Ford Freestyle / 500 / Montego Duratec 3.0 Intake Manifold Removal

[jeremysgriffin21]

Thank you for posting this video! It was extremely help when I did a tuneup on my 500.

[mslewis2u]

what up do you have a email or # i can contact

[dmckmc]

@mslewis2u - you can post questions or comments here, I get a notification of comments and will see it.

[ven0msho]

Great video - but I found two additional tidbits. I could not get the intake out without the Fuel pressure regulator hanging up on the Power steering line so I removed it from the fuel rail first. Also the Nut on the bottom of the EGR valve kicked me in the teeth for a bit. I ended up using my 28mm pump wrench and Stacked a 1/2" deep well socket and extensions to get enough cheater bar to get that baby loose. Great video overall - just under 2 hours first time for a plug change at 100K.

[slattery1977]

Wish I had thought to look here before I did it... I'm a pro now. LOL

[jnave73]

Thanks so much for posting! I just did this job this morning. Your video was a ton of help. Changed out plugs, air intake gaskets, pcv valve, and cleaned throttle body. About a 4-hour job. Probably would have been less if I had better tools.

[jackc54]

AWESOME Video. Just took mine out. 2006 FFS, 105,000 mi, carbon every where.

[Patrick062764]

One more comment....When you have the air intake, wires and tubes removed it is possible to check the condition of your CVT fluid. Look to the left of the battery for a yellow dipstick ring. The dip stick becomes exposed and accessible.

[Patrick062764]

The dealer and local shops wanted a fortune to do this job $280 to $400 so my father-in-law and I successfully did this ourselves today. Fuel line had only a spit of gas on removal. After removing the plenum I noticed a lot of sand around the intake holes. I carefully vaccumed then buffed up the area with a rotary wire brush. Buy a can of throttle body cleaner, mine was filthy. Don't forget new intake gaskets when you buy your plugs. Thanx for the video it was very helpful.

[caaarz]

Very cool and thorough video. Thank you.

[gl3nnrice]

At 2:05 you're removing something you call a "PCV tube", but then at 4:22 you're pointing to the rear PCV valve, in a much less accesible location. What's the PCV tube on the front of the engine for?

[dmckmc]

@gl3nnrice Both tubes are crankcase ventilation tubes. Only the rear tube has the PCV valve. I am not sure why. 

[applianceassistant]

Kudos to you my friend! Thanks for this video. I have a 05' ford freestyle that was lurching and stalling at low speeds. Cleaning the throttle body seems to have fixed it...time will tell. It was not all that dirty but some grime was removed with some Chemtool and an old toothbrush. By the way waiting till the engine is cool is very good advice...hot liquid against the thumb while trying to plug the freshly removed coolant hose is slightly painful. Thanks again!

[garciagjose18]

Thanks is a good video I know now how replace the spark plug whitout problems. my truck has a 75,000 miles.

[katerynish]

Is the throttle body problem on 05-07 freestyles?

[jet62095]

@katerynish It's on all 3.0L engines.

[dmckmc]

@peoplebones @peoplebones all gaskets were replaced around 100,000 miles when I first changed the plugs and coils. The car now has about 136,000 miles so I decided not to replace the gaskets again. If I remember right, all of the gaskets came in a kit I got from Rockauto (Felpro MS925861) they also have a gasket for the throttle body. See also MyFordFreestyle and many pictures of my repairs here: cid-dbe71524ed69a4fd.photos.li­ve.com/browse.aspx/Car%20Repai­r

[dmckmc]

This repair ended up being a bit more involved. The #2 coil and plug did indeed need to be replaced (I replaced them all since I was back there). The EGR however was actually fine. The problem was a short in the wire from the EVR pin of the EGR to the EVR pin of the PCM. Basically, the EGR valve was not getting power.