I LOVE My GTR So I Bought Another Twin-Turbo V6 AWD Auction Car For 50% Off! Fixed For 30 Dollars!
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the creator shares his experience of purchasing a 2016 Ford Taurus SHO at an auction for $6,200, highlighting its impressive features and performance for a daily driver. After encountering a check engine light issue, he diagnoses and fixes the problem with spark plugs and an air filter. The video also covers a detailed interior and exterior cleaning process, showcasing the car's transformation and its various amenities, including heated and massaging seats, push-button start, and a sunroof. The creator concludes by reflecting on the value and satisfaction of owning a well-maintained used car.
Takeaways
- 🚗 The video discusses a Ford Taurus SHO with a powerful twin-turbo V6 engine and various features, purchased at an unusually low price.
- 💰 The Ford Taurus SHO was bought for $5900, significantly below the typical private party price range of $5k-$10k, depending on condition and age.
- 🤔 The car initially exhibited a flashing check engine light and acceleration issues, raising concerns about potential problems.
- 🛠️ After diagnosing with an OBD scanner, it was discovered that the car had misfires related to ignition and fuel systems, with old and cracked spark plugs being a significant issue.
- 🧹 A thorough cleaning and maintenance of the vehicle, including the intake valves and air filter, was performed to improve performance.
- 🔧 The video also covers the replacement of the spark plugs and inspection of the engine's timing chain and water pump, which had been recently serviced.
- 🌟 The Ford Taurus SHO is praised for its comfort, features, and performance, especially considering its price and the fact that it's a daily driver.
- 🚀 Despite the initial issues, the car runs well after the maintenance, and the video suggests potential for further modifications for increased performance.
- 🛒 The video provides advice on purchasing used cars, emphasizing the importance of checking the vehicle's history and maintenance records.
- 🎥 The video concludes with the Ford Taurus SHO being used for a family outing, highlighting its suitability as a daily driver and the satisfaction of fixing and maintaining a used car.
Q & A
What was the initial issue with the car in the video?
-The initial issue with the car was a flashing check engine light, difficulty in acceleration, and a problem with the cooling system that resulted in no pressure.
What is the significance of the Ford Taurus SHO in the video?
-The Ford Taurus SHO is significant because it is introduced as the narrator's new daily driver, which they bought for an unusually low price of $6,000. It has a powerful twin-turbo V6 engine and various features like half-leather seats and a push-button start.
What were some of the notable features of the Ford Taurus SHO?
-Notable features of the Ford Taurus SHO include a powerful twin-turbo V6 engine, all-wheel drive, a six-speed transmission with paddle shifters, aftermarket support, half-leather half-suede heated seats, and a push-button start.
How much did the narrator pay for the Ford Taurus SHO?
-The narrator paid only $900 for the Ford Taurus SHO, which is significantly lower than its usual market value due to it being a clean title vehicle from an auction.
What was the potential reason for the car being sold at half price at the auction?
-The potential reason for the car being sold at half price could be due to undisclosed issues or problems with the vehicle, which are usually the case when a car is available at such a discounted price.
What was the outcome after using the OBD scanner on the Ford Taurus SHO?
-After using the OBD scanner, it was found that the car had misfire issues, specifically cylinder 3 and 4 misfires and a random misfire. The scanner also provided potential consequences and troubleshooting steps.
What did the narrator do to address the misfire issue?
-The narrator cleared the codes using the OBD scanner and decided to monitor the car while driving. They also planned to keep the scanner in the car to continue monitoring the situation.
What was the narrator's father-in-law's role in the video?
-The narrator's father-in-law, referred to as Papa D, is a fan of the narrator's videos and was involved in the car buying process. The narrator also mentioned a potential future episode featuring Papa D's modified 1999 Regal GS.
What were the findings from the inspection of the Ford Taurus SHO after the purchase?
-Upon inspecting the Ford Taurus SHO, the narrator found that it had newer tires, a clean interior, and was dealer-maintained with a single owner. However, there were concerns about the engine misfires and the age of some components like the spark plugs.
What was the final outcome after the narrator addressed the initial issues with the Ford Taurus SHO?
-After addressing the initial issues, the Ford Taurus SHO ran well without the check engine light flashing. The car was driven back home without any major issues, and the narrator planned further investigation into the engine performance.
Outlines
🚗 Introducing the New Daily Driver: The LSC S
The video begins with the host introducing his new daily driver, a LSC S, which he bought for a surprisingly low price of $6,000. He explains the car's impressive features, such as its powerful twin turbo V6 engine, all-wheel drive, and comfortable heated seats. The host also shares his experience of buying the car sight unseen from an auction and his plans to drive it back home from Indiana to Chicago.
💡 First Encounter with the Car's Issues
The host discusses the initial problems he faced with the LSC S, including a flashing check engine light and difficulty in acceleration. He suspects that the issues might be due to a misfire and shares his attempts to diagnose the problem using an OBD scanner. The host also talks about a potential leak in the cooling system and the strange lack of pressure in the system.
🛠️ Starting the Repair Process
The host delves into the repair process, starting with replacing the spark plugs, which he discovered were cracked and worn out. He also discusses the possibility of the intake valves being heavily carboned, especially since the car is direct injected. The host uses a scope to inspect the engine and plans to further investigate the issue by getting the car on a rack.
🔍 Investigating the Car's History and Documents
The host examines the car's documents and service history, revealing that the car had a water pump and timing chain kit done recently. He also finds out that the previous owner traded in the car for a new one and had a ticket for driving without insurance. The host expresses his confusion over why not all spark plugs were replaced during the recent service.
🧐 Further Inspection and Compression Test
The host continues his inspection by conducting a compression test on the cylinder, which turns out to be satisfactory. He also finds a new spark plug and a recently replaced valve cover, raising more questions about the car's service history. The host decides to put the car back together and take it for a test drive to see if the issues persist.
🚗 Test Driving After Repairs
After reassembling the car and conducting necessary repairs, the host takes the LSC S for a test drive. He notes that the car runs smoothly and the previous misfire issues seem to be resolved. The host expresses his satisfaction with the car's performance and comfort, despite the initial issues.
🔧拆卸进气歧管以清洁阀门
视频的这部分展示了主持人拆卸进气歧管以清洁堵塞的进气阀。他解释了清洁这些阀的重要性，并展示了两种不同的清洁方法：化学清洁和使用核桃壳进行物理清洁。主持人还讨论了拆卸进气歧管的复杂性，并分享了他如何克服这些挑战。
🧼内饰深度清洁
在这段视频中，主持人专注于清洁车辆的内饰，特别是处理座椅上的污渍和污垢。他使用了内饰清洁剂和地毯清洁器，并展示了如何有效地去除咖啡渍和座椅上的油脂。主持人对清洁后的效果感到满意，并强调了保持车辆清洁的重要性。
🌟展示最终成果
视频的最后部分，主持人展示了经过彻底清洁和维护后的福特金牛座SHO。他强调了车辆的出色状态，包括干净的内饰、良好的外观和性能。主持人还分享了他对车辆的总体满意度，并讨论了未来的计划，可能会对车辆进行一些性能改进。
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Check Engine Light
💡Twin Turbo V6 Engine
💡Transmission
💡Misfire
💡Spark Plugs
💡Direct Injection
💡Car Maintenance
💡Clean Title
💡Aftermarket Support
💡VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)
💡Compression Test
Highlights
The narrator discusses a car with a powerful twin-turbo V6 engine and all-wheel drive, which is not a typical Ford.
The car in question is a Ford Taurus SHO with 365 horsepower and a clean title, bought for only $6,000.
The Taurus SHO is compared to a Nissan GTR in terms of performance and value for money.
The narrator shares his experience of buying the car sight unseen and finding it in excellent condition.
The car has comfortable heated seats and a push-button start, making it an appealing daily driver.
The narrator's father-in-law, referred to as Papa D, is a fan of the car and has a history of car modification.
The Taurus SHO's performance is tested, with the narrator noting its acceleration and handling.
The narrator encounters a check engine light and uses an OBD scanner to diagnose the issue.
The car's misfire issue is linked to spark plugs and ignition coils, which are replaced.
The narrator investigates further issues with the car, including a cracked spark plug.
The car's water pump and timing chain kit are found to have been recently replaced.
The narrator performs a compression test to check the car's cylinder health.
The car's interior and exterior are detailed, showing its cleanliness and good condition.
The narrator discusses the car's features, such as blind spot monitoring and rear parking aid.
The Taurus SHO is praised for its value, performance, and comfort, making it an ideal daily driver.
The narrator shares his plans for future modifications and maintenance for the Taurus SHO.
The video concludes with the narrator expressing satisfaction with his new daily driver and future plans for the car.
Transcripts
all right we got a flashing check engine
light oh it's bad I I can barely
accelerate and I'm just glad it's not
the GTR that's broken there's like no
pressure in the cooling sy so that one
is straight up cracked waa what is this
look at all this stuff this is so scary
guys don't fall in this got to be the
issue this has got to be it no I failed
we're in sport mode now let's see what
this feels
like place your guesses Down Below in
the comments but what if I told you that
you could own a car with a powerful
twint turbo V6 engine all-wheel drive a
six-speed transmission with paddle
shifters a ton of aftermarket support
and this car even has super comfy half
leather half suede heated seats with a
push button start and what if I told you
that you could buy this car clean title
for only about
$6,000 have you figured it out yet
well if not then let me introduce you to
my new daily driver the
LSC s now it may be a little odd to
compare a Nissan GTR to a Ford Taurus
but just like that's not your typical
Nissan this is not your typical Ford it
is the Sho model which stands for super
high output because this twin turbo V6
puts out
365 horsepower and there are guys out
there with simple Bolton's E85 and a
tune running 1124 M times which is just
as fast as a stock GTR but for 10 times
less the cost I just won this clean
title 2016 Sho for only
$900 now that's actually a very abnormal
price this car should have sold for
roughly double that it's a clean title
one owner dealer maintained tourist that
in the auction pictures looked
absolutely mint but there's usually
reason you get about half off of a car
at an auction so this generation show
ran all the way from 2010 to
2019 there were little upgrades any a
facelift throughout the years but
they're generally all the same and you
guys can find these private party from
between 5 and $10,000 all day depending
on condition and if you want a little
bit of a newer one they do get into the
low teens normally so this is my first
time seeing this car in person as well I
just bought it sight unseen and it was
on that side of the lot and they brought
it around for me but so far it's it's
all there you know poop stains included
uh it's a metallic gray and this has the
optional 20-in wheels and it's pretty
loaded up these older Asis auction cars
don't get much of a condition report so
all it says is that it runs that that's
about it and I didn't bring the trailer
I'm going to try to drive this back home
from Indiana to Chicago it's not too far
hang on before I attempt to drive the
tourist back big shout out to my father
in law his last name starts with a d and
all the grandkids call him Papa D so
this is definitely one of my top three
fans in the world he watches believe
that's right he watches every video Papa
knows everything legit street cars and
you guys met Mama legit street cars at
the FI of the van with can's event but
he was there as well he comes to
everything a great guy and before my
career on YouTube I actually modified
his 1999 Regal GS with a supercharged
3800 so you know it's got the ported
blower smaller pulley exhaust tune
injectors and all that good stuff and we
were going to drive that but his
transmission went out it was rebuilt
177,000 Mi ago but like over a year so
the warrant's up they won't cover them
at all which is ridiculous so now I'm
looking for possibly a built
transmission for his Regal GS and I
might make an episode on Papa D's Regal
let me know in the comment section if
you want to see that and maybe him
driving it it's pretty quick already all
right Dad what uh what car do you want
to drive the Taurus or the GTR the GTR
oh yeah I drove it up here so now it's
his turn
yeah well how do you do launch control
with this thing get out of here we're
just driving
back he wants to do launch control
already we're going to sit in some
horrible Chicago traffic but uh we'll
have Papa deep back again for sure
before we hit the road I just got to
take a quick look at this car make sure
you know it's going to drive home so I
know that it starts but let's really
listen listen to this thing fires right
up um currently no warning lights which
is kind of crazy and it's really hard to
tell in the auction pictures but there
were some signs that this car was in
really good condition you could see that
it had newer tires the interior didn't
look cut up and destroyed and of course
I looked up the VIN dealer maintained at
the same dealer one owner that is a
great great sign but typically a 2016
Sho like this would go more for like 10
to 12 Grand and I got it for 5900 so
what's wrong with it all right here we
go it's reading Drive our steering works
well this has electronic power steering
of course this thing didn't have much
gas so we're getting gas driving the
Sho little quarter throttle there
shifting well alignment's off a little
bit not too bad and we're up to 60 I
think we're in our final sixth gear now
these did have issues with the torque
converter so I was wondering if they
traded it in for that it's possible but
so far the transmission seems great all
right we got a Flash and check engine
light we made it about 5 mil it's
running horribly horribly bad right now
all right that's more like it for an
auction car great this thing is
definitely misfiring oh it's bad I I can
barely accelerate now it's starting to
slow down and I don't see papa anywhere
I don't know where he went with the GTR
so all right let me give him a call I
got to pull over well out of all places
to pull over the first thing off the
highway is a Nissan dealer and I'm just
glad it's not the GTR that's broken I'll
take a broken Ford any day over a broken
GTR I get a faint smell of oil could
just be leaking valve covers just kind
of curious this is weird there's like no
pressure in the cooling system I
literally just got off the highway
that's that's odd let's see here don't
do this if you have a hot engine but
there's no pressure in there yeah it
looks green doesn't look like any oil or
anything's mixed in there let's plug in
our Carly lights are on we have Carly
connected this is a phenomenal OBD
scanner because it uses a really nice
phone app and so let's go to Diagnostics
we have three in the PCM cylinder 3
misfire four misfire and random misfire
great the first thing I would think of
with misfires would be ignition but
what's awesome about Carly is even if
you're not a mechanic you can enter
smart mechanic and this will break down
potential consequences so engine runs
and reduced power because not all
cylinders are active and you might have
a warning light on and the most
important part is it will help you with
troubleshooting first thing ignition
coil spark plug definitely where I would
go and then it'll even teach you about
how the systems on the car work so this
has direct injection that could be a
possible issue with this as well Carly
smart mechanic is just an excellent
resource to learn about all sorts of
different issues with your car and it
doesn't just stop there with Carly you
can also reset service maintenance
indicators you can check out live data
so to help you further diagnose and
issue oh and this is great used car
check so right now this is going to
check the mileage in multiple control
units because they can still mess with
odometers but they'd have to change the
mileage in every control unit to really
fool you if you have Carly Carly is
detected no tampering and check this out
it checked with nine different computers
on the car all right well this is good
the check engine light's not flashing
anymore and these are the only codes for
the Taurus everything else is good it
scans all these other modules so let's
go ahead and clear out these codes for
now all right we're good there no more
check engine light I just cleared out
the codes and it's running good it was
definitely shaking before it had a
current misfire yeah Dad just rev it up
to like 1,500 2,000 RPM something like
that it's running good right now just by
clearing the codes out so I don't know
what's going on I think we're going to
be okay to drive it I'll keep the
scanner in the car kind of monitor
things but man on the highway there was
a one point where I thought it was an
issue with the transmission it was like
and then the the thing started flashing
so it's yeah something's going on this
might have been why they traded it in
we're going to take off soon and try and
make it back to Chicago but I'm going to
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luck on this ride let's hit the road
when we were getting on the interstate
there was a SUV behind me and we got on
we're following a the truck I wanted to
get into the next Lane to get around the
truck but they wouldn't let me because
they came swooping behind and then
alongside and they're giving me the
thumbs up and and they're filming
filming the car as I'm I'm driving it
and they're they're passing me that's
that GTR lifestyle this thing gets a ton
of attention especially in red yeah this
on the other hand gets no attention at
all looks like the most mundane normal
car ever because it kind of is look at
this really nice backup camera this
thing is wheat especially for the money
look it's got parking Aid so it'll start
beeping at me if I'm getting close to
something like that oh wait what vehicle
coming from the front right did it did
it know about that one well that's
pretty cool it's got Lane departure
assist on the mirrors too so far so good
we're back in Chicago from Indiana if
you guys know the area this is not a
good place to break down so yeah I'm
cannot wait to get back on the highway
and also I found out that this thing has
massaging seats oh I got to try this out
massage oh no way it's it's working I
had no idea oh it's on my butt now I got
to say I have a lot of lower back
problems being a mechanic for so long
this is so nice this is the kind of
shake you want to feel not a not an
engine Miss I'm driving through the
south side of Chicago got to get some
Twist of Kanye I don't know if Jamie Fox
is from Chicago but the other two are
just seems fitting all right we're
getting back on the highway last time
when it started missing I was
accelerating just a little bit so it
might have gotten into some boost I
wonder if that's what's making it mfire
because it idles and just drives around
town Perfect all right let's see here
give it a little
throttle oh it's oh yeah oh that's
it there's definitely a correlation with
throttle position and the engine
misfiring and I'm going about a quarter
half throttle which is probably about
where it would start building some boost
and this engine is direct injected which
means that the intake valves could be
heavily carboned and sometimes on
engines like this you'll have a misfire
present itself under load or under boost
so I got to stay out of boost before we
get back to legit stre quarters but then
we're digging right into this engine I
want to see how bad these valves are I
got Papa D in the lead right now so I've
been staring at the back of the GTR for
like a half hour guys what do you think
of the black part above the tail pipes
that's not Factory do you like that this
is what the back end of a red GTR would
look like without them and here is mine
with them I'm I'm I kind of think think
I'm just I'm definitely going to take
those off because they weren't done very
nicely but I think I think I might just
leave it off and just go with the
red all right we made it back to legit
Street
quarters and it runs great with no load
but even with a little bit of throttle
it'll start shaking like crazy let's get
it on the rack let's dig in so let's go
ahead and take off this Sho Beauty cover
easy enough there it is something I
noticed right away is this valve cover
looks to be much older than this it
looks brand new and the PCV valves are
built into the valve covers on a lot of
these Fords and I think that's the case
here so it's very possible that this one
failed and they had to replace the
entire valve cover not the best design
for you know like a $2 PCV valve that
could have worked I'm going to start off
by removing this coil now pull the plug
out and it's 1 18
mm and this could be a bad ignition coil
or
two these definitely look to be original
they're definitely Ford coils 155,000
miles but let's start off with checking
the plugs typically if you have a
misfire you want to go after the
ignition system
first let's see what we got what do we
got huh okay I don't think these are new
oh wow that one is straight up cracked
look at that there's a crack you guys
see that line right there I I didn't do
that it didn't crack coming out and uh
yeah these these are Ford spark plugs
and they might be kind of old look at
this this other side is even more
cracked I went and bought brand new Ford
spark plugs the Gap is supposed to be
right around 30,000 which is accurate
and then if we take our old plug it does
look worn out I have a 35,000 gauge in
here and it's tapping around very loose
so this one's probably at 40,000 this is
at 30,000 which could indicate that this
is very very old I believe the spark
plugs are due to be replaced at 60,000
Mi so this could have been done at 60
and then these have about 90,000 Mi on
them that actually seems like it might
be pretty accurate but either way let's
replace all the plugs and just see if
that fixes it if it doesn't we'll have
to dig deeper and if it does we're going
to still dig deeper I want to see how
bad these intake valves are I'm taking
this PCV line out now we can get to
these coils much easier unplug a couple
more
coils spark plugs are definitely easy on
the for Taurus SHO do these at home save
money all right let's see how these
spark plugs looked
how's this guy looking sometimes old
spark plugs do crack on the way out so
it's it's hard to know if that one was
cracked before okay this one's cracked
too um yeah these things are probably
just falling apart right now it's pretty
bad I've only seen really old spark
plugs crack like that on their way out
especially when you have such a straight
path here it's not like we're at a weird
angle and we're messing the spark plug
up I mean we're we're right on it just
like that okay it's the first one that's
not cracked but honestly it also could
be that difference in the spark plug Gap