SCREAMING Serpentine Belt! (Lookin for Engine Knock) Ford F-150 5.4 Triton

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@Michael-yi4mc 20 күн бұрын

Ray has the ability to read the part number on the belt while 😊engine is spinning. That’s why he faces the number towards him.

@MichaelTilton 20 күн бұрын

Ray is the Chuck Norris of Mechanics.

@exvan3571 20 күн бұрын

The Ted Williams of ASEdom (Ted claimed to be able to see the laces of the baseball hurtling toward him)

@kennethregester9766 20 күн бұрын

"Some say he blinks horizontally and he sweats Brake Clean.. All we know is they call him THE RAY"

@tomford5149 20 күн бұрын

Bionic Ray dodododododoododod

@jamram9924 20 күн бұрын

The number must face the front of the vehicle. Otherwise the serpentine belt was installed backwards. That would be baaaaaad - Rainman Ray

@RussReynolds-fp9yr 20 күн бұрын

I swear every time a fuel pump goes out the car always has a full tank

@Michael-yi4mc 20 күн бұрын

At least the tank doesn’t have to be dropped.

@SeanBZA 20 күн бұрын

Or if iti s a problem with a noise when hot the car comes in on fumes.

@CrimeVid 20 күн бұрын

Drowned it ? (chuckle !)

@SeanBZA 20 күн бұрын

@@Michael-yi4mc Full to the brim and one of those where the straps have to be cut and replaced, with the snap off bolts, when you do remove the tank, and you cannot drain it when it is up in place in the vehicle.

@bigbadwolfe7849 20 күн бұрын

Just changed mine on my car and while I only had to remove the rear seat to get to it the access panel is too small and made it a pita. How hard would it have been to give that panel an inch of clearance all the way around? They do that crap on purpose I swear

@larrys5198 20 күн бұрын

Apparently, not only is everything a hammer... everything is a shelf! 🤣

@MonkeyJedi99 20 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@pyro323 20 күн бұрын

Yeah that big giant cardboard box is no exception!

@midniteoyl8913 18 күн бұрын

Oh, everything is definitely a shelf. If I can set something on it w/o it falling off, its already covered in junk.

@davidrobinette3834 20 күн бұрын

Perhaps the knocking sound is from the “ trunk monkey”. He wants out. Lol.

@michaelszczys8316 20 күн бұрын

Reminds me of where guys start an engine that has sat a long time and when it fires up they're all yelling and cheering. I'm thinking ' is anybody listening to hear if it knocks ?"

@92mrsrdb 20 күн бұрын

LOL😂

@johnmateriale4462 20 күн бұрын

Good morning Ray from San Diego. That one day when a couple of hateful people vented on you. Then you decided to be more real with less editing. Right on brother. Don't change Ray. I love your positive daily mood and honest work ethic.. The Lord bless you and your family. You are a wonderful example of the Lord's handiwork. Like Christ you don't respond with hate, you respond with honest love.

@jamesu 20 күн бұрын

AMEN

@Bowhunters6go8xz6x 20 күн бұрын

Ray -- While you were driving a thought entered my mind, do you ever drive by the old repair shop and get a good laugh?

@robertdavis6708 20 күн бұрын

I had pullies and tensioner on my Expedition replaced at 75,000 miles. Made 100% quieter operation. Owners are use to noises and forget what the truck sounded like new. For a couple hundred dollars, best repairs that can be made to a vehicle.

@johnstroer 10 күн бұрын

I had the tensioner pulley disintegrate on a Thunderbird in the middle of nowhere 20+ years ago. If I even think I hear a noise I start replacing those pulleys.

@pab892 20 күн бұрын

many adjusters will knock and rattle time to time both of my cars did this. so you fixed it you are amazing.

@leonardhirtle3645 20 күн бұрын

Ray,read the comments about the cobra’s shifter. A couple of people have told you how to get it out of park and reverse. You have to lift up on the handle. There is lock-out for reverse and park.

@SpicyEngineer 19 күн бұрын

I had a "engine knock" that was being caused by a worn tensioner. It was moving laterally just enough under load for the back side of the arm to knock up against the engine block and cause what sounded distinctly like a rod knock. This probably would have been prevented by the belt tension, but the pulley bearings were also worn so the entire belt could shift back and forth enough to allow the tensioner to oscillate and hit the block.

@KAS_Motorsports 20 күн бұрын

The “Knocking” noise he heard could have just been the worn out pulleys and the metal flakes were actually just break in shavings.

@level1804 18 күн бұрын

Came on to say the same thing. Has the customer got a well tuned ear and hears the follower pulleys loading and unloading, creating a knock that he wants to associate with a rebuilt engine? Being wary about a rebuilt engine is no slight on him. He’s rightly questioning the quality before it’s too late.

@williamsquires3070 20 күн бұрын

I hope Ray remembers to put the fan shroud back on… 😅

@alabamared2568 20 күн бұрын

The Prodigy style ferd test drive track was dope!!.....Ray high on E-85😂😂😂😂

@mcm04901 20 күн бұрын

Someone needs to find the guy that designed that air filter housing setup and pee in his swimming pool. An unnecessarily complicated design.

@bhagmeister 20 күн бұрын

Ray, sounds like a day for fishing….

@coorskid1971 19 күн бұрын

REEEE3EEE - Wasting customers fuel driving around town !!! JOKING Ray just having fun with a REEEE3EEE LMAO

@denniss5512 20 күн бұрын

Fords are notorious for tensioners causing that knocking noise. You probably fixed it with the pulley change.

@RukarioEnterprisesLLC 20 күн бұрын

Hey Ray, Rukario here, a pulley could cause the very same knocking noise, you see, if those pulleys are unbalanced or just plain old, it can knock up against the engine block or other pulleys, making a knocking sound.

@TheProtagonist_777 20 күн бұрын

I wonder if it was a bad tensioner. Maybe the spring was weak

@michaelstapleford512 18 күн бұрын

@@TheProtagonist_777 That's just what i was thinking. I've seen it a few times.

@rickmarr4744 20 күн бұрын

The replacement of the pullies and tensioner fixed the knocking noise because bad bearings.

@tiredoldmechanic1791 20 күн бұрын

Ford designed the tensioner like that to encourage replacing the tensioner when replacing the belt.

@michaelmartin2276 20 күн бұрын

Sounds like an unexpected day at the beach !

@wheelolle 20 күн бұрын

I've seldom come across an engine knock that is intermittent, the knocking is usually coming from something that is flopping around in my experience and since they swapped engines it's entirely possible they didn't fastened something correctly which is now causing the knocking.

@restless6201 20 күн бұрын

Hey Ray, you know you've cut enough corners When you've gone full circle

@jerrykorman7770 19 күн бұрын

Lol

@capnkwick4286 20 күн бұрын

I've changed the air filter on my 2001 F150 several times over the past 20+ years. Sometimes that latch is cantankerous, and you swear you need three hands. Other times, it slips right on.

@ivanf4023 20 күн бұрын

I had a 2000 F-150 and seven Ford Panthers of the years. I was thinking "can't you just remove the belt from the AC compressor?" and as you're putting the belt back on I see that yes, you can. You don't have to take the tensioner off. Although with the tools you have on hand it's probably a lot faster to just pull the tensioner.

@user-pq1tb8zx7e 20 күн бұрын

Another great product from ford

@user-ec2zw4pv3b 20 күн бұрын

Lift the shifter up, pull back. B&M ratchet shifter with a reverse lockout. I run the same on my BBC Camaro. Manifold is a mismatch for the street.

@patross6925 20 күн бұрын

Did you lift the shifter to move it ... Lift it to pull back and Lift it to put it back into park from drive.

@RainmanRaysRepairs 20 күн бұрын

Yup, it’s not working, it gets worse too, I’ll made a video later about what happened

@coreyfairbanks7374 20 күн бұрын

@@RainmanRaysRepairsis that a Saturday video? For tomorrow?

@RainmanRaysRepairs 20 күн бұрын

@@coreyfairbanks7374 no not yet, soon

@coreyfairbanks7374 20 күн бұрын

@@RainmanRaysRepairs Thank you for the reply........ THAT WAS AWSOME., watched your wife's video on the Mustang on my lunch break today....love you guys.....

@Chevydude57 20 күн бұрын

Ray, that is a B&M Quicksilver shifter in the Cobra. You have to put it in drive and then pull up on the shifter to then go into neutral and then park.

@Darkassassin09 20 күн бұрын

He acknowledged this in a comment of the previous vid. Must be a different issue

@lzed223 19 күн бұрын

Why make a simple process so complicated?

@unstoppable5417 19 күн бұрын

Sounds like someone what’s a free engine.

@strangeleek1 20 күн бұрын

I've got an 07 with the 5.4, 300k miles. I may have heard the noise you're describing. Fully hot engine, RPM just off idle. Like 1000-1200. (Low load, not high rpm though, but 55mph low load is sub 1500rpm on these engines) First noticed while creeping forward in a drive through, sound bouncing of wall. Will do it in neutral too, slight rev and hold. Noise reduces after a fresh oil change, but only hear it at rpm mentioned above. Haven't taken the time to hunt down the cause yet. Hope this helps.

@louislabouskie8488 20 күн бұрын

Push that yellow charger out. Fans, and Kitty litter to the rescue.😂😂

@bucklinoutdoorpowerequipme3846 20 күн бұрын

I have a 93 Dodge Dakota that I have replaced the belt tensioner on 2 times. Both times it sounded like a engine rattle on declaration sometimes. So that could have been the noise your customer heard. As for the metal he said he found in the oil? Could be natural on 1st oil change on a remanufactured engine. If it was the 1st one. And not a whole lot.

@eugenealbrycht2132 19 күн бұрын

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who struggles with that stupid air filter clamp. 😂

@jamesyoung151 18 күн бұрын

Garage 54 would be crazy enough to execute the idea.

@Jay.Kellett 20 күн бұрын

I hear the knocking noise! Sounds like someone beating on a drum. Around 24:00.

@terrymax5340 20 күн бұрын

Yes Ray I have . I was installing an engine .I said let's drop the pan first . One connecting rod was not torqued, the nuts were lose . 69 Ford Cobra installing a 390 . Good find on my part. 😊😊😊😊😊😊

@RoadsterLoverMedia 20 күн бұрын

maybe the tensioner bearings were grind rattling when cold. i think you fixed it .

@ford6 20 күн бұрын

3:42 speculation time Momentary knocking during de-acelebration. 5.4 Phasers have a known issue where they will make a "knocking" noise for a few seconds at idle when the engine is warm. Aka the hot idle knock. The pin in the phaser has a clearance issue do to wear.

@BeardedFordTech 20 күн бұрын

Cutting corners again I see. 😂😂

@psychodad1961 20 күн бұрын

This would have been a perfect opportunity to use that new tensioner tool, Ray. Good work as always!

@russellstyles5381 20 күн бұрын

Re Ray's comment near 17, that sort of thing - considering cost of labor - has a huge impact on repair cost.

@daverson1508 20 күн бұрын

Try sticking a stethoscope in the dip stick tube. Listen for a knock. Great video!!

@spencemccall8383 20 күн бұрын

You really didn’t find any metal in the oil filter. And the squealing is gone. That’s a win all day long. That guy has a good 5.4 Triton. He’ll understand and be thankful the more he drives it.

@rickcampbell1846 20 күн бұрын

One time, at BAND CLAMP

@kennyupchurch 20 күн бұрын

Work on a 2005 honda accord today Everything was so weather rotted every Sensor I touched just wanted to fall apart The breather tube made out of rubber taking it off of the air filter housing literally disintegrated my day was great how's yours 😂😂😂

@lancehites6697 20 күн бұрын

I reference to every thing is fighting me today. “Sometimes you’re the statue, sometimes you’re the bird. Lol I have those days too. lol Great job at staying cheerful! 👍

@rjb6327 20 күн бұрын

Good video. Owner trying his best to get a warranty claim.

@cad5359 19 күн бұрын

Ray's brain firing on five cylinders fumed out of his mind still has more fine motor control and intuition than I do on my best days working on my own cars, lol. Including fan gravity twice.

@liver.flush.maestro 20 күн бұрын

Wow, bad day, hopefully will be better soon ❤

@barryoverson4988 20 күн бұрын

second time around to click the forgotten like button i click the like button when i watch videos for free and subscribe if i regularly watch and throw in a comment thanks for your work rainman

@joelohberger3221 20 күн бұрын

. Knock, knock. Who’s there? Tank. Tank who? You’re welcome.

@fleece192 19 күн бұрын

Another great show Ray. Your test drive was a little scary. Wait a minute, I have a knock knock at my door and somebody’s ringing the bell.

@brady5215 20 күн бұрын

THE COBRA is most likely not stuck in park. Looked like a b&m ratchet style shifter. You pull up on the shifter to release it to reverse and natural then it drops down in drive. You have to have it back in drive to pull it up again to access park.

@greasee.monkey7224 16 күн бұрын

Not correcting you, trying to assist for future 5.4 belts. You can replace without removing the tensioner. I've done many many of them. After you release the tension, pull it off of the compressor and pull up and will come out. Squeeze the new one through the same way it pulled out, and reinstall on the compressor. Easy money. Hope this helps Ray.👍👍

@scottjohnson7472 20 күн бұрын

I am still pretty sure it was tensioner bounce. The hi rev low load is a clue that point to tensioner bounce which makes a knocking sound. Ford modular 4.6 and 5.4 with the belt routed that way allows for the tensioner to bounce as the bearing and tensioning spring wear out. As the bearing heats up from friction drag increases on the tensioner. The tensioner spring fatigues and with the drag the tensioner arm starts bouncing from slack to tight making a knocking sound. So replacing the belt idler and tension set probably fixed the problem.

@KiranOtter 20 күн бұрын

Put a vacuum on the crank case (somewhere) and you can take out the drain plug without draining the oil. And maybe the knock is a engine/trans mount? Exhaust rattle?

@789295 20 күн бұрын

I have found the air filter goes into place easier if you put the filter onto the moveable piece first and get everything lined up incl the clamp. The the whole thing lines up with the stationary half easily. Just the way I did it.

@patrickgoodwin3085 20 күн бұрын

Morning Ray. It's just one of those things that defy explanation.

@tsimpson007 20 күн бұрын

Morning Ray and family

@lieutenantdan8170 20 күн бұрын

Knocking noise was probably the tensioner

@LocoLouisB 20 күн бұрын

The belt can be slid under the tensioner without removing it. there is just enough room if you slide it up and under. Done it many a time on both my 4.6 and daughter's 5.4

@forthefunofit5487 20 күн бұрын

You did what ya could on this. I really enjoy your channel too. One of the best!!

@sheerwillsurvival2064 19 күн бұрын

The air hammer fan set is real cheap at harbor freight. And doesn’t leave a gouge in it 😃

@williamlynn2639 15 күн бұрын

Great job

@henrybucki7813 20 күн бұрын

it was a fun video .easy to follow your work good camera work

@jamiebruce6329 20 күн бұрын

I was thinking if the fan shroud was held on by zip ties it might have been bouncing a little bit and hitting the radiator at highway speeds and since you didn't put it back on during the second test drive maybe that's why you didn't hear anything

@KAS_Motorsports 20 күн бұрын

Actually, twist the belt sideways and it will slide behind the tensioner. Done it multiple times in it’s sister engine the 4.6L.

@brettemerich3237 20 күн бұрын

Ray I think somebody said it once about the vvt cam gears maybe sticking which they would rattle a little not sure. Have a better day Ray

@dannyr3346 20 күн бұрын

I’ve had an exhaust leak at the manifold cause a knock but that’s not what I saw on your video bud. The search continues so May the Swartz be with you 😂

@phantommedic2328 20 күн бұрын

Ray, I have a 2015 F150 and the issue that the customer described sounds exactly like what was going on with my truck. For me it felt like transmission, but I could see how someone would consider it the engine running rough for a little bit. It generally happened at around 50-55 mph and was more likely when I was feathering the gas to maintain speed going up a hill. Anyway, the mechanic I go to said he thought it might be torque converter valves or something like that. I had him do a transmission fluid change with a new filter and he added some kind of flutter stop to the ATF. It has not done it since. He said it sounded like a valve was getting stuck half open and closed and it was basically flopping open and closed. Might be worth a consideration.

@user-pk8mi3gl6g 20 күн бұрын

My husband loves the way you never seem to lose your temper when things don't go As planned. What's your secret for not cussing and throwing wrenches. ?

@francissullivan5900 20 күн бұрын

He throws empty cans of brake cleaner. (Just for fun.)

@AliasTekTV 20 күн бұрын

I used to have a 4.6 expedition, timing chains stretched too far at 180k miles and had no tension on the tensioners when warmed up, when I finally pulled the cover to change it all I found broken sliders, maxed out tensioners and the chain was rubbing material of the inner cover reinforcing “ribs.” I’ll bet that’s where the metal is coming from, the chains will slack under low/steady load.

@wb6anp 20 күн бұрын

My pet peeve against Ray and some other mechanics is using a chisel to loosen the fan it really screws up the flat, They do make a long handled wrench for that but I use a standard wrench and smack it with a hammer

@Michael-yi4mc 20 күн бұрын

Use a pipe wrench

@squiggyg.8415 20 күн бұрын

Odds are fan is probably never going to be removed again

@MonkeyJedi99 20 күн бұрын

@@squiggyg.8415 That fan has to be removed every time the belt needs to be changed

@spencemccall8383 20 күн бұрын

It ok

@Kevin-dl1nv 20 күн бұрын

So don't watch

@mikkolempinen2717 20 күн бұрын

Put loctite to ccw turning idlers to avoid them coming loose.

@RepoDraghon 20 күн бұрын

if I had the choice and it was free to do I would totally change every motor mounted fan with an electric fan system

@joemuncie9187 20 күн бұрын

I wish I had a Pull N Go near me

@vojvoda9060 20 күн бұрын

Your videos are awesome and soooooo relaxing 😂😂......thanks Ray.... Have a nice weekend.

@buddycarofano1635 20 күн бұрын

Lift handle to get shifter out of park on cobra thats how on b&m quick silver works

@craigcraigster4999 20 күн бұрын

Megashifter too, which is in that, ahem, "Cobra."

@charleskadletc2431 19 күн бұрын

I agree with John, at my shop (I'm not a tech) I hear negatively all day long. But sometimes you gave to CURSE, to vent. BUT LOVE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM. Also Lauren is entirely BEAUTIFUL. ❤❤

@peterpierce9233 20 күн бұрын

Yes. I have. I replaced the Timing Chain and tensioners. No more ghosts

@aznboycols 20 күн бұрын

I thought Ray was going to say that the fumes where so bad, that Dave went to lunch and that was two days ago.

@alistairmcclean 19 күн бұрын

Maybe the zip tie misaligned the fan shroud causing the shroud to knock on the fan blades?

@kingranch8516 20 күн бұрын

When you need to build your end of the world generator you, don’t cut corners

@gregjohnson2073 20 күн бұрын

The fans on that Cobra aren't going fast enough to cool that big block. They should be roaring

@yungnguyen82 20 күн бұрын

one of ford best and most reliable engine from ford.

@Uncle_Fester24 19 күн бұрын

I had a weird knocking noise in my Fird F150 4.6 was the steering shaft under the hood. I guess you woukd call it the mid-shaft. The u-joint would thump when turning right if was a tight turn. Then it would thump on the way back to straight. (Sorry this is my non-mechanic description)

@matthewholzinger1042 19 күн бұрын

My 97 Interceptor had the fan shroud in 2 pieces. It was nice being able to remove the top half only, without having to remove the fan.

@salpalmeri1844 20 күн бұрын

I feel your pain with the air filter band clamp. What a pain.

@EarlSinclair97 20 күн бұрын

I love using the air hammer to remove the fan clutch nut. Very fast. Happy Friday from St. Louis!

@thepubliceye 20 күн бұрын

Bad rear seal, and a slight knocking noise? Add to together and I would come up with a loose rear main bearing.

@billinphoenix255 20 күн бұрын

I saw you using TWO hands on that filter band clamp, great work Ray

@ryzen397 20 күн бұрын

Good day Ray

@zenidon 20 күн бұрын

I had a 2009 F-150 with the 5.4 that had similar issue. After warmup, I ran the RPM to about 1500, then down to about 1000 and it would have a lifter tick sound. It was the OEM motor and either the phasers or the timing belt tensioner was leaking oil and starving the upper. Engine was replaced...it had 170K on it.

@pamelavance648 20 күн бұрын

Funny for the day.... When ever watching other auto channels and their phone rings .. i hear you when you were working at the previous shop and being silly when the phone rang there lol lol Have the best day

@THEDRAGONBOOSTER8 20 күн бұрын

With the Cobra ,try pressing down hard on the gear leaver and see if it goes into reverse and out of park..

@randybeard6040 20 күн бұрын

Looks like Engine in my 2008 Ford XLT 4x4, No problems with my Engine after 16 years...

@kevinhenson6969 20 күн бұрын

Guaranteed when the owner gets back in the truck the noise will reappear, just the way it is

@gcrauwels941 20 күн бұрын

I had a 5.4 in a '00 Ford Van that clopped like a Clydesdale until you pulled out out the driveway. Maybe they were hearing some piston slap.

@orangeoratory3645 20 күн бұрын

I have replaced the belt on these 5.4's without removing the pulley. Exact same design as what you have in the video, you have to shove the belt above the tensioner wheel down into the compressor (not the whole belt enough to route around the compressor, extra will stick out the other side of the pulley, to route around the rest of the pulleys on the motor) and from there you route the rest, pretty easy honestly