Not to scare you off or anything from the ebay post but I bought the coil set from them (8) and installed them all.. one was bad so I just put in one of my "old ones" in replacement. But all other coils are running fine, just the one was bad..
02 LS service.
- Thread starter nortyhat
- Start date
Not to scare you off or anything from the ebay post but I bought the coil set from them (8) and installed them all.. one was bad so I just put in one of my "old ones" in replacement. But all other coils are running fine, just the one was bad..
Outkast
Dedicated LVC Member
exact same thing happened to me...one went bad a week later....now its been 2 months, and all is well.
I was lucky I guess. Mine were all fine. Some of them had motorcraft stickers or part numbers on them, the others didnt. Other than that, they all looked identical. Even if you dont go the ebay route, you see our point: Have them all replaced at the same time. Will save you headache and more trips to th dealer later.
I would order your gaskets from a dealer because some of those online just sell the valve cover gasket and not the complete kit. Each valve cover has 7 gaskets per side. 1 outside gasket, 4 coil gaskets, and 2 center bolts gaskets. To do the whole job all you will need is a 7mm, 8mm, 10mm, and possibly a screwdriver. Good Luck!!
Hey this is the words from the dealership they said number three and four coils are bad and six boots were swell. Also I need to change my cooling fan fluid my coolant fluid my spark plugs need changing my gaskets I guess there's two of them left and right my power steering fluid and and fuel filter all of that for 2300 but I asked how much just for labor he said 900 and its a 9 hour job I told him I would get back to him
Last edited:
Outkast
Dedicated LVC Member
2300 
go find a regular mechanic, and only let the dealer do the trans...thats my .02
go find a regular mechanic, and only let the dealer do the trans...thats my .02
joegr
Dedicated LVC Member
2300
go find a regular mechanic, and only let the dealer do the trans...thats my .02
I'll add my $0.02 of agreement to that.
Outkast
Dedicated LVC Member
go find a mechanic to replace your coils, plugs, and gaskets, then after that is fixed go to the dealer and get your tranny done.
If money is no object, just do it all at the dealer, but my guess is, if you can get it cheaper, then do it. A regular mechanic should be closer to half that price.
If money is no object, just do it all at the dealer, but my guess is, if you can get it cheaper, then do it. A regular mechanic should be closer to half that price.
joegr
Dedicated LVC Member
Find a good independent. Stay away from all of the national chain outfits.
Dude it's not that hard of a job to do. Should be no more than 3 hours of labor to change all the gaskets, plugs, and coils. Buy a set from ebay($150 for all 8), get the gasket kits for the valve cover(TeamFord has great prices), get a good set of plugs from autozone and call it a day. Should cost no more than $600 for all parts and labor. You might find out nothing is wrong with your transmission and the sputtering is the coils all along.
I understand what your saying my only thing is the labor. Is this job for someone that doesnt even know anything about engine. Thats me so if you saying its easy as 123 then I have the manual step by step on cd, I guess the one they use in the shop. but I'm just nervous as hell 
The passenger side for a total newb? A bit challenging. The drivers side for a total newb? Forget about it. You'll never get past those firewall nuts that drive most experienced folks a bit nuts. YOu'll have hand cramps, bashed up fingers, and a sore back from leaning into the hood for hours. YOu'll struggle with getting the gasket to seat properly.
Dude. Its a nightmare of a job. Mainly the drivers side.
at this point, dont you already owe the dealership money for diagnostic fee that you'll lose if you dont let them do the work?
You may be out of luck, but what Im seeing at this point is letting them do the work. Have them do the gaskets and the spark plugs and the two failed coils. Make SURE you know which ones they changed. Then you can order 6 more coils (they come with the boots) and change those easily later on if you have any more of the same symptoms.
I never even knew the cooling fan fluid needed changing. I've got 122k and mines a 2002..I guess I need to get on that. LOL.
Dude. Its a nightmare of a job. Mainly the drivers side.
at this point, dont you already owe the dealership money for diagnostic fee that you'll lose if you dont let them do the work?
You may be out of luck, but what Im seeing at this point is letting them do the work. Have them do the gaskets and the spark plugs and the two failed coils. Make SURE you know which ones they changed. Then you can order 6 more coils (they come with the boots) and change those easily later on if you have any more of the same symptoms.
I never even knew the cooling fan fluid needed changing. I've got 122k and mines a 2002..I guess I need to get on that. LOL.
It's not that bad. The passenger side is easy as sh!t. Should take less than a hour to change it. The drivers side is alittle hard, but not that bad if you remove the upper sway bar and the windshield wiper cowl. I couple extensions and you can get to those back bolts fairly easy. I've done a complete swap on a friends' LS in under 2 hours so it's not too bad.
Hey joe, I agree with you on finding a non-mainstream mechanic to fix it.
Ok, hey peoples I feel real retarded. The whole time and I just remembered I had an extended warranty. I went to the dealership and told them gave them all the paper work and everything. And I asked the rep, could he just replace all the coils and let the warranty company pay for he said no because he has to give part numbers etc. I said well your just going to replace the 2 coils and what about the boots he said I'm going to try to get them to replace the 6 boots and the gaskets. Then he was like I'm going to try to get them to replace all I can. Does this sound like something I should go with? But I haven't got a word back yet even stating they would cover coils. I called the warranty people last friday do they cover the coils he said well it doesn't say in your warranty we don't so just tell your dealership to put in a claim. I hope they want say we are going to just pay half.