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I had my entire timing set installed by a recommended shop. Directly after the installation my car has a bad backfire under hard acceleration. The shop reports they did the timing correctly, but now have no idea as to why my car is backfiring. I never have had this issue before and am curious to...

I need some pointers in replacing my Front Crank Seal in my 2006 4.6L. I understand that the radiator fan and reservoir need to be removed as well as the pulley and harmonic balancer. Are there any tidbits of information regarding the pulley removal? I will be working on my back on my garage...

Thank you all for your comments here. I will use my tuner to check for any codes. I think I know what the culprit is, a bad plug. time to replace it. What is mode 6?

I was driving on my way to Las Vegas from Phoenix. Much of the road is wide open. I was really carrying the mail when I started to accelerate. Previously my car would eat up the road. This last trip my car started to surge, the engine light started to flash so I slowed back down. Once I stopped...

UPDATE: I forgot that my son is a Ford dealership service advisor. He will ask one of his techs the best method for me to remove my plugs.

I have been out of town for the holiday weekend and am now on my three day RN travel gig in Kingman, AZ so I haven't replied recently. I have to say thank you to everyone who answered my questions and provided some insight and solutions to this problem. I have cleaned out the plug wells with...

Big thanks to stoener, msvela448, juice, die harder, cavero and skwerl for your comments and ideas. I have plenty of ammunition to take on this challenge. I will post up pics of the process and progress, or lack there of. Cheers! Check out my automotive focused YouTube channel...

Grinding the end of the socket flat is what I was thinking as well. I'll give it a try. I have some pretty sound ideas on how to get the plugs out and this will fit in with all of the others. Thanks It is somewhat baffling to me as well. I will post up a couple of photos to show the sequence...

Thanks for your reply. I use the deep 6 pt socket. I have even tried two. I'm going to use some carb cleaner to get around the plug. I used an air nozzle but still see a little grime in there. Thanks for your reply. I can see the plug. It is not broken nor spinning. I have used two separate...

I am attempting to R&R spark plugs again. My first time was 60k miles ago with no issues. Now the drivers side front plug isn't cooperating with the socket. The socket keeps slipping off the plug. I have used different length drivers including my 16" long torque wrench with no success. It feels...