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Changing COPs

Old Aug 18, 2012 | 08:28 PM
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Changing COPs

I am trying to figure out if it would be worth it to change the cops out on my truck. She is 10 years old and nearing 140000 miles on what i am almost positive are the same coils from the factory. I changed the sparkplugs about 10000 miles ago so I know they are good for awhile. Will it be worth it to chnage the cops out for new visteon cops? thanks guys!
 
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 08:35 PM
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Are you having any stumble issues in OD at light throttle?
 
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 08:52 PM
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No I am not. However when Im around town and the truck shifts into over drive between 45 and 55 it bogs some. But if I did change would I see a change in mpg or a slight power increase? Also I want to do as much preventative mantinence as possible before school starts.
 
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 08:59 PM
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You would see more by changine the o2's and cleaning the throttle body coils either work or they dont.
 
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 09:03 PM
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Ok I will look into changing the o2s. Would getting new cats help any?
 
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 09:06 PM
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Do you have a part number for them?
 
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 09:09 PM
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Also would you recomend getting motorcraft or another brand
 
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 09:13 PM
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 12:58 AM
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Motorcraft or Bosch for the O2's.

However when Im around town and the truck shifts into over drive between 45 and 55 it bogs some.
That COULD be the coils.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 11:51 AM
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I'm gonna change them both. Plus having 10 year old cops makes me wonder when ones gonna fail
 
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 01:07 PM
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Mine is a 2000 and I had just slight rough idle and a little stumble. I had thought maybe COPS but decided just to give a real good tune-up and changed the plugs with the Motorcraft ones and ordered all new COP boots. Noticed a major improvement with just changing those two alone. Much smoother idle and no more stumble. COP boots are a cheap item and proved cheap option to check first for me before going with new COPS.. A few of mine had some pretty rough looking contact springs in the boots...
 
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 04:47 PM
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How difficult is the O2 sensor replacement? There's 2 correct? I've heard from some guys that it can be more of a pain than it's worth because by this point, most are pretty rusty and seized and you risk breaking something. Input?
 
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 04:50 PM
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i'm still using one or two oem coils on my truck...275k miles and they last longer than the global's i've bought, same thing with the o2 sensors, i changed them out about 5k miles ago and i can't really tell a difference besides a "smoother" idle
 
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 05:38 PM
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There are 4 o2 sensors. I think with some wd40 or pblaster they should come right out am I correct?
 
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 06:25 PM
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If you change the O2's, you only really need to change the front 2. Most parts stores have an O2 sensor socket in their loaner tools.
 
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