So... got a new (to me) 2012 F250 crew cab short bed XL/FX4, with 102k on the 6.2L gas engine. The carfax inidicated it was a fleet vehicle for the first 88k, then privately owned. Not much (nothing, actually) in the way of maintenance records available, other than some service on the transfer case by the second owner. There were a couple boxes of plugs in the glove box, thinking the previous owner probably *intended* to replace them, but didn't.

Local independent shop (usually does good work for me in the past) quoted me something like $200+ in parts for plugs, wires, boots, etc., then about 5+ hrs of shop time... total bill of $1100+ for changing the spark plugs. Seems a bit... high... to me. What do you think?

 

Dang, I can sell you a whole motor with 23K miles on it for cheaper than that.

 

Yeah... thinking I'll call the local Ford dealer on Monday. It's a tow vehicle for me i.e. non-daily driver, so I can 'afford' to take my time on it if need be. I'm pretty rusty on working on vehicles - not really something I enjoy, but some times I hit the point on used vehicles where I look at the quoted prices and decide to roll up my sleeves anyway.

 

$1100 for changing the plugs is high. Check around at other shops and dealers for better quotes.

 

Took a quick check on Rock Auto, 16 Motocraft plugs $61.12, 8 boots $41.04, wire set $39.79 = $141.95 total parts. So they are wanting $191.61 a hour to change the plugs.

Denny

 

Totally agree... Way over priced.... a good shop can do this job in 2 hours...3 if they are working slow....

I did mine.. no truck lift... I am 66 years old.. stopped several times for Coffee.. I did it in 3 1/2...
I also removed the inner fender liners.. for the lower ones.

 

Run Forest.... Run...

 

So... something that I'm a little confused about - mainly because I haven't really crawled in there yet... 16 plugs, but only 8 boots/wires?

 

8 upper plugs are COP (coil over plug) which are "on condition" items, if they fail you replace them. Lower 8 plugs are traditional wires and boots, a maintenance item, replace at interval with the plugs. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

you are correct... as stated...

 

The top plugs use coils with boots and spring wires to connect to the plug, the lower plugs use wires.
Denny

 

 

Local dealer quoted $600-700.

My parts should be arriving this week.

 

with my commercial account, my dealer charged me $600 for plugs, boots, and wires. only thing reused was the coils.