Dealer wanted same amount I did it myself cost $30 for spark plugs and intake gasket $15

Glad everything went well for you!!!! Love feedback like this. Thanks

That was exactly what I was gonna do too, it opens up all that space behind it.

Yeah,,hats off to all the EFFING engineers,, NOT!!!

About to do my 2008 edge

ARIZONASHOOTER1 fantastic!!!! Glad to hear this video is still helpful

How long did it take you ??

@@josejuarez2452 Been a while. Thanks for reminding me I need to do this again to her car and I've been kinda dreading it. If I remember correctly it took me a couple hours and a few beers. Simple, just time consuming. I imagine if I did it every day it would be a snap.

That's Awesome :) glad everything went smoothly. I'm Proud of you!! Was looking forward to the vid I won't lie lol theres something special about a chick working on cars haha I knew you could do it. made for a great memory and bragging rights :)

JUST HAD TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO WARN YOU THIS COMMENT IS EXTREMELY LONG, AND I DON'T BLAME YOU IF YOU DON'T BOTHER TO READ! Anyways, that's funny about the bragging because I totally was! Those who witnessed it themselves were extremely surprised to find me under the hood of my new truck considering how obsessive I am over the condition and wellbeing of it. Some friends actually pulled up while I was taking it apart. When they walked up and realized it was me under the hood with the engine torn apart, they were both shocked. At first my friend says, "When we pulled up I was a little shocked to see you allowing Nick (my boyfriend) to touch the engine in your new truck. Now we're even more shocked that it's you"! Her hubby says, "now that's something you don't see everyday. A chick under the hood of a vehicle". Then he made some disgusting comment about his genitals. They both thought for sure there was no way I was doing all that by myself. I said, "I'm not. He's helping me". Showed them my phone with your video. Her husband kept trying to help, and I asked him several times to leave me be. I wanted to do it ALL by myself. He started trying to help anyways, and broke one of the red clips that are attached to the wire harness that plug into the spark plug boot thingy's. Now it won't plug back in properly so I had to use a zip tie to hold it tight in place. I was like, "SEE! This is why I wanted to be left alone to do it myself! You men are too rough, and they have to be pulled out a specific way"! Apparently the last person to change the plugs did the same thing to one of the back plug wire harness clip because it was zip tied in place (that's how I got the idea to zip tie the one in front that dude broke). Anyways, if I want to replace those - how would I go about doing that? Can you splice in new brackets, or do I have to replace the entire wiring system? It doesn't seem to affect the performance of the vehicle at all. It seems to be running better than ever, but I wouldn't know because I just bought my Edge about a month ago, and that back one was already broken and jerry-rigged by whoever owned, or changed the plugs last time. Also, I bought and used platinum plugs. I see there were iridium plugs in there. They were still in pretty good shape so I'm thinking they were changed fairly recently, and it was probably unnecessary for me to change them, but I was averaging 22 mpg's a couple weeks ago, and have only been averaging 20 mpg's lately. I have to drive a couple hundred miles this weekend so I will see if it changes at all. Do you think I should have gone with iridium plugs? Also, I gapped them to 0.054. They were factory gapped at .050. I've only gone a few miles since the plug change. I'm thinking about replacing the platinum with iridium because that's what you used, and that is what was in there. One more question - sorry - can you think of any other reason for the slight loss in fuel economy? I checked for vacuum leaks, and don't hear or see anything. The truck is creeping up in miles. I'm at about 180,000 and the thing runs, drives, feels, and even smells like a brand new vehicle! Everything looks excellent as far as I can tell. Also, the next fix is DEFINITELY getting recorded. Unless you think the platinum plugs are good, it won't be to change the spark plugs though. Are they? What do you recommend I use? If you think iridium are better, I guess I'll just have to go do it all over again. Darn. I didn't use iridium because my boyfriend bought expensive, fancy, iridium plugs to put in my Saab, and the damn things ran way too hot which caused major issues and killed the engine. He switched them back to the normal, cheap, platinum NGK plugs, and the car was fine. I don't want anything like that happening to my Edge so I shouldn't have listened to him about which to use. And I definitely shouldn't have believed the guy that works at O Riley's here in town. He sells us the wrong parts EVERY time we go there. Not sure why we still do. Anyways, sorry for the mile long comment and all the questions. I really am concerned about the plugs not being the right ones. Like I said, I haven't driven it far enough yet to tell. The vehicle seems to have more pick up, and is running great. But, so did my Saab with those iridium plugs for about 50 miles. Then the frick'n thing died and wouldn't start, or stay running. I want only the best choice for my vehicle. Whatever you think that is. I don't trust anyone else. Thanks again for all your help. And sorry again for such long comments. Any questions you can answer for me would be great. If you have any other maintenance or repair ideas, or video's for a 2007 Ford Edge SLE 3.5 liter, v6 let me know. I'll have to check out your forum and channel on here as soon as I have a minute. I'm supposed to be preparing for my rummage sale tomorrow, but I'm hiding in my room typing this and watching KZfaq. Shhhh ;) Have a great night. You're an awesome guy. Your video is the best I've ever seen. Very thorough. I will recommend you to everyone. Keeping more video's with more repairs, and all types of vehicles!! You have a knack for teaching and guidance.

:) yup im smiling lol thank you for sharing your adventure i think its awesome to say the least. as for the red locking tabs you should be fine as long as it stays retained you wont experience any issues related to it. zip ties work well and i resort to that same fix on many occasions. i wouldn't sweat it. now if you get a misfire and find one unplugged well then definitely revisit. i would say unlikely if you retained it well. the locking tab is extra security makes certain its completely seated and latched. i believe there should still be some retaining taking place with the remaining plug and the zip tie will help aid as well. cut and splice would create much greater concerns. the plug ends can be replaced without splicing. however i only do this if one is destroyed or its insulation properties got compromised somehow. as for the spark plugs you should be ok, a lot of people like sticking with OEM which is Iridium or equivalent and platinum makes that list. im for from an expert on plugs, the claims are longer intervals between replacement. example say 60,000 vs 100,000 miles is a common one i hear. however within its intervals i don't hear much "supported" claims of better efficiency or performance. i may be wrong. makes sense though. you Got your three big plug types, Copper core, Platinum and Iridium and basically that order defines its intervals as well (Shorter to longer) do to the type of materiel used one withstands heat greater than the other allowing the gap to maintain/remain for a greater period of time. with that being said iridium plugs can be made to run hotter, however if you stick with the Specified Heat range you shouldn't experience a problem at least not in my experience. again im not an expert can only say from previous repairs. some play with heat ranges for in town vs highway efficiency. i don't have much knowledge to offer on that subject. so sticking with the Platinum i don't see an issue, honestly i would be surprised if you swapped out and had any noticeable changes other than replacement intervals. i hope that all makes sense. i appreciate the kind words and your secret is safe with me ;) i wont say a word Haha now for the other viewers I don't know lol i hope you sell a lot just in case. thanks again feel free to reach out anytime.

Ok - thanks for the additional info. I drove to my appointment yesterday about 250 mile round trip. I'm getting an extra mpg, and had no issues. I'm amazed by myself thanks to you. No more men touching my vehicles. This mama can do it herself! lol Actually even better than some men I know. Told my doctor what I did when I made it down there with no issues, and he was pretty amazed. I was like, KZfaq Dude - anyone can do anything themselves now ;)

+ManicMechanic007 true words of wisdom right there, Patience is one of the hardest things to manage, its like running on empty vs fumes lol now if I can only find a way to fill up I would be wealthy man haha. thank you Bud

I don’t even know which one it is, im stuck right now trying to see where is it at…

Wanted to add... it took me 4 hours - my knees about had it, because they were not used to being in that position and I think I bruised my stomach - from pressing on the car so hard... Much respect to Mechanics!

I'm in the process of building a small block Chevy, the teardown vid is out there, however It came to a stand still due to a lot of things, hopefully I can pick up on that series soon, should be fun

Let me know if your Gona do one with this motor mines got mud in the oil

Thank you, I appreciate the feed back and compliment

Was the pcv in front, under the first hose you removed? 2007 Mazda cx9 has this engine. Thanks

Sergio Palomares thanks for subscribering!!! Glad you found this helpful

Kurt S Did you clean the throttle body during this? What kind of plugs did you use? How many miles on your 2010 Edge? I also have a 2010 with 83,000 and I'm worried if I'm late in changing.

Hey pindwal, My Edge has 154K miles. I used MotorCraft OEM sp-411 Spark plugs. Didn't need to clean the throttle body, it was fine. Make sure to inspect the green manifold gaskets when you pull it off. You are late in changing according to the manual, I would do it if you can. My gas mileage was suffering before, not anymore. Idles MUCH better. I should have done it at 60K.

@@hailey526 thanks I'm fixing mines now and I almost didn't inspect the manifold gasket..

Good luck. Let me know how it goes

You must didnt see the video editing?

Thank you

Marty Riefner thank you

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that's a big 10-4