Coil pack & spark plug suggestions

[tfunt]

I have a 2013 King Ranch that I am looking to replace the COIL Packs and plugs on. I dont really want to buy motocraft, but also dont want to get ripped off by some cheap after market brand. I was looking at DIY and ACCEL

Has anyone bought DIY Solution parts before or know anything about them?

 

[bloodhound]

I used Accel coils on my 2009 before. No issues.

 

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

I have a 2013 King Ranch that I am looking to replace the COIL Packs and plugs on. I dont really want to buy motocraft, but also dont want to get ripped off by some cheap after market brand. I was looking at DIY and ACCEL

Has anyone bought DIY Solution parts before or know anything about them?

Why don’t you want to use MotorCraft - and why are you replacing all the coil packs?

I have no experience with DIY - I only use OEM parts.

 

[Speed 330]

I have a 2013 King Ranch that I am looking to replace the COIL Packs and plugs on. I dont really want to buy motocraft, but also dont want to get ripped off by some cheap after market brand. I was looking at DIY and ACCEL

Has anyone bought DIY Solution parts before or know anything about them?

I used the Motorcraft spark plugs and MsD coils

 

[tfunt]

Why don’t you want to use MotorCraft - and why are you replacing all the coil packs?

I have no experience with DIY - I only use OEM parts.

I don’t want to use motorcraft do to the cost and the fact that they seem to ware out frequently.

I plan on doing them all since it seems like once one or two fail they all eventually fail and might as well replace all at once and know when they all were last done.

 

[tfunt]

I used the Motorcraft spark plugs and MsD coils

What year is your expy? I had an 04 and used MsD on it but can’t find them for the 2013. Where did you buy the MsD?

 

[Andy Rubalcaba]

Not understanding the not wanting to use motorcraft logic. FordTechMakuloco has a video on this subject, and he recommends only using the motorcraft ignition coils because of reliability.

I recently did my timing job and replaced the sparks with SP509 plugs, and all 8 ignition coils were replaced to motorcraft ones because who ever had this truck before me went with red top aftermarket ones.


I like to baby my vehicles, but even if you don't, the way I see it - if you're going to spend some money on parts, why save some pennies over such a valuable and invested thing in your life such as a vehicle.

 

[mjp2]

I used Accel coils on my 2009 before. No issues.

Same here. Been running Accel coils on my 2010 since 2016 without issue.

 

[Trainmaster]

No reason to replace good coils. A waste of money.

Throw away good OEM parts to replace with aftermarket? Not what I would do.

 

[plumcolr]

OTOH, I had an issue with coil pack failures, 6 total, 3 in a 6-month period. two of those 3 were original Ford. Got tired of it, replaced all 8 with accel, never had another failure

 

[NASCAR Mike]

I would measure the resistance of all 8 coils. If one or two of them is vastly different than the others, replace those. No need to throw away parts that are working fine.

My wife's 08 Expy still has the original coil packs.

 

[the bus]

If i were not to use oem... i would probably try the denso version. They are available on rockauto. I heard standard makes the ford one if that helps. I could be wrong too. I used accel versions but they didnt last as long as oem. As for plugs.. i would use motorcraft but if i didnt then probably ngk. I would stick with oem but those would be my alternatives if oem was not available.

 

[BlackBetty]

If the member wants to replace his coil packs and plugs, let him. Give him the advice on the parts you have experience with.

I’ve got NGK’s in mine. I replaced the original Motorcraft with another set of Motorcraft. When I was getting it re- tuned after the Full Race Freak-O-Beast mod the tuner felt some missing, and pulled the plugs. There two Motorcraft’s that hit the bullet. He installed NGK’s as that’s what he saw as being the best combination with Ecoboost, and tuning. Run’s like a scalded dog now, so yeah I like’em.

 

[fuzzmanmatt]

I used cheap Amazon coils, they worked great for about 30,000 miles, then one developed a miss. Not sure what exactly caused it, but whatever. I swapped them all over to Motorcraft. I've got ~60,000 on the Motorcraft coils in my wife's Mariner, haven't had any issues with those, and that includes after fixing the oil leak in the valve cover.

 

[Johnathan M]

I replaced all mine on an 05 with the yellow top coils (not sure of the brand - purchased the whole set on Amazon for approximately $60.00 [in 2018] - less than the cost of 1 Motorcraft)). I was happy with them. I kept the ones I replaced (most were Motorcraft) as spares. In the 75K or so miles that I ran them, I believe I replaced one of them with one of the spares I kept.

If the engine ever misses, run it with a code reader/scanner plugged in and find out which cylinder is missing. Swap that coil with another one on the engine and see if the miss moves with the swap. If it does, then it’s the coil. If the miss stays on the same cylinder, then it’s not the coil.

 

[DangerousDan]

My bro-in-law worked for Echlin (he worked with NAPA) as a factory rep calling on Napa jobbers. He was eventually promoted to VP of NAPA operations. Point is, he was a very sharp guy. I also worked auto aftermarket. He told me one day, when Echlin came up against Standard they just hoped they had a better price. Std quality was equal to better. Both are fine lines, just get the best price. I have a 03 Exped 5.4 225k. I am going to change all coil packs and plugs. Beware of chinese counterfeits. They are not clones. The Malibo guy (sic?) on FB just did a video on counterfeits. You have to really know what to look for in order to know. Amazon and Ebay have more bogs than real deal! Amazon has my coills in Std for 79$/8 Rock Auto 92$/8 Amazon has true MC plugs 32$/8. Im sure yall know where Ill buy Dan

 

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

My bro-in-law worked for Echlin (he worked with NAPA) as a factory rep calling on Napa jobbers. He was eventually promoted to VP of NAPA operations. Point is, he was a very sharp guy. I also worked auto aftermarket. He told me one day, when Echlin came up against Standard they just hoped they had a better price. Std quality was equal to better. Both are fine lines, just get the best price. I have a 03 Exped 5.4 225k. I am going to change all coil packs and plugs. Beware of chinese counterfeits. They are not clones. The Malibo guy (sic?) on FB just did a video on counterfeits. You have to really know what to look for in order to know. Amazon and Ebay have more bogs than real deal! Amazon has my coills in Std for 79$/8 Rock Auto 92$/8 Amazon has true MC plugs 32$/8. Im sure yall know where Ill buy Dan

Informative article about counterfeit Ford and Motorcraft parts, and where they have been sold: https://fordauthority.com/2022/10/ford-files-trademark-infringement-lawsuit-over-counterfeit-parts/

I buy critical parts (electric, plugs, etc.) from a Ford dealer or Motorcraft jobber.

 

[DangerousDan]

The MC coil packs Ive seen are 50-60$ ea. They are not made by Ford but by an approved Ford supplier (Standard,Echlin, Accell?) Ive used Std for 40 yrs. Very fine line of ignition Im on a limited income the diff in 400-500$ and 79$ is significant.