4.6/5.4 Liter F150, How To Change The Valve-Cover Gaskets
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2020
- In this video we show you how to change the valve-cover gaskets in a 4.6 or 5.4 liter V8 F150. This process should be very similar for any F150 with those engines. Thanks for watching! If you like car videos, working on vehicles, racing, repairing, or building vehicles, be sure to subscribe to this channel, I upload videos regularly!
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Thanks for this video. Now that I have seen the difficulties of replacing valve cover gaskets I believe I will take my 2005 F150 to a mechanic. I'm not even going to attempt this.
It's a task for sure, if you have the money taking it to a mechanic isn't a bad idea.
@@1018Video Yep. Not only that, but on these newer vehicles I tend to break other stuff while trying to fix a problem. It winds up costing me more in the long run. lol
@@troyyarbrough
That can happen sometimes.
I know this is 3yrs old. But takes for not cutting the vid to much. This was very helpful
I like to leave as much as possible in my videos. Thanks for watching! I'm glad my video helped you!
good video. I like the minimal amount of cuts in the video. thanks
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video!
I did this job yesterday and it was a huge pain in the ass. I did the passenger side only as the driver side was fine. Huge pain, wouldn’t recommend this job for the faint of heart. Do recommend the video. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah the driver side isn't fun at all, lol. Thanks for watching!
Any tips? What was the most difficult part?
Lmao wouldn’t recommend for faint of heart
@@darkmoon1884 Sorry for the delay. Getting the cover off without removing the wiring harness to the left of the cover, mounted in front of the ac dryer made the repair harder. The cover cant clear the cam sprockets without either removing the entire harness, or at the very least, disconnecting some of the wires there.
@@dreteyete7305 It was a real pain in the ass, no doubt, but I'm glad I didn't pay someone to do it.
Great video guys. Thanks for convincing me not to do my neighbor's f150. Have a great one. I'll stick with my 81 f100 custom 4.9. Lol😅
The way you did it looks pretty simple you didn't have to take alot of stuff off I got a 99 expedition 4.6 I believe I need to change mines asap
If you're slightly mechanically inclined, you can do this job in my opinion.
This video has over 37,000 views and probably helped almost everone... AS for the people who's got something bad to say about it in some of the comments I read Kiss my ass please show me your video since you're so damn organized Great video thank you so much... people can be such jerks
Thanks for your support! Glad you liked the video!
This was a pain in the ass in my truck might have to try doing it the way you guys did it
Yeah it wasn't so bad doing it this way.
Hah, 15 years old? You guys had it easy! My 97 was a nightmare! The valve cover removal sucks. Thanks Ford
Oh yeah for sure! Thanks for watching!
I have a 97 I’m looking to do this soon! Toby you don’t sound to encouraging.
were your valve covers metal?
Excellent video, gentlemen!! Helped me do my shtuff. It was brutal not having the right tools, as it always is, but this video gave me the confidence to do it up! I see there's another video about dropping the tranny Im gonna check out here soon too...
I'm glad my video helped you! Thanks for watching!
Great video
Appreciate this video as a more shadetree way of getting this out instead of super by the book. I just need to check my lifters but was kind of overwhelmed at all the removal , Id rather jimmy it out like this. Working on a older truck doesnt need to be textbook just need to get it done
Yeah we like to show the ways of doing things with simple tools and stuff like that.
Got a video on head removal
and to say i was gonna pay because i thought it was a little hard but after seing this video i think im gonna save me some $$
Yeah it's not a big job at all. Thanks for watching!
Got a leaking cover gasket on my 2005 5.4. Finally saw it was leaking yesterday, but I may just replace the cover since a screw hole broke when replacing the ignition coils (plastic cover 🤦♂). I was thinking I might remove the ECM, but it looks like that won’t be necessary. Appreciate the video.
P.S. my condolences for that broke bolt. That’s bad enough, but then an extractor broke off? Ouch…..
Glad my video helped you out! Thanks for watching!
they’re cross threaded remember that !
I'm really glad only my passenger side gasket leaks on my 97. watching this, if i have to do the other side maybe i will take the throttle body loose and not fool with those bolts. Watching this, i was thinking they would never actually show a bolt broke and then, you broke a bolt. sucks for you but i just knew it was going to break
Somebody get this man a 3/8 extension
🤣
Nice vid. I believe the one shown in the video is a 4.6. I think the 5.4’s banks are a little taller, making it harder to remove the passenger side since it hits the a/c condenser.
I don't remember lol.
yep its a completely different animal on the passenger side 5.4. It calls to discharge ac system. Its possible to snake it out if you bend the high-pressure ac line but its a pita.
Removal
1. Recover the refrigerant.
2. Remove the RH variable camshaft timing (VCT) oil control solenoid.
3. Remove the powertrain control module (PCM) and bracket.
4. Remove the RH ignition coils.
5. Remove the nut and disconnect the A/C compressor manifold tube.
^ Discard the O-ring seals.
Great video.. contemplating trying this on my 5.4. Also, where are the spark plug tube seals and did you replace them as well?
It should be in the video. Glad you liked the video!
Good job guys. Is there any good explanation of how that POS reservoir bracket bolts back on down below? finishing an engine install that I didn't start and super frustrated. Seems like a huge gap by valve cover and don't understand the two lower bolts that thread into the bracket??? Cheers.
I wouldn't have any clue, maybe someone else will comment on this and help you out. If it's not in the video I have no clue, I'm just the cameraman lol.
Thanks man. Turns out I am missing the lower piece that bolts with a single large bolt to the head. These brackets are no longer available anywhere new so will have to search the scraps!! Cheers!
Definitely think the bolt will break off just like this video. I might pass on this one since I'm 0-4 in successful broken bolt extractions
It's tricky!
I watched your video,& it helped,but I found it easier to remove the tires & inner fender,to get to the bottom bolts..they in plain sight..
Thanks for the info! Glad my video helped you! Thanks for watching!
@@1018Video thank you..👍
Thank you for posting this video, I have to pull off the passenger side valve cover to replace the lifters because of a bad lifter or two and replace the rocker arms.
I was just wondering how hard it would be to get the valve covers off. The rockers and lifters will be a lot easier than it is to remove the valve covers.
Glad you like the video! Thanks for watching!
Removing those valve covers is very difficult. Wash the engine as best you can before you do anything, especially between the manifold and the valve covers around the fuel injectors and the coil packs. Wash it with a high pressure washer or gas sprayer or brake clearer or whatever you have and don't be an idiot and blow off labels and insulation while you are at it. Be sure to roll up some paper towel wads to stick into the fuel injectors immediately after you unscrew the two bolts mounting the fuel rail above the injectors and pull the rail away from the injectors. Be careful not to mess with that electrical connection that is right by the heater return hose connection on the intake manifold. The only right way to work on a 5.4L in a pickup is to life the cab off the engine. Ford builds the engine, bolts it to the transmission, mounts them to the frame and then lowers the cab on top of it. Every hose clamp and hard-to-release electrical plug was connected with the engine sitting in the open. That is the reason you can't reach anything easily.
@@johnbrooks7144 thank you for telling me what to do to get to the lifters. I think that I will just replace them all on that side so that I don’t have to worry about doing that again.
I have noticed how hard it is to get to a lot of stuff in the engine compartment. One of the worse one that I had to do was replace the O2 sensors. Bank one sensor one is the worst one I have ever had to change.
The sensor clip is between the engine and the firewall and the location of the O2 sensor is just crazy. You can’t get a wrench on it and I even bought every one of the tools for changing the O2 sensors and they still didn’t have enough room to get any tool onto it. So do you have any ideas on how to replace that O2 sensor? (The passenger side front O2 sensor) any help with that one would be greatly appreciated. And thank you again for doing the lifter change. It’s going to be fun especially when I have a 6 inch lift and 35 inch tires.
I got the same problem buddy ! lmao
Evap bolt broke on mine but the front one (the one you got off without breaking) so do you know what diameter and thread pitch it is?
I don't have a clue, sorry!
What is the torque on those valve cover bolts? Im about to replace mine. Same truck.
If you search on Google you should be able to find the torque-specs, I don't know them off the top of my head.
I have a quick question. I am replacing both valve covers today on my 98 4.6 recently replaced all gaskets intake and throttle body. And noticed one spark plug had oil at base of spark plug of threading….does that have to do with valve covers gaskets or is that a different problem?
Hmm, I'm not sure, it's hard to diagnose things without checking them out myself.
Dont know if u ever figured that out or not but uh yeah it has to do with the valve cover gasket same thing with my 03 4.6
I've got oil coming out of from the bolt stud that holds the valve cover on, passenger side. I wonder if the PCV valve caused this? I took it out and shook it but it seems fine. I Don't see any leaks on the driver side valve cover.
May just need a new gasket? I'm not sure, hard to diagnose without seeing it in person.
probably just puddling from spills from filling the oil
The big deal is how to keep that gasket in the groove of the valve cover. I have yet to see a video where anyone had a problem with the gasket sagging between bolt holes, but I did. The groove was absolutely clean and dry, washed out with solvent and then brake cleaner to remove all traces of solvent, dry right to the bottom of the groove. Fel-Pro says to lay the gasket on the valve cover and press straight down to lock the gasket in the groove. Nice try. It is a royal pain to install the valve covers and all the stuff that goes on top of the valve covers, start the engine, and discover oil leaking from the rear of the valve cover - especially on a customer's '03 F-150 when you have already spent way too much time because you keep finding things that should have been done years ago. Maybe that last pass over the cam bushing cap knocked it loose or whatever, but now the gasket will not stay put. So, just as a precaution, between the bolt holes of the valve cover, put some rtv on the outside of the valve cover - not in the groove but on the side of the gasket - and let it set up to glue the gasket to the valve cover and hold it in place. When installing the valve cover, do not allow the gasket to touch anything except the cylinder head when it is in place. If you hit something on the way down, take it back out and make sure you did not knock the gasket out of the groove, then do better the next time you maneuver the valve cover into place. I recommend Fel-Pro RTV too. The best rtv I have ever used comes with the gaskets in a Fel-Pro overhaul set.
Great comment! You're exactly right, it's best to use what you said to basically glue the gasket to the valve-cover and like you said, if you bump into anything bring it back out and make sure it's still in the correct position, it's well worth checking it out now before you have to pull everything back apart later to fix another leak! Thanks for giving the viewers some good information! And thanks for watching!
I tried silicone on the gasket at the back gruve where it mite pop out ,it did not work,recleaned an used a small bit of SUPERGLUE to help the little bumps keep it in there . IT WORKS fyi
What year is this truck if you don’t mind me asking
I have a chipped valve cover on the passenger side on one of the corners and I can’t seem to find new ones
My truck has the same valve cover as you and my truck is a 1998 4.6 romeo
This truck is a 2004 I believe.
@@1018Video thanks !
I have a very slow oil leak in the oil filler neck. It’s on the passenger side, of course, so that’s nice. I was really hoping it was going to be a quick fix but then I see a 41 minute video! Fml...
It's not too bad, our instructional videos are very in depth.
Id clean out that engine bay first and small bungees or zipties to hold crap back
If it was mine I would too, but we only do what is requested to do on a customers vehicle.
@@1018Video oh ok i thought it was yalls lol i have a 4.6l as well and clean that bad boy out makes everything easier
@@jrock865
Yeah I prefer things to be clean.
sure hope dirt didn't get dropped in the engine, would think maybe blow the dirt off first before removing the cover
I have a F-250 with a 5.4 triton do I have to remove motor to get the valve cover of drivers side
No you have to remove the fender liner.
Did yall show to remove the egr tube on drivers side??? Its in my way.. 98 4.6 f150... seems the vid cut and it was gone in next clip
It should be in the video.
Prob a silly question but is the gasket the same for s 4.6 as a 5.4?
I believe so.
CLOSE BUT NOT THE SAME AS THE 5.4
Only difference is the passenger side, not much different.
1:29 - 3:49 thats hilarious. everyone agrees that power steering fluid reservoir bracket is overly obnoxious. i just dealt with that with a family member to get to the 5th spark plug, and the 2 top screws holding it across striped since not only is the whole thing rusted, but the bottom nuts are soldered onto the bracket...
Make sure to pry extra hard with that screw driver on the cylinder head gasket surface 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Still no leaking to this day.
He didn’t get anywhere near the head gasket surface. That would be under the cylinder head. But when he pried up in the valve cover with that screwdriver my asshole definitely clinched! Lol
Hey you guys doing a great job but you didn't show us the back bolts on the passenger side valve cover which I know is a pain in the ass and it seems like you're reaching way in get an extension to give you more leverage you know out so you don't have to stick your hands way down in there
Yeah it was definitely a big pain lol.
The 5.4 is a lot harder, no space for big hands of everything. Feel like has to take out the intake manifold to gain more space for both side.
I didn't realize they're that different.
I think I would have washed the engine before I put the first tool on it
Nahh, that'd then make the video fake, no one at home is going to wash their engine before they work on it lol.
What’s the best gaskets to use ?
You can just go to the parts store of your choice and whatever they give you should be fine, they usually only leak like this one did because of age.
Broken bolt EGR-- nut on a stud, the nut came loose you if spray pb blaster on it an turn it in an out several times it will come off ,you pushed it to its limit an twisted it off . FYI
Thanks for the info! And thanks for watching!
What did u paint it with ?
Engine paint. It's good for high temperatures.
What tools did you use?
I believe a basic socket-set will get the job done.
@@1018Video Thanks But I figured it out and got it done. Thanks again
Is getting the passenger side valve cover off that much of a pain in the ass, Is that the reason you guys left it out of the video?
these people making these videos use the cars that have no difficulties. But the cars that are difficult they do make UA-cam videos on those cars. Im trying to find a video were my specific 2009 f-150 has this metal tube over it preventing me from taking off the head cover gasket and yet non of these f150 videos have my specific truck same design under the hood. smh! again they purposely use the easy to work on cars when making these UA-cam videos.
I’ll pay someone to do mine.. I’ll screw something up lol
If you don't feel comfortable working on your own vehicle that's fine, I'm the same way, I'm the camera-man and I usually have the guy you seen in this video work on my car lol.
If that is a 5.4 There are 13 on driver side and 14 on passenger side. So yall better check and make sure you got them all.
We did!
their is a metal tube above the cover gaqsket thats preventing me from installing and removing the cover gasket how do i remove that?
If it’s the driver side it’s probably your exhaust pipe for the egr adjustable wrench to get the nuts off from the top behind then egr and one at the bottom just follow the pipe down.
@@jesusmejia1334 thanks for the reply back
@@jesusmejia1334 thanks for the reply back.
@@chipwilliams6236 hopefully it helps your 04’ I think it was. Seen your other comment 😅
@@jesusmejia1334 actually it was an 09 4.6 2 wheel drive.
WD-40 in that boat that broke and then tighten in loosen out tightening loosen out tightening loosen out and that should help you
Thanks!
i had to remove my egr completely it wouldn’t let me put it in with out tsking the gasket off but i did it 😅😅 started at 5pm and finish at 10pm only the drivers side 😂😂😂😂
Oh wow! Interesting.
Everything about working on the 4.6 is pure aggravation. I replaced the EGR valve & the tube from it to the manifold not long ago, & it was a headache to get loose. Rear U-joints & valve cover gaskets are next.
Yeah Ford seems to like to make things hard to work on.
How many bolts? There’s teyn, same as the other side..😝
xD
do you use sealant on these gaskets? good vid, THANX
No. Some sealant goes on the cover where there are notches, but mine already had some there so I kept it as is.
@@nytshade2 so you didn't use any extra sealant? I read somewhere it's recommended a dab of RTV sealant be placed in that area, not alot, but some. Apparently that's where the timing chain area attaches to block. Either way, have you experienced any issues in that area since you didn't put any sealant? Thanks
@@sgt.hollowpoint6968 No oil leaks since. If there was no sealant already there I would have definitely put some there.
@@nytshade2 mine had sealant but I took it off and put new sealant
@@sgt.hollowpoint6968 mine too had two dabs of dried sealant on both sides. Took the inner dab off both sides and left the outer. Don’t ask me why. I think I was delirious by the time I finally got the stupid valve cover off. Per your request, I still have no oil leaking to the back by the firewall like some say would happen if no sealant were on the cover tabs. I know I should have put fresh sealant, but the old dried stuff is holding..... for now....
What’s the labor on this
Depends on where you go.
@@1018Video book time is book time lol
@@1018Video do you know the actual book time on this job?
@@TheNotYetProSkaters
Not off the top of my head.
@@TheNotYetProSkatersno shop is gonna want to do this because they will do it properly and it takes a very long time to do that.
They dont even look like they needed to b replaced .didnt see any form of oil or leaks near valve covers..
It was leaking where the spark plug goes.
@@1018Video how where they leaking where the spark plug goes? isnt the intake manifold gasket where the spark plugs are in this vehicles? as you take those covers off i dont see any spark plugs underneath? just trying to understand how was it leaking in the spark plugs?
Oil was leaking from the top part of the valve-cover into the spark-plug hole. Why would I lie about that? 🤣 🤣 🤣 It wasn't much oil, but the way a leak works is it'll only get worse.
@@edercastillo8697 valve covers and the intake manifold gasket causes oil to slip in where the spark plugs are
I would have preferred to see you cover the exposed cams with a towel......
Yeah.
Why, do they get cold?
Doesn’t clean engine before exposing the inside of the engine to the dirty outside
Doesn't really matter lol.
Someone has the snotts...
Lol.
5.4 not even close to the same
It was when we did it lol.
Man you need to be more organized u are all over the place dropping bolts 🔩 😤 pulling on the egr tube thats a big 👎👎👎
Everyone has their own way of doing things, this worked out just fine.
Whats with the camera man asking really dumb questions with obvious answers.lol
Not everyone watching these videos knows about vehicles, me asking "dumb" questions is a way to give information to the viewers when the "obvious" answer is said. It's not obvious to everyone.
If everyone knew the answers to all the questions then there would be no need for these videos. Maybe you shouldn't post when drunk.
That doesn’t show how to change the gaskets, maybe you should change the title
How doesn't it? This video shows the entire process of changing the valve-cover gaskets, how to get to them and get them off and everything.
1018 Video because it goes from taking the gasket off and then it all of a sudden skips and says we have the new gaskets on.. it dose t show putting them in
That's kind of self-explanatory, the getting to them and getting them out is the hard part. And putting everything back of course.
Clumsy, unorganized. Textbook example of making a job harder than it needs to be.
Textbook example of getting a job done with what most people have in their garage. It got done, and it worked out well when it was all finished.
Regardless of the negative comments this video is helpful.
@@sgt.hollowpoint6968
I appreciate it, did it the only way I know how, and it worked out in the end with no leaks.
@@1018Video And that's all what matters. 👍👊
@@1018Video Man bulshit that went f****** great..Where the hell is your organized vehicle I'd love to see how much faster you can do it..Listen my friend I'm doing mine and you are welcome to come over and help.. You can be as unorganised as you want..I will still feel very comfortable with you The only thing I would have done different or will do different is remove the dipstick bracket and disconnect the power cable from the battery but if I hadn't watched your video I wouldn't have had a clue even do that..Thanks for the video great job and by the way whoever had the sniffles I hope you're feeling better
If he would have taken that positive cable off the battery would have been better !!!
What’s the best gaskets brand to use ?
I don't think there's really a best one, just need some new ones cause the old ones dry-rotted.