How to Replace Spark Plugs 2001-08 Ford Escape
Created on: 2015-01-08
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace old, corroded, rusted or defective spark plugs on 01, 02, 03, 03, 05, 06, 07 Ford Escape or Mercury Mountaineer.
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step 1 :Removing the Spark Plug
- Pull and twist off the spark plug wire
- Remove the spark plug with a 5/16 spark plug socket
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step 2 :Gapping the Spark Plug
- Gap the spark plug to .05 leaving it between .048 and .052
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step 3 :Installing the Spark Plug
- Insert the spark plug into the spark plug socket
- Tighten the spark plug
- Press the spark plug wire into place
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Spark Plug Gapping Tool
5/16 Inch Spark Plug Socket
Ratchet
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the spark plugs on this 2002 Ford Escape with the 2-liter 4-cylinder engine. The items you'll need for this are a 5/16 spark plug socket and ratchet with an extension, and a spark plug gap tool.
To remove the spark plug wires you want to pull and twist at the same time. Then, using your 5/16 spark plug socket, an extension, and a ratchet, just remove the spark plug. We'll fast-forward as Mike does that. The spark plug will pull right out.
You want to gap these so the distance between the electrode and the diode you want to be between .048 and .052. I'm going to go to .05, and you want to run this through there. Should have a little bit of resistance and a little bit of resistance coming out. You could shrink it down by bending like that or prying it up, but we'll set them all again to .050. That one's good.
Back into the spark plug socket. We'll fast-forward as Mike tightens that spark plug back into place. Now take your spark plug wire and push it back down into place. Make sure it's all the way down. You'll hear it click a little bit but you can feel it click more. Then repeat the process for the other three spark plugs.
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