I knew a mechanic originally from Turkey who said “nothing will hold tighter than a good cross thread”!!

My 2014 Ecoboost had the exact same issue with carbon tracking and misfiring. Now I replace the plugs every year just because. This is a well known issue with the Ecoboost. BTW I start a plug into the head with a piece of stiff rubber hose slid over the ceramic. It will let you feel the threading process and slip and remove when it is finger tight. Keep wrenching Kenny- love your channel!

Kenny reminds me of my neighbor’s grandpa I used to hang out after high school class. A real mentor about life. Probably kept me away from the drugs during the 1970’s.

I enjoy your videos. Please don’t let the sqeekie wheel KZfaqrs dictate your approach to videos. I usually don’t respond to videos, but I thoroughly enjoy them all. And make sure to like them.

I had something similar on my Taurus SHO. Ford dealer was useless. I went home and started checking things myself. Found carbon tracked plug.

Nice job, I always used the German torque spec. Kenny, I put a 455 olds engine together, heads, everything, without a torque wrench. It was so tight I had to use 24 volts to turn it over starting it for the first time. It was the best engine I ever had. It was a work boat, cooled with seawater. It rusted out before it wore out. In a car, just guessing wild it would have had 500k miles on it. True workhorse, changed the oil every 2 weeks.

My son was driving one of my vans and told me that it wasn't shifting right so I took it for a ride and it shifted okay for me. It did stumble when I took off from a stop and I figured it needed a set of plugs. It ran a lot better but my son still complained about the shifting. It was not shifting into overdrive as well as I thought it should so paid close attention and there was still a slight miss. Finally after replacing the plug wires my son stopped complaining. They were the original wires and the difference could be felt when shifting into overdrive. Good video. Happy Motoring.

Some people are ignorant on auto diagnostics or they are trying to get Free repairs claiming a Come Back.

Same exact problem - Is usually from people that want something fixed for free. You had their car in your shop a month ago and now it has a problem and somehow they want it to be your problem. I work on marine diesels, but rarely yachts because of some of the people that own them. I'm older than you and don't need the work. Although sometimes I'll take on an engine if several others have failed to fix it. Those are sometimes fun to figure out.

I feel your pain, Kenny. Having worked in dealerships as a service advisor, I saw more than a few "it's doing exactly what it did before" complaints where, as you say, it's either not the same or it's similar symptoms from a different cause. The thing we have to remember is that a customer is upset at paying money and it appears to them the job's not done properly. All they know is it's not right and possibly aren't in the best frame of mind to have the differences explained. All they'll hear is being told that they'll still have to pay as it's not the same issue. You can be as right about the cause and even how it presents as you like, there will be times when the customer simply does not want to hear that it's going to cost them more. In time they'll often accept it, but in the moment it can be a difficult conversation. That said, we NEED people like yourself who know this stuff well enough to be able to properly diagnose issues instead of simply loading the "parts cannon" and hoping for the best. Thanks for your videos and patience in explaining things to those of us who want to learn.

Happy Friday Mr Kenny, hope y'all have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for these videos, I always learn a little bit more watching these

No dielectric grease on the boots

I know what you mean but most people have had to deal with some rip off arts in the past and really don’t know what is wrong with there car or truck and haven’t had the experience of dealing with an honest person or a professional like you are . So good luck and keep up the good work . Thank for the video .

I do service work, and most of the time, they are looking to get it fixed free. They usually know it's not the same problem, so hopefully, they get the 12 month warranty free work. I've had people throw fits and try to say I'm ripping them off. The extent to which customers will go through to get things for free are crazy.

Had an issue with my 2002 trailblazer. No power/A/C not cold/transmission not shifting right. Exhaust manifold started to leak. Had that fixed. Found out the cat was plugged. Had cat changed all the other issues left once the motor could breath.

I got some laughs on this one. I'm an IT contractor, but I fix a lot of my friend's cars. Once I drive it, I have the same reaction as you. Why did you describe this in this way⁉️

Every mechanic needs his secret testing facility.

You crack me up laughing Kenny when you say someone isn’t going to like what I said about the gap on the spark plug but oh well. Get over it. Lol!!!!!

Hey Kenny working on larger vehicles they make a dolly like creeper that fits over the hood without resting on anything.

any vehicle with 250 k on it will have progressive problems with it , but still cheaper then 1200.00 dollar monthly payments

i've started stuff by hand when threading them back in...never ha it cross thread after making sure it was properly started a few revolutions....now stripping the threads out of the hole because i didn't adjust the torque limiter.....yeah...done that a few times, i just throw in the next sized bigger bolt after painting it orange

Spark plugs come pre gapped from factory. Every time I have checked gap the plugs are spot on, also with todays ignition systems being high energy, being off on gap a bit is no big deal.

Did you forget the HP fuel pump insulator Kenny?

Good video Kenny. I'm and oil burner guy. Customer's alway say it's doing the same thing, when it's not even close. Makes me crazy also.

Did you intentionally not put the foam back over the high pressure fuel pump?

Thanks for the Video Brother.

rubber hose works wonders---long and flexable get the right size you will never drop a plug again

Kenny you have great Spidey Senses

Brother Kenny, I love your "secret testing facility in Mexico"! Do you ever have any trouble getting back across the border? LOL

Godd video Kenny..... It would have taken me 3 hours to change those plugs, 20 minutes for the plugs and the rest of the time cleaning up the nasty engine compartment.😂

As Far as they're concerned, Once you work on their Car , you are responsible for EVERYTHING that happens afterwards

cylinders 5 -3 -1 showing misfires....one whole side is miss firing. one bad enough to affect the other 2? or the real problem affecting first one in the worst way, and dragging the other 2 into the mix because of the impediment? my dad always said if they still work don't fix it, but the 40+ year mechanics at the dealerships always said do the recommended maintenance and replace them at the recommended miles because you don't know when the old ones will fail any more and it will always be at the worst possible time in the worst possible place when you need it most, and if you only replace what fails, you will end up tearing everything apart and reassembling things enough you can become his shop assistant just from all the practice you'll get breaking things out of frustration as stuff wears out and causes the worst possible time, in the worst possible place, when you need it most. i haven't found that mechanics advice to be wrong hardly at all compared to my dads advice...preventative maintenance is worth it's cost vs in a whole new automobile.

People like to say that it's the same problem to get new problems fixed for free.

Thanks from Australia

To an untrained person, it seems like the same issue. “Car don’t work right” same problem

I think the customer can only go by feel. They likely won't be able to differentiate the subtle differences that you may be able to. Some may not be able to get past that either. Pesky things those customers can be.

Fella gotta understand it's OVER 200k On the truck! Things will start to fail...

I look at a KZfaq video how to change spark plugs on a Honda Pilot and I am not sure if I want to tackle that job. It looks pretty complicated. 🙂

Should you put a dab of dielectric grease on every connector you unplug to disperse moisture? Your thoughts.

Good professional fix, even with 200k.

I wonder why you are not using the magnetic spark, plug sockets and your thoughts upon them

Don't you ever use dielectric grease?

I didn't see you put the insulated cover back on the high pressure Injection Pump?

200,000 miles on a 2011 Ecoboost! He probably will be a regular customer!

Hmmm... New coil on the right bank? Wonder if somebody didn't know the firing order and replaced the wrong one.

If they know so much why don't they fix it themselves. If they took good care of their vehicle in the first place it wouldn't be in the shop getting worked on.

I'm not a fan of people using power tools on plugs. Indexing plugs will make a different, try it Kenny.

Thanks for a shorter video!

I have seen videos of people putting in spark plugs with loctite on the threads and tighten them with a 1/2 drive impact wrench

Someone has been watching street racing videos From Mexico 😂

Anyone know where to buy the little red locks on the coils?I can't find them without buying the whole pigtail.

Kenny, what kind of gloves are those that don't tear just removing the oil fill plug or something? Guten-tight! 🤣

Ever since you put fuel in it...................

I always found with electronic ignition the plug gaps were not vital. After fitting new ones on a rainy day, I could not be bothered to gap them! No difference!!! Drive a diesel these days....

How about the customer that tells you how to fix it! I say y am i here?

Kenny…..the reason customers cannot reconcile the various problems is because they don’t know crap about cars. To the customer, It was running like crap last time and it is running like crap now so it must be the same problem…..and they might even blame the mechanic for not fixing it properly the first time. A mechanic can’t expect a customer to understand various problems….especially if they feel or sound similar or trigger the same warning lights. You really have to dumb down your explanations for them.

sounds like it's got a wheel bearing going out as well.

Do you want people to just drop their car off and say, 'You figure it out'. Whether they are right or wrong it's still information.

Why does it always have to be “WAYNE “ that did the bad work on the Honda 😜😂

Exactly as before they aint happy and have no clue. Generalization

Hey Kenny, what do you think of the quality of denso replacement parts? Just wondering about your experience with them?

I've got more me problems, vs car problems!!

Probably had those plugs changed before at the 100,000 mile mark (looks like single platinum?)😂

I can’t stand people who think that they know more about their car than a mechanic does.

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Cooper Anti seize better than the silver stuff? I have a jar of the aluminum anti seize for over a decade now😂

Who drops the spark plug in the hole? I think that his mother dropped him at birth.

I wish you would either get a better phone or get an actual camera. You could condense your video run time down alot if it wasn't constantly trying to focus 😂

Cross dressing is better than cross threading.🏳️‍🌈