I just got done watching a YouTube video. I think the guy is the owner/mechanic and his shop is called something like "South Main Auto".
A guy who had a 2007 Ford Escape had his truck towed to the shop. He had just finished rebuilding the engine and no matter what he tried he could not get it to start.
The mechanic began by cranking the engine over and found that it behaved/sounded normal. Then he removed the first of the 4 coil-on-plugs, which were new. He immediately noticed that there was no spring-looking thing that physically connected the coil to the spark plug. He then checked coils 2-4 and they were also missing the coil-to-spark spring thing. Next he checked the fuel injectors with a noid and found them to all be receiving a pulse (and found that they were).
The mechanic noticed there were a bunch of boxes and old parts in the back of the truck. He rooted around for a minute and found the 4 missing coil-to-spark plug springs/connectors. He installed the connectors and hit the ignition key and the engine fired right up and sounded great.
So, moral of this story is... when things don't make sense, start with the obvious stuff first. Spark, fuel and air. I would have loved to hear the phone call to the truck's owner when he finds out what simple mistake he made.
We all do dumb stuff. It reminded me of the time I installed a timing belt on my daughter's PT Cruiser (not an easy job) and could not get it running afterwards. 2 days later I realized that my daughter had dropped it off with about a pint of fuel in the tank. Just enough for me to drive it up on ramps. I spent 2 days trying to figure that one out.
A guy who had a 2007 Ford Escape had his truck towed to the shop. He had just finished rebuilding the engine and no matter what he tried he could not get it to start.
The mechanic began by cranking the engine over and found that it behaved/sounded normal. Then he removed the first of the 4 coil-on-plugs, which were new. He immediately noticed that there was no spring-looking thing that physically connected the coil to the spark plug. He then checked coils 2-4 and they were also missing the coil-to-spark spring thing. Next he checked the fuel injectors with a noid and found them to all be receiving a pulse (and found that they were).
The mechanic noticed there were a bunch of boxes and old parts in the back of the truck. He rooted around for a minute and found the 4 missing coil-to-spark plug springs/connectors. He installed the connectors and hit the ignition key and the engine fired right up and sounded great.
So, moral of this story is... when things don't make sense, start with the obvious stuff first. Spark, fuel and air. I would have loved to hear the phone call to the truck's owner when he finds out what simple mistake he made.
We all do dumb stuff. It reminded me of the time I installed a timing belt on my daughter's PT Cruiser (not an easy job) and could not get it running afterwards. 2 days later I realized that my daughter had dropped it off with about a pint of fuel in the tank. Just enough for me to drive it up on ramps. I spent 2 days trying to figure that one out.
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