Antifreeze where my spark plug sets
#11
It's not that big of a job. Just allow yourself the better part of a day with hand tools. You'll need right and left intake gaskets and thermostat and oring. Make sure you drain cooling system so as not to get coolant into cylinders. You'll need 7, 8, 10, 13mm sockets and a swivel, 1/2 rachet for belt, 1 1/16" wrench for EGR tube, 5/8" fuel line disconnect tool, torque wrench (not absolutely necessary),
couple cans of brake cleaner, couple of razor blades (makes the job easier to clean head surface), and at least 1 gallon of Motorcraft PM7 gold coolant. Torque is 18 ft lbs for intake.
couple cans of brake cleaner, couple of razor blades (makes the job easier to clean head surface), and at least 1 gallon of Motorcraft PM7 gold coolant. Torque is 18 ft lbs for intake.
Last edited by the-outdoorsman; 02-26-2016 at 05:24 PM.
#12
Senior Member
Yes, not only you'll be able to save yourself quite a deal of cash but you'll also have the satisfaction of completing the repair yourself. I believe there is a 19mm pet **** on the bottom of the passenger side radiator tank. You only have to drain the level (approx. 1 gallon) down below the intake Level. Drain approx. 1/2 gallon and remove the thermostat so your can watch until the level drains below intake Level.
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the-outdoorsman (02-27-2016)
#13
Yes, not only you'll be able to save yourself quite a deal of cash but you'll also have the satisfaction of completing the repair yourself. I believe there is a 19mm pet **** on the bottom of the passenger side radiator tank. You only have to drain the level (approx. 1 gallon) down below the intake Level. Drain approx. 1/2 gallon and remove the thermostat so your can watch until the level drains below intake Level.
#14
It's not that big of a job. Just allow yourself the better part of a day with hand tools. You'll need right and left intake gaskets and thermostat and oring. Make sure you drain cooling system so as not to get coolant into cylinders. You'll need 7, 8, 10, 13mm sockets and a swivel, 1/2 rachet for belt, 1 1/16" wrench for EGR tube, 5/8" fuel line disconnect tool, torque wrench (not absolutely necessary),
couple cans of brake cleaner, couple of razor blades (makes the job easier to clean head surface), and at least 1 gallon of Motorcraft PM7 gold coolant. Torque is 18 ft lbs for intake.
couple cans of brake cleaner, couple of razor blades (makes the job easier to clean head surface), and at least 1 gallon of Motorcraft PM7 gold coolant. Torque is 18 ft lbs for intake.
Last edited by the-outdoorsman; 03-15-2016 at 04:34 PM.
#15
Senior Member
Yes, that's the plenum gasket which seals the bottom and upper intakes together. Might as well change it while you have it off. Once you have the intake off you can separate it (8 mm bolts) and change the plenum gasket.
http://m.oreillyauto.com/mt/www.orei...2136&ppt=C0026
http://m.oreillyauto.com/mt/www.orei...2136&ppt=C0026
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the-outdoorsman (03-16-2016)
#16
Finally got around to doing this. I watched a YouTube video to see what I was getting into before I started working on it. A couple of things I learned that I would do differently than the guy in the video did, was unbolt the throttle body and move it out of the way before unbolting the intake manifold. It will make it much easier to get to the back bolts by the firewall. And the guy in the video un bolted the egr from the throttle body when all you need to do is unhook the tube. I started removing the bolts from the egr and broke one off. Could have avoided that by just unhook in the tube and leave the egr attached. Everything else went fine. Took me about 6 hours to complete. Now I just have to remove the broken bolt. Not sure how smooth that will go.
#17
I have developed a problem since this repair. After sitting all day at work and when I start it, it is running higher rpm then it should. It seems to do this more when it is warmer because sitting over night when it is cooler, it starts and runs normal. It did this a few times before I fixed the bolt, so I just figured it was that leaking. Now that I have the bolt fixed it is still doing that. It has a metal gasket which I did not replace. Could this be the problem. Usually after it warms up it idols fine. Last night was the first time that it kept running a higher rpm. After I turned it off and restarted it,vit was fine. I have no error codes. Any idea?