts violently shaking and I went from about 55 down to 35ish until it calmed down. The engine light came on, blinked for about 15 seconds and stayed on. It drove terribly until I was able to get it to a local shop to check the code. He told me it was a cylinder 6 misfire and that I should take it to the dealer. Ended up taking it to my usual maintenance guy that I trust more than the dealer (long story short, they tried ripping me off by $5k) anyway, they ended up replacing the boot and coils. Not sure if they replaced the spark plug or not, can’t remember. Either way, after that it drove like new. Now a month and a half or so has gone by and it just did it again when I hopped on the interstate. Though this time the engine light only blinks for about 15ish seconds and then turns off. I got a Bluetooth OBD-2 reader, checked the code and once again, it’s another cylinder 6 misfire. I looked into drilling the weep hole but I’m not really sure how to feel about that, though I’ve seen and read that it might fix the issue as it has for others. Bought the truck with 84k on it in Sept. of last year, got the first problem at about 90k and it’s currently at 92.8k So what do you think? Should I try the weep hole or swap the spark plugs? Any info would help me here. Thanks so much for your time.
I had a similar thing happen with mine. I crossed an intersection and I had a misfire in cylinder 3 I'd I remember right. I stopped and turned the truck off and restestarted it. It was fine after that, then a few weeks later it happened again. So after I got it to Ford i had this change my plugs, mistake btw they ripped me off... But long story short that fixed it. That was at 87k. Now it's at 156k with no issues of the sort to report
Not having any codes or misfires but MPG is kinda garbage and planning on pulling a travel trailer next weekend. Got some new plugs and boots on the way so gonna give this change a go before I head out on the trip. Hopefully that'll help avoid any problems and boost up the MPG for the long trip. Figure I'll do the Fuse 27 relocation at the same time to avoid having that garbage flaw hit me at the worst possible time in the middle of nowhere, too.
Excellent. Hopefully it goes smoothly. Also, sometimes missing under hard throttle can indicate a bad coil pack. If you can, check for codes using a code reader. They are cheap from Harbor Freight. Some auto parts stores will let you use theirs. Sometimes a code will be stored without the check engine light coming on. If you need to swap out a coil pack, this would be the time for sure while its out.
I just did this for my ‘15 Expedition with the same symptom. Now it’s performing flawlessly. 88K with factory plugs. I think it’s also benefiting by Ford’s decreasing the gap
Mossy Back I didn’t actually check. I used Ford off the shelf plugs. On the box it said that the gap cannot be adjusted. It should be the latest the ford is providing these days.
Going to make the repair today. But,.. did you have an issue with your AC going in and out intermittently when it was misfiring?.. hopefully after I change those plugs and coil -packs it will correct itself. Great video bro 👍.
So how's the idle and performance all these years later? I'm about to change the plugs on my 2013 F150 ECO today so used your vid to make sure I have everything ready before I started. Did you use a "thin wall" 5/8" spark plug socket? Thanks again my friend 😎
All 6 of the coil pack boots were stuck on the spark plug when I pulled the coil pack out and I had to destroy them to get them off the spark plug. Sucked bad!
Fantastic job on the video. You saved my wallet from the Ford house! I followed your instruction, gripped a bit about the little plastic wire connectors...ok that is a lie...I muttered a lot....At times, I did not have enough grip at the right angles at times so I struggled with these things. Outside of that, it was easy peasy...Thank you very much!
Hey man, great video. I was wondering if you replaced all 6 spark plugs and boots or just the 3 on the drivers side? My 2013 ecoboost is having the same issue as yours. Thank you! This helped a ton
I don't get why you set your torque wrench to "11" at 8:01 ? Why not just make 10 louder? ;) Great video, very well made! I just got a P0302 and a sputtering engine at 70MPH on the highway today trying to pass....will be doing this job this weekend! Thanks!
Thanks again for the video - got the spark plugs/boots replaced last night, and couldn't be happier! Engine's idling a lot smoother and 0 hesitation!! :)
TheRealCobraBurnout I just finished s quick 39 mile trip thats close to Ku standard driving distance. I’m currently at 17.7 vs 13.8 mpg. I should have done this sooner (had the tuck for the past 1.5 years and in 60k miles averaged 13.9)
Just so you know.. when taking the plug wires off the coil.. the red clip pulls out and then you just push down and comes off without any tools or force
Just so you know, that is not always the case. Maybe you got them nice thin fingers with gorilla grip, but what I showed is tried and true. No "force" was used as I'm not a jedi.
That was it. ODB2 reader a bud has said cyl 2 and 5 misfired. Old plugs were cracked. New in, cleared codes. Engine runs like new. I forgot how snappy it used to be. (2011 w/55,000ish miles.)
I just turned 61000 miles and still smooth and no shutter ..should one just change the plugs or wait till the rough idle comes along ? BTW thanks for the video will com in handy when time comes
Just needed to save some money. After my back and neck surgeries I really don't want to be doing this type of thing anymore but damn 400 bucks is too much to pay for this job.
Would try it myself but i dont have the tools and would probably fuck up somehow. Really want to do my own work, because i know ill be overcharged for this shit. Oil change I could probably handle no prob looks easy enough, anyway pretty good video man.
Bought a 2013 FX4 used with 120k loaded, leather seats, remote start, you know all the bells and whistles for 19k. (Decent deal i hope? Lol) And on the way home going 60mph, it was not getting anything higher than 13mpg, i was like what da heck, after a few days it was averaging only 11.2 mpg. I was like i heard they can get bad mpg but dam lol. Then i noticed while going WOT on the highway it would like stall at higher RPM like 5500rpm, and give me a check engine light codes :/. Codes said there misfire in cylinder 2 and random misfire. I called ford and they wanted 545$ plus tax to replace JUST THE PLUGS NOT INCLUDING Coil boots, with coil boots it was 650$ plus tax. Went to auto parts store, bought plus, boots and a torque wrentch for like 120$. Sent my friend this video (mechanic in the army, am an I.T specialist in the army so yeah, not doing this alone lol) and i watched it 2x. And together we knocked it out in like 30min haha. Now i have no stalling and on the way home from his house (about 6 miles) , I averaged 16.5mpg 60/40 city/ highway. Thank you very very much for the video man. It was perfect. Helped me save over 500$
My man !!!! This made it so easy, thanks for the awesome tutorial. I think you should do every recommended service Ford offers and post it on here 😂. Not to mention you saved me a ton on money. 🖕🏼 Ford ... I got TheRealCobraBurnout on my side
Thanks for the kind words. If my truck needs something that I can do myself, I'll post it when I can. Its satisfying to help other folks save money and show they can do the work themselves. IF I can do it...pretty much anybody can. lol
Did you reset your PCM? I did this exact procedure with new motor craft plugs and boots and my truck is idling more rough than before.. trying to reset pcm now
TheRealCobraBurnout do you have any idea why my 2014 F150 would have a rough idle after a spark plug change? I made sure everything was seated and gapped correctly.. just reset pcm and it’s still kind of doing it
Was there any engine codes before you reset the pcm? One of your coil packs could be bad. Just a thought. I had a bad coil pack about a year before I had to change my plugs in this vid.
TheRealCobraBurnout I had no check engine lights, I replaced the plugs has preventive maintenance. I did damage one of the thin plastic tops on one of the coils but it seems like it is only something cosmetic. A piece broke off as I was prying it up the first time. I even went through this morning and replaced the plugs and boots again because I thought I gapped them incorrectly. Do you think I should just buy all 6 ignition coils and replace them? Or maybe try just that one I damaged even though it appears cosmetic? Edit: pcm reset seemed to have helped a little but the problem is still there
My local Lincoln dealer wanted $650 for this spark plug and boot change in Southern California!! I purchased the Ford OEM parts at a O’Reilly Auto Parts in Encinitas for a fraction of what the dealer charged. Thanks to this video, it took me just over an hour to change out the plugs. The dealer wanted to charge 4 hours from the book!! So fun and easy! Thanks so much for posting such an awesome instructional video! My Lincoln Ecoboost is a 2016 and the engine hasn’t changed from this video.
Thanks for watching. Glad it helped. This is one of those "If I can do it, you can do it" type of vids! lol
Coils cost roughly 400 plugs are roughly 80 plus labor so that's not all that bad
I have the 2013 F150 Ecoboost. I got the updated motocraft SP580 Iridium plugs and coils. I was having the chugging and flashing yellow light at higher RPM. $96 and two hours later the chugging is gone! This is a definite fix and WOW, so much smoother & what a power difference! You were right about the MPG improvement too (and those bastard clips)! Fantastic video and thank you!!!
Thanks for watching and sharing our success.
Where’d you get coils and plugs for 96 bucks? I have a 2012 eco boost with the misfire in the third cylinder and I got new plugs but those coils are pricey!
On the spark plug I used the sp534 iridium. And msd coil packs red 82576. I have a 2014 EcoBoost 3.5. Made a world of difference. I see you used a different plug.
Today I used your video to guide me through this procedure on my 2014 EcoBoost. I'm no mechanic, and these modern engines make me nervous. But, with your help, the job is done! Thanks very much.
Good to hear you got it done yourself!
I've got the same issue... in addition my AC was intermittent once it began sputtering so hopefully that is do to the misfiring, and it will correct itself after I'm done with the repair.
THANKS MAN! I have 86K on my 2011 F150 FX4 Ecoboost. Lately it's been running rough - I thought was transmission issue the way it jerked around at speed. Studied up; found your video. Ran out and bought some plugs and changed them. I did it step by step like you suggested (well, I couldn't get new boots but they all looked perfect). I torqued to 132 in-lbs. Just took it out for 20 minutes - drove surface roads and highway - could not get a single shudder! Running great, no misfires. I never did have a check engine light but the problem was worsening so probably only a matter of time.
Your video is really well done man - I sincerely appreciate it.
This is great to hear! I'm just a regular guy making videos and hoping some help others. Thanks for sharing your experience!
What is the purpose of changing out the boots? Carbon build up?
Just replaced my plugs and you're right, you get used to the rough idle... I too was amazed that I had just accepted a rough idle as normal... She's smooth now, kicking myself for not changing the plugs sooner!
Awesome! I'm glad you got it done Sir.
I ended up changing my 2011 F150 Ecoboost plugs and boots after watching your video. You saved me a ton of money and the satisfaction knowing I didn’t get ripped off. The truck is running like a top! I had a terrible shuttering and stuttering in the engine but no engine light. I found one plug that had a bad crack on the outside. After changing all 6 plugs it runs like the truck did when I brought it home on day one. Thanks for the video!
Byron Massey Awesome, I love hearing the success stories!
Great Freaking video! My f150 platinum was driving in horrible limp mode and had that code and I didn’t pay attention to the code but my coil bank five was the bad one. I changed all the spark plugs and nothing worked. Until I change the coil on Bank five that did the trick in holy cow. The power of my truck is back. This was an amazing video. Make sure you run a scanner and know which one is gone bad if you’re not going to change them all as far as the coil‘s. I got to say the O’Reilly‘s coil cost me $91 for one. For six upgraded spark plugs they cost me $65. I did not replace all the coil‘s.
I'm glad you got yours fixed and running good again.
This does work. Done twice in 183000 miles. The reason is because in a turbosuperchaged engine if you shove in twice the air, it's like opening the spark gap twice as big( air IS an insulator, Ford...) Anyway, spark has more resistant as boost increases. Ford dogged out the 3.5 on numerous torture tests, but messed up on the plug gap big time.
Oh the fun I had Saturday morning. I ordered the plugs and boots on amazon, went and got the antiseeze and di-electric grease at Oreily's. Sun came up and before it got too muggy and hot I started in on this half hour work. Now, late Friday I did the Electronic Throttle Body clean and that went really easy. Figured I'd been schooled by videos and started the plugs. Got everything off, got the hoses out of the way, got the coil packs unbolted on the rider side and that's where I got stuck. I couldn't get my fingers on the coils enough to get them out. Pry on them a video says. Ya, pop a piece of plastic off the top of one. Finally I hoped on the motorcycle and made the mile trip to the auto parts store and after looking bought one of those plastic panel removal kits for working in the interior. With a little practice I could get one of them under the connection, lift up a bit on the coil and slide it further under the coil pack and with a bit of wiggling, up they came. I was worried about breaking the jack but got past it with the tool. The third time I did it the last coil came right out. GREAT removed the boots, removed the plugs, new boots, anti seized the plug, greased the boots and put the back cylinder plug in AND went looking everywhere for my needlenose pliers to get the dang plug socket out. Everywhere. I was just using them two days ago. Of course I was using my headset several days ago and finally ordered a new one today. Back on the motorcycle, back to the store for some pliers, and back. Socket comes right out now. total time on one bank, 2 hours. The other bank took 15 minutes. Put everything back together, shorted around the battery to clear the ETB stored memory and did the reset routine recommended by FordTechMakuloco. Later that day while driving with the wife to Walmart, she kept asking me why I was slowing down to 20 mph and then gunning it to 70. "Because I couldn't do that yesterday without the engine missing and if done hard enough, throwing a code". Thing runs like it did when I bought it. It's a 2014 with 90,000 on it and what looked to be the original plugs, or at least the previous ones. One of the coil boots was cracked and when I pulled it off it broke in half and the spring fell out of it. I think I found the majority of my problem there. The plugs ranged from 37 to 52 thous, that was probably another. I just hated the fact that in the videos all the guys were reaching in, grabbing the coils and pulling them off. Mine might as well have been JB Welded in.
Thanks for the videos.
MrClean417 Tgank you for tge excellent tip for anyone that has hard to remove coil packs.
And, no Blood appeared to be lost during this proceedure. What a deal. My hand look like I have been in a knife fight after working on tight places with all the clips and covers.
These modern engine bays are no joke for dealing out scrapes and cuts.
Thanks for making my vacation less stressful Pulling Rv and started to shutter at 70 up a 6% grade. . Thought this was going to be a pain in the ass. 15min was way better than the 3 week lead time before any Ford dealer within 200 miles could look at it.
oh wow. Glad you were able to fix yours and keep the Vacation a moving!
Great video!! I am by no means mechanically inclined. My daughter’s truck has sputtering and I took it to the parts store and got the parts. Took me about an hour but it’s all done.
Excellent work
Nice. I’m a do it myself guy too. I drove one of those Turbo 6 Fords a couple of years ago. I was very impressed with the power it had. Felt even more powerful than my V8 in my Silverado. My old Silverado (RIP) had 265 K miles on her and ran like a champ. The only reason she got sold was due to some guy t boned me while he was running a red light!!! I ended up selling it to a Mexican guy at my work for super Cheep. He took that to Mexico and 3 years later his Dad still uses it on their farm every day. I miss that old truck. However now I have a company E 150 van that comes with a company gas card!! My personal car is only driven my me maybe once a week at the most. I really enjoy having a company car with a gas card!!🤑
The ecoboost in our 13' has lots of power but its not perfect. Some turbo lag, spark plug issues (although now I know to replace every 40k I guess it could be worse). It sucks gas though.
Just changed plugs, coils (MSD) and boots! Dude, thanks for your video! Between you and Amazon, you guys just saved me $400-$500 bucks! Many thanks!!!
Awesome!
How's those msd units working?
Your positive attitude and enthusiasm are contagious! Thanks for the great video!
Much thanks
Did this a few months ago had a cylinder 6 misfire. All of my boots were dry rotted and the spark was not making it to the plug. Change all plugs anyways. No issues since had to pick the boots out with plyers and a pick
Good info, good post. Thanks
No problem glad it might help
Great video. Should have cleaned your MAP sensor while you were under there. I've been putting up with crappy running for a while. Engine light came on yesterday. Cleaned 3 sensors. Replacing plugs today.
Awesome video. Really helped in my project of replacing the spark plugs with cold sparks and I went ahead and put on the Accel Super coil packs. My truck had a misfire on cylinder 5 everytime I was going up a large hill that is on my way to work. It would drop down to limp mode and I’d have to pull over and restart the engine. Now my truck runs better than brand new and I just hit 192,000 miles. Highly recommend doing this with the Accel Super Coil Packs. Roughly $300 total for the set up.
Excellent. Thanks
Excellent video. Just changed the plugs and boots on my 2013 ecoboost. The only problem for me was unplugging the coil connector. My arthritic hands don’t always do what I ask them to do. An extra screwdriver helped. Where the connector slides onto the coil was a little gritty. Cleaning that might help for next time.
Thanks
Hey, glad you got it done. My hands are getting the same way. Age and mileage is a heck of a thing.
Awesome video. I’m no mechanic but I can follow directions. This video was spot on. I actually did this in under an hour which is rare for a first time project. Lol!
Great to hear!
I've been dealing with this for a very long time. Now I have the answer, thanks so much!
Great video! The removal of the wiring connectors from the coil packs was the worst part. Three red tabs broke for me.
those tabs are a pain for sure.
Nice video bro. I was born and raised in Cheyenne Wyoming. I also worked at the refinery you drove by. Thanks for the video, now I will know exactly what I need to replace my spark plugs.
Awesome, where did you escape too?
@@TheRealCobraBurnout I live in Wichita KS. I left Cheyenne in 2010 but go back here and there to visit my family.
Thanks for the video! The first time this happened to my FX4 I had the dealer change out plugs. It did it again at 118k miles. After watching this, I changed them out myself!
Yes! Awesome. Definitely something most people can do. And most can do it better than me. Stealerships trying to charge us way to much for this one.
Great video! We'll be linking to it in our blog about how we saved $$$ by replacing the spark plugs ourselves for our 2015 Ford Transit van.
Awesome!
Thanks for positing this video. Same issues with my EcoBoost. Issue has been fixed!!!
Same thing here. My 2012 would misfire and the dealership wanted 650 to change spark plugs, i just did them last weekend for 65. Only thing that sucked is when the boots broke off inside. Best thing i found that worked were locking forceps to pull out the old broken boots
Good tip on the locking forceps
You are a life saver. Made it look easy. I will be doing mine this week. Just got a quote from Ford for almost 600.
You definitely can do it and save $$
Getting ready to do mine and just watched this. Didn’t realize you are in same city as me until I saw the end. Thanks for the vid.
small world
Thank you sir! Had a P0305 code, misfire in cylinder 5 on my 2013 F-150 Ecoboost 3.5 V6 going up a mountain hauling a travel trailer in Colorado. Stopped at O'Reilly's Trinidad and swapped it out really quickly and so far so good. I had 167k miles and the spark plug had a .045 gap and looked like the original Ford plug. I'll need to change the rest once I get back home.
I'm glad you got it going again!
Thank's for this video. It took about 45 minutes after I realized that my torque wrench and plug socket were not the same drive. Easily a 30 minute job if you have everything ready when you start.
Awesome!
Nice work, I'd suggest blowing off the top of the engine with air so there is nothing to fall into the open cylinder when plug is removed.
Good tip
Thanks for the video. I changed the spark plugs without a problem. Still felt sluggish after I test drove it. I found a video on how to reset the throttle control. That did the trick. Runs like a beast now. Thanks
Nice work!
I had the same issues with mine. I changed the spark plugs a couple of weeks ago and it was running great. Now it's doing it again so I'm going to change the boots today. I hope it takes care of it. I use my truck for work and I need it to play nice!
These trucks are a little picky with gas as well. I haven't figured out exactly what it is but I avoid our loaf n jug now.
Did you change the boots and use the dielectric grease ? Some people carbon tracked the plug in couple of days because of a bad boot and no dielectric grease on plug and boot
I am great at taking things apart, but putting them back together now that is another story.
classic
All you need man is a bigger hammer. You’ll be fine.
Thanks for the great video. Just had to do the plugs on my truck in the winter and this made it a lot easier to be prepared. Coffee is always a must!!!
Very good. Glad you got yours done!
I got the P0306 Cylinder 6 Misfire and changed the coil (on cyl 6) as well as all of the plugs and I'm still getting a misfire. Lucky me.
They even make changing the plugs a pain in the arse now. Nice work Cobra
They want our money. lol
I wonder what car you're comparing this to, because I think this is relatively simple. About 15-20 minutes, all done.
My wife's Mazda MPV (transverse mounted Ford 3.0 V6) required the whole damn intake manifold to be completely removed along with a dozen funky emissions hoses, the EGR, and the deeply-hidden PCV valve, just to gain access to the 3 plugs against the firewall. Now THAT was a pain in the arse.
EDIT: Okay, I just did this job and it took me an hour but that's because I always start wandering around the motor, randomly wiping down parts until they look new, etc. XD But still, this is 25X easier than the other V6 I talked about.
Thank you much my truck runs like the wind now!!!! Watched your videos over and over to change the plugs
Great to hear!
This is a little more challenging than a 1960's straight six but not bad, thanks! Will come in handy on mine and save $$.
In two hours when the parts arrive I’m about to do the same to my 2011 eco boost bc I think it’s the same exact issue. But I am replacing all coil packs and spark plugs so I hope I’m as happy as you are afterwards! Great video though. Thanks!
Sounds like a good plan.
@@TheRealCobraBurnout turned out great! Thanks for all the guidance. Truck runs a thousand times better!!
Man! Thanks a ton. You're help with the clip on the pressure pump was a life saver. Lol also while I was performing this repair a B1 Bomber just so happened to be taking off right over me...
Heck yeah, the Bone is an awesome bomber! Too bad its mission was neutered by the politicians.
Yeah coffee is important my friend, just finished the service on my F150👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Right on!
Thanks for the video! First time changing my own spark plugs and the video helped a lot. Though I did manage to pop off one of the red locking tabs. Going to have to see if I can find a new one of those.
I'm glad the vid helped. Those little read locking tabs are pain. One of mine was actually "unlocked" the whole time from FORD so I wouldn't fret too much with it not there. But its good to replace when you can for piece of mind.
This is a great informative video TheRealCobraBurnout. I have been having this problem for a while now. Glad you described your issues and gave good video views of how to remove the parts with the correct tools.
thanks
This was one of the best videos for this job, thank you!
Thanks for the great video. I just finished changing the plugs on my 2013 F150 EcoBoost and watching your video first was a great help. Those little clips on the coil wires are tricky. I went back to that part of your video and watched it again and then I got them off pretty easily.
I'm glad the vid helped. I like hearing the success stories. Dealers want big money to do this but most people are fully capable of doing the work themselves. Way cheaper
Definitely just broke 3/6
Hopefully you can help me here. About a month ago I got on a highway on the way to school and had to jump on the gas a bit because I didn’t want to piss the guy off behind me that I pulled in front of. All the sudden the entire truck starts violently shaking and I went from about 55 down to 35ish until it calmed down. The engine light came on, blinked for about 15 seconds and stayed on. It drove terribly until I was able to get it to a local shop to check the code. He told me it was a cylinder 6 misfire and that I should take it to the dealer. Ended up taking it to my usual maintenance guy that I trust more than the dealer (long story short, they tried ripping me off by $5k) anyway, they ended up replacing the boot and coils. Not sure if they replaced the spark plug or not, can’t remember. Either way, after that it drove like new. Now a month and a half or so has gone by and it just did it again when I hopped on the interstate. Though this time the engine light only blinks for about 15ish seconds and then turns off. I got a Bluetooth OBD-2 reader, checked the code and once again, it’s another cylinder 6 misfire. I looked into drilling the weep hole but I’m not really sure how to feel about that, though I’ve seen and read that it might fix the issue as it has for others.
Bought the truck with 84k on it in Sept. of last year, got the first problem at about 90k and it’s currently at 92.8k
So what do you think? Should I try the weep hole or swap the spark plugs? Any info would help me here.
Thanks so much for your time.
I had a similar thing happen with mine. I crossed an intersection and I had a misfire in cylinder 3 I'd I remember right. I stopped and turned the truck off and restestarted it. It was fine after that, then a few weeks later it happened again. So after I got it to Ford i had this change my plugs, mistake btw they ripped me off... But long story short that fixed it. That was at 87k. Now it's at 156k with no issues of the sort to report
This video was perfect, it allowed me to fix the issue myself. My 2013 F150 is running like new, I only wish I had done it earlier.
Good to hear!
great video. have to change out coil pack on a coyote - guessing it will be similar. thanks!
Not having any codes or misfires but MPG is kinda garbage and planning on pulling a travel trailer next weekend. Got some new plugs and boots on the way so gonna give this change a go before I head out on the trip. Hopefully that'll help avoid any problems and boost up the MPG for the long trip. Figure I'll do the Fuse 27 relocation at the same time to avoid having that garbage flaw hit me at the worst possible time in the middle of nowhere, too.
Did your MPG’s change after replacing the plugs? Great video, gonna do it soon to my ‘12 f-150.
Great video, I used it step by step for my '13 FX4.
Awesome
Same here Chris, attempting it here in another week.
Nice and simple! I’m doing the same to my 2012 F-150 next week. Still on factory plugs at 83k and missing under hard throttle.
Excellent. Hopefully it goes smoothly. Also, sometimes missing under hard throttle can indicate a bad coil pack. If you can, check for codes using a code reader. They are cheap from Harbor Freight. Some auto parts stores will let you use theirs. Sometimes a code will be stored without the check engine light coming on. If you need to swap out a coil pack, this would be the time for sure while its out.
I just did this for my ‘15 Expedition with the same symptom. Now it’s performing flawlessly. 88K with factory plugs. I think it’s also benefiting by Ford’s decreasing the gap
rfjohns1 Did you gap to .030 or .028?
@@stick__shooter .030
Mossy Back I didn’t actually check. I used Ford off the shelf plugs. On the box it said that the gap cannot be adjusted. It should be the latest the ford is providing these days.
I have miss fire on #2 and 3 cylinders, was just going to replace the whole coil pack and spark plugs. it only misfires when i really get on the gas
Just checked out your vid..gonna try it with some E3s the dude sugestamended..100 thousand miles on factory plugs..
Going to make the repair today.
But,.. did you have an issue with your AC going in and out intermittently when it was misfiring?.. hopefully after I change those plugs and coil -packs it will correct itself.
Great video bro 👍.
I don't really recall the A/C but I could see it shutting down if the engine went into limp mode and you had it on.
Just had to say hi from wyoming...recognize Cheyenne. Lived in laramie for 10 years, now in Rock Springs.
Hi!
Great video my friend! Appreciated the clear visual perspective of the process... enjoyed the fake "real man" voice also 🤣
So how's the idle and performance all these years later?
I'm about to change the plugs on my 2013 F150 ECO today so used your vid to make sure I have everything ready before I started.
Did you use a "thin wall" 5/8" spark plug socket?
Thanks again my friend 😎
All 6 of the coil pack boots were stuck on the spark plug when I pulled the coil pack out and I had to destroy them to get them off the spark plug. Sucked bad!
Dang! That does suck
Fantastic job on the video. You saved my wallet from the Ford house! I followed your instruction, gripped a bit about the little plastic wire connectors...ok that is a lie...I muttered a lot....At times, I did not have enough grip at the right angles at times so I struggled with these things. Outside of that, it was easy peasy...Thank you very much!
Good to hear the success and saving the $$$
What is this work on your Ford truck weekend?..LOL! Glad you got it fixed brother.
I was thinking the same thing when I watched your vid! lol
I'm glad they pre gap spark plugs now .
Hey man, great video. I was wondering if you replaced all 6 spark plugs and boots or just the 3 on the drivers side? My 2013 ecoboost is having the same issue as yours. Thank you! This helped a ton
All of them
I don't get why you set your torque wrench to "11" at 8:01 ? Why not just make 10 louder? ;)
Great video, very well made! I just got a P0302 and a sputtering engine at 70MPH on the highway today trying to pass....will be doing this job this weekend! Thanks!
I love that 11 ft/lb and it falls within spec. lol. Good luck on changing your plugs out. Let me know how it goes.
haha, it was a Spinal Tap reference - th-cam.com/video/4xgx4k83zzc/w-d-xo.html
Thanks again, I'll check back in after it's done!
Oh hell yeah! lol funny
Thanks again for the video - got the spark plugs/boots replaced last night, and couldn't be happier! Engine's idling a lot smoother and 0 hesitation!! :)
BK Hobby Fantastic!
Well done...great step by step video! worked perfect for my 14 Platinum!
Awesome! Good to hear
Thanks for the video! I used is a step-by-step walkthrough for my '14 F-150 V6 Ecoboost
excellent
Enjoyed the road trip with the Cobra! Great DIY repair
thanks!
Thanks for the video. The engine bay isn’t short person friendly but it was manageable. Truck now purs like a kitty now.
Eddie Trigo Awesome!
TheRealCobraBurnout I just finished s quick 39 mile trip thats close to Ku standard driving distance. I’m currently at 17.7 vs 13.8 mpg. I should have done this sooner (had the tuck for the past 1.5 years and in 60k miles averaged 13.9)
It pays to change these plugs out
Just so you know.. when taking the plug wires off the coil.. the red clip pulls out and then you just push down and comes off without any tools or force
Just so you know, that is not always the case. Maybe you got them nice thin fingers with gorilla grip, but what I showed is tried and true. No "force" was used as I'm not a jedi.
Nice work that is a tough job on that truck
4 out of 6 of those connectors where a pain to get off! Crap design...or maybe designed that way to make you want pay someone else to do the work? lol
Right on man thanks, except whiskey instead of coffee!
Na whiskey in your coffee! 💪
Good vid. I have that same stubby ratchet. AKA, cheap china ratchet that's been adjusted with an angle grinder...
Good stuff
Thank you for uploading this great step by step video saved me some money
Glad it helped
Super easy fix thanks to you. About to go for a test drive, but pretty sure this fixed it! Thanks bud! I owe ya!
Let us know if it worked out for you
That was it. ODB2 reader a bud has said cyl 2 and 5 misfired. Old plugs were cracked. New in, cleared codes. Engine runs like new. I forgot how snappy it used to be. (2011 w/55,000ish miles.)
@@thomaspylman7678 Good to hear!
I just turned 61000 miles and still smooth and no shutter ..should one just change the plugs or wait till the rough idle comes along ? BTW thanks for the video will com in handy when time comes
I would wait. Get all the miles you can. Thanks for watching
You can do the job without disconnecting the coils, I leave mine attached when pulling out the coil, There is enough wire there to make this happen.
Good info. thanks
So that truck has about 45k miles? Is it used for mostly local drives?
Great install. You make it look easy.
Its mostly used for gun range trips and beer runs.
TheRealCobraBurnout ok. I was just wondering if that was an "eco boost" problem. Or just cause Ford messed up.
Both
Nice just notice this video is done in cheyenne where I live
Just changed mine out today, and was able to do it thanks to you and the great video. Appreciate it sir.
Awesome!! Good to hear
Did they finally fix this issue on the 2016"s and newer?
Well, I guess you are pretty savvy. Made it look easy. Cheers!
Just needed to save some money. After my back and neck surgeries I really don't want to be doing this type of thing anymore but damn 400 bucks is too much to pay for this job.
Money in the bank! Self reliance and some tools are a good thing.
Yes indeed
Good job Cobra did me no good however since I don't won this truck but still Thanks.
No time like the present to buy one.
Worked very well following your video. Thanks for posting
Great to hear!
How do you count them .. is #1 closer to the to the windshield or from the front of the truck and then back
Would try it myself but i dont have the tools and would probably fuck up somehow.
Really want to do my own work, because i know ill be overcharged for this shit.
Oil change I could probably handle no prob looks easy enough, anyway pretty good video man.
Thanks for the video! It was truly helpful and the truck is running like a top again!
Awesome! I'm glad you got your truck running good again
Thanks for the video... How many miles were on you truck when you replaced the plugs?
about 45K
Thanks for the video. Going to make things a lot easier
You bet
Thank your for showing how to remove the clip!!!
No problem!!
Nice cup. Good stuff.
Thanks
I'm liking the optional mug!!! Very Nice!! I just love it when a plan comes together!! ;-)
Yes! The mug really made the effort nice
Question is.... what is in the mug??? Like the IV8888 sticker....
Very cool Jack of all trades, thanks for the walk through
Master of none...
Bought a 2013 FX4 used with 120k loaded, leather seats, remote start, you know all the bells and whistles for 19k. (Decent deal i hope? Lol) And on the way home going 60mph, it was not getting anything higher than 13mpg, i was like what da heck, after a few days it was averaging only 11.2 mpg. I was like i heard they can get bad mpg but dam lol. Then i noticed while going WOT on the highway it would like stall at higher RPM like 5500rpm, and give me a check engine light codes :/. Codes said there misfire in cylinder 2 and random misfire. I called ford and they wanted 545$ plus tax to replace JUST THE PLUGS NOT INCLUDING Coil boots, with coil boots it was 650$ plus tax. Went to auto parts store, bought plus, boots and a torque wrentch for like 120$. Sent my friend this video (mechanic in the army, am an I.T specialist in the army so yeah, not doing this alone lol) and i watched it 2x. And together we knocked it out in like 30min haha. Now i have no stalling and on the way home from his house (about 6 miles) , I averaged 16.5mpg 60/40 city/ highway. Thank you very very much for the video man. It was perfect. Helped me save over 500$
Very good to hear your success in fixing the issue. And thank you for your Service!
My man !!!! This made it so easy, thanks for the awesome tutorial. I think you should do every recommended service Ford offers and post it on here 😂. Not to mention you saved me a ton on money. 🖕🏼 Ford ... I got TheRealCobraBurnout on my side
Thanks for the kind words. If my truck needs something that I can do myself, I'll post it when I can. Its satisfying to help other folks save money and show they can do the work themselves. IF I can do it...pretty much anybody can. lol
Nice DIY vid as you have her purring like a kitten again as right on....Good stuff...
Yes Sir, thank you!
Thanks for making this video. It helped me a lot.
Awesome
Seriously great video thank you
My pleasure!
Just bought a 2014 Ford F150 Ecoboost with over 133K miles. Do you recommend I change out the coils or boots as well when I replace the plugs?
only if its not running good.
Did you reset your PCM? I did this exact procedure with new motor craft plugs and boots and my truck is idling more rough than before.. trying to reset pcm now
No I didn't
TheRealCobraBurnout do you have any idea why my 2014 F150 would have a rough idle after a spark plug change? I made sure everything was seated and gapped correctly.. just reset pcm and it’s still kind of doing it
Was there any engine codes before you reset the pcm? One of your coil packs could be bad. Just a thought. I had a bad coil pack about a year before I had to change my plugs in this vid.
TheRealCobraBurnout I had no check engine lights, I replaced the plugs has preventive maintenance. I did damage one of the thin plastic tops on one of the coils but it seems like it is only something cosmetic. A piece broke off as I was prying it up the first time. I even went through this morning and replaced the plugs and boots again because I thought I gapped them incorrectly. Do you think I should just buy all 6 ignition coils and replace them? Or maybe try just that one I damaged even though it appears cosmetic?
Edit: pcm reset seemed to have helped a little but the problem is still there
William walton check engine light doesn't have to be on for a code to pop. Put a code reader on to check...or find a local mechanic