Ford - 4.6L V8 Complete Training

[@zackh7570]

The 4.6L & 5.4L are Great engines so long as you/the owner checks the oil level every couple of weeks, and don’t go an extended period of time without changing your oil filter!
These motors are stout, but as anyone who has repaired them knows, the plastic timing chain tensioners are the most common failure in these engines if they have ran low on oil.
And the plastics on the intake manifold are known to break around the thermostat & cooling Passover, but they fixed this design in 04 I believe.
And lastly the infamous 3 threads of aluminium that hold your spark plugs in the cylinder head. (Also fixed in 04 by changing it to 8 threads)
*specifically I’m dating the engines used in the mustang, so others like the f150 and CV may have gotten the improvements before or after the dates I mentioned, but just wanted to share my experience with the ford modular lol.

[@crackseller321]

I enjoy watching these old school videos. Reminds me of auto class

[@DiverCTH]

17:10 - Engine Removal - 1991 Lincoln Town Car
26:05 - Timing Chain Removal
31:00 - Timing Chain Reinstallation
38:05 - Cylinder Head Removal
45:25 - Cylinder Head Installation
56:36 - Main Bearing Removal

[@DiverCTH]

57:19 - Main Bearing Installation
59:38 - Cylinder Head Disassembly
1:04:17 - Fastening Devices & Torquing Techniques

[@sincitysaint]

You sir are the hero we didnt know we needed and dont deserve

[@joeysanchez5926]

Ty

[@angelgjr1999]

My favorite Ford Engine. Crown Vics, F150s, and Mustangs used this.

[@liambarrer8343]

Angel Gutierrez I hate when my mustang spits 5 fucking plugs .... I own a cal cav time sert kit in my tool box

[@alexvillarreal3947]

thats right , but mustang has a different intake and other mods thats increase to 225 hp for the models till 97 and 98 to 2004 260 hp...

[@TheTerminator310]

You forgot Expedition's and Explorer's!

[@mariollamas7501]

Grand marquis

[@sategllib2191]

@@liambarrer8343 make sure the threads aren't gunked up and properly torque them and this doesn't happen.

[@UncleSarkis]

I own 4 vehicles with this engine. Love this video.

[@tracytillett]

I feel like I'm ready for an engine rebuild now. Lol

[@i_________________________4994]

Who is here trying to rebuild there 2v?

[@VincentSevenV7]

hey bud I was wondering what you did and what you replaced. I got a official ford 2004 mustang gt manual from ebay and I got about 1300$ to buy parts. I might have a spun bearing not sure it is not even close to as loud or aggressive as what I hear on CZcams. I am going to do at the moment crank, new bearing, ring the pistons replace all the torque to yield bolts, lifters , chain and oil tensioner, all new gaskets, oil pump. I am not sure if I have enough money and I do get a discount, work at a honda shop and ford gives us discounts so I am hoping im in the area. the big thing is I dont want to machine the block and i am replacing the crank with a napa crank kit instead of turning mine wondering your cost, what parts you replaced, did you machine the block, how many miles before rebuild?

[@crownvictorialifestyle4421]

@@VincentSevenV7 I have one built with cams after market rods and pistons on my channel

[@bibojack1261]

yee mine has low compression in a couple cylinders and the rest are way lower than spec. prolly valves or piston plus head gasket and some love. 4.6l 1999. how do you manually set the cam and valves with the piston?

[@VincentSevenV7]

@@bibojack1261 When I did it I put cylinder 1 top dead center, and used a cam holding tool to keep time. You don't need the tool cause the timing chains will have dots that you line up with your cam gears I just have the tool so why not. I never removed the cams to do the lifters because if the brackets that brakes that holds the cams the heads are pretty much done and can no longer be used, so be very careful. Most things on here are ether torque to yield or brake to match so it must go exactly as it came off. I hope I was able to answer your question. Just a clarification I am not a Ford Tech and not responsible if I forget to tell you something. I learned majority of this this stuff from 3 rebuilds this month not out of choice and a 2004 modular motor book that ford has got rid of cause the cars are no longer being worked on and they have a digital version for phones and computers with step by step instructions for people who don't know. Its not a haynes manual a OEM manual from ford that they use to teach.

[@wessclox8760]

I'm here because I'm trying to take a 5.4 4 valve from and navigator and build her up to the shelby specs from the 07-09 years

[@renj6531]

1990 cant believe this engines been around 30 years

[@CobraR1993]

I remember when they came out. 5.0 Mustang guys weren't too happy because the pushrods were gone.

[@renj6531]

@@CobraR1993 wouldnt be the first time back in the 60s ford had the cammer 427. Mopar and Gm are still non wavering from Ohv

[@Wooley689]

Very informative about the engine type. So much has changed since the 289, 302, 351, 390 and 400ci years.

[@mercedes-amgforlife3237]

They say the left handed jack screws are to be turned counter clockwise to loosen, but in fact are to be turned clockwise to loosen.

[@billymadison8036]

I just saw your comment after I said the same thing. Lol

[@tylerford2651]

Thankyou for uploading this

[@JoeBob1955]

Great video. While you have the engine out, and especially when you have the timing chain off, replace those old steel freeze plugs with good brass ones. I had the plugs behind the timing chain rust out, dumping copious quantities of coolant into the motor oil! Previous owners evidently didn't believe in anti-freeze, opting to run straight water. Several exposed freeze plugs were plugged with JB Weld.

[@jitterspec]

Thanks for posting. There Are so many videos with contradictory info. This official video sets the record straight!!!

[@Tentaisei]

This is fantastic I've seen half of this but it's awesome to see the whole thing that's you for uploading this.

[@joshuastittshall8688]

THANKS this tells me everything about my 95 Vic.

[@colinblankenship2401]

Thank you for sharing.

[@billymadison8036]

6:30 he says "the screws have left hand threads and turning them counter clockwise loosens them." That would tighten them on left hand thread

[@acuraonly]

thank you for this video!!!!!! amazing work

[@truckstractorswildlifeguns6648]

Thank you for the video, i enjoyed it, own 2 4.6 s currently, one is,almost 300k miles on it, runs great ,both do .seen lots of these come in the shop over the yrs .i like em

[@leeroethler4846]

I have a 98 Navigator Lucas in every oil change 612,000 miles never been inside the engine but it's on its 3rd transmission

[@rppasqua]

Wow, what a cool video. Very informative!

[@djoftha213]

Hell-fkn-yes!! Exactly what I needed!🤘

[@mrpilonoscar]

thank you very much for sharing this treasure

[@mrelectron6220]

Wow wish I would of came across this sooner a lot of good information thanks for posting this.

[@skworthington95]

I got a 4.6 2v with 309k and still going strong .

[@RohanSanjith]

Now how much bro

[@skworthington95]

@@RohanSanjith 379k

[@communismcanfixit3732]

@@skworthington95 how about now?

[@skworthington95]

@@communismcanfixit3732 380k

[@plebog]

430k 4.6 f150 here

[@rzamarripa4287]

Very thankful thumbs up

[@jdrs4214]

These dudes were working on a brand new lab rat Towncar back in the day. Must’ve been easy to work on a brand new car; no rusty exhaust bolts, or dirty hands, due to aged gaskets and seals!!!

[@FarrYaweh]

Yeah, no pulling back a cowl and having 20 years worth of dirt in your mouth 🤮

[@sk8n854]

Need one of these for the 3 valve

[@renj6531]

1:05:00 Ford seemed to have bolt knowledge down to a science, too bad navistar didnt take notice with the 6.0L , and I learned something new about adding 2 to the number of lines to find out what grade the bolt is.

[@WhoBallCain]

Used to have a 99 gt with the pi 4.6 and a 4r70w
Was always amazed at how it could run up hill in overdrive at barley over 1000rpm and still be smooth as hell
Gm’s ls is honestly a better design but for the time period the 4.6 cane out it was honestly really good for something from fomoco
Makes sense the Lincoln town car needs a smooth power plant and the 4.6 fit the bill like none other for the time

[@WhoBallCain]

Jake The Snake ive owned cars with both a 2v pi and have experience with the ls6 and 6.0 vortecs and I still wouldn’t crap on the modular 4.6. Ford did really well for using ODB1 when it was introduced and created an engine architecture that they were able to use/tweak for quite some time. Its a good power plant. Not much power but improved NVH and emissions were the main targets. It did well for what they designed it for. Nearly a perfect fleet engine for the time and the type of vehicle they were fitted it. Nothing at all wrong with a 2v 4.6. Excellent engine as are the LS’s, but like you said two engines for two different purposes.
Ps
Understanding that modding the two engines are a complex and completely different beast, i would like to add that im mainly referring to completely stock engines as they came from the factory. I tend to never mess around much with any of my cars. If anything it would be a set of tires and brakes first.

[@trueb0ss845]

LS lincoln towncar?

[@nicolesmrekar2046]

Had an 09 with the 4.6 3v swapped for a 5.3 stroker

[@renj6531]

56:08 this car must have been a prototype (test mule because the production cars the air intake read " V8 Over Head Cam " and on the lincolns it was painted an argent color

[@dntlss]

I wonder where the 150 HP for the 5.0 came from in this video at 3:30 ? Early 90s Mustangs with the 5.0 made 225 horses with half the size of a 4.6, when i say size i mean physical size,if you ever wanna see something amazing look at a picture comparing both engine and their sizes,its crazy how big the 4.6 is!!
I'm a old Ford guy and i have and currently own both versions 5.0 and 4.6, until i owned a 4.6 i never realized how good 5.0 engines (302) are,the 4.6s can jump timing (it has happened) they have the issue of the passenger head not getting enough coolant, the fiasco of the intake cracking,the issue of engines being built in different plants and being built differently,(lunacy right there) so if you have one and wanna put parts form the other you are screwed,yeah it can be done but its inconvenient,the issue of spark plugs blowing out of the heads, yeah 5.4 do it most but 4. 6s do it also, the list goes on and on.
I have a Thunderbird with a 4.6 a and also a Mustang with the four six and another Mustang with the 5.0 , i love all 3 and not knocking the 4.6, just stating some facts, not something "i read" but things that have happened to me and to friends that also own it, what i like about the 4.6 is the smoothness of it,its not that hard to work on it and they will last a long time with proper care and they are hard as heck to blow a head gasket on them,this is a fact, not hearsay, i think the "torque to yield" bolts and the entire torquing sequence on the heads contributes to the head gasket being so resilient.

[@haramacre]

The 150 is from the Ford Explorer.

[@duramax2079]

or the ltd crown vic@@haramacre

[@damiansoto9765]

my best video

[@mikegarcia1117]

I’m trying to rebuild a 4.6 1998 Ford Mustang vin number x I got the kit but I didn’t come with the seal retainers where do I get the retainer

[@charleslowe522]

Those are some anenmic looking main caps, even if they are cross botled.

[@jasonmitchell7677]

Is there a modular 4v video?

[@jimmywarledo4930]

Wasn't it at TDC to begin with?

[@ol_smokey9370]

I just bought a Mustang with a slight rod knock, it's almost like CZcams knew it...

[@RohanSanjith]

Did you rebuilt the rod bearing?

[@ol_smokey9370]

@@RohanSanjith I rebuilt the whole engine.

[@RohanSanjith]

@@ol_smokey9370oh that's good, do you know what made it to knock?

[@ol_smokey9370]

@@RohanSanjith piece of the timing chain tensioner guide broke off, restricted the oil pickup, and starved the engine of oil. Took out 2 rod bearings.

[@cobrajeff96]

Did Mike Rowe himself narrate these?

[@BabyBoomersDoomer]

Goldmine

[@pantherplatform]

(Panther Platform)

[@Tigerfire75]

How many panthers did it take to make the Panther Platform?

[@pantherplatform]

@@Tigerfire75 lol. How many foxes did it take to make the _Fox Platform?_

[@Tigerfire75]

@@pantherplatform well we are unsure since they are a sly kinda like oh say foxes.

[@BrookieCooki84]

Lol. “High horsepower”

[@wessclox8760]

When this video was made this was high horspower for the displacement. We've come along way haven't we

[@athanatanasov]

West Clox man...still cant believe a 5.0 has 112 hp more but gets better gas mileage than my SOHC 4.6

[@willwalker4252]

A drive a 4.6 f150 and this is my favorite comment by far.

[@drainmonkeys385]

Is this what I have in my 2012 ford E250 cargo van?

[@daltonmiller7532]

Do you not have a owners manual?

[@duramax2079]

no

[@commuterdude3053]

😏

[@highrzr]

Torque to Yield bolts suck!

[@americanmuscleup4617]

I noticed a lot that wasn’t done that by 2020 standards is a must when building and engine but hey if the fuckers who made it say u don’t have to check any bottom end clearances fuck it, no degree on those camshafts I’m doing it too..crank endplay was the only measurement taken I believe but over all good material

[@charleslowe522]

the 4.6l v8 in my Explorer was a fucking pos. The heads were garabage.

[@leeroethler4846]

Someone didn't change the oil or overheated the crap out of it at some point if you had head problems . I had a 05 4.0 and that was the biggest pos ever maid for the timing problems .

[@martinmcfly6328]

lmao they couldnt recegnize this was a shit design? that is so sad! lol problem free with pcv routed through a plastic intake gasket?

[@BenitoFan760]

😏