How to SERVICE a FORD KA

Hi, this video shows the servicing of a 2007 Ford Ka 1.3L. We are not mechanics but like to try and do our own servicing. In the video we change the oil and oil filter, the cabin (pollen) filter, the air filter and the spark plugs.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs/servicing. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to do the processes.
Many thanks, Vince.

[@wales1975]

I dont have or never have owned a KA, but still watched all the video

[@getstarted655]

I've never even heard of a KA and I watched the whole video

[@GECKOZFTW]

@Yuri Bezerra Sousa The 1.3 Duratec sold in Europe is a good engine. I have a 1.3 Duratec Ford Ka and it's a good first car. It's good on fuel, reasonably comfortable, quite spacious for how small it is (I'm 183cm tall and I fit easily) and it's very fun to drive.

[@williamhunter7626]

Just bought a 58 plate Ka. I’ve never serviced a car before but will be doing it myself after watching this. Thanks 😊

[@Speedy2Wasser]

Already did all the stuff a year ago for my sister still watched it cause your vids are nice .. actually perfect guid for everyone that has to do it .. you should do more of These not just electronics.

[@paulcresswell2279]

Nice to watch a simple basic diy video for a change.very informative for those who need to know

[@BikerBloke600]

Well done. Enjoy nothing better than working on my own cars and the sense of achievement it gives me not to mention the savings. Keep up the good work. Mick. 👍🍻

[@casey45289]

I love how you just make videos on whatever the heck you want.

[@spinnaker120]

Excellent and clear explanatory video of a basic Ford Ka service, thereby saving money without it being done by a garage or dealer. (Note that as mentioned, for a Ka of this age (2007) the market value would now be fairly low.)

[@richardhudson3014]

I wouldn't mind having you guy's serviceing my car but my car is an American car but you guy's are amazing and you guy's do make a really good team and you guy's rock so rock on Vince and Vince's brother🤘🤘

[@AttilaTheHun333333]

You wrote „you guys“ four times in one sentence 😄

[@gn7740]

Excellent vid as always. I always service my car. Simple and cost effective!

[@abdulhkeem.alhadhrami]

Congrats on expanding to car servicing!!!

[@jimi6316]

So I watched the whole video and really enjoyed it, I’ve just bought a KA as a run about, my mechanic friend says “what you watching?” I show him. He says “I wouldn’t have one as a present!” 😩 I just want a cheap car to go from A to B

[@davesmith7671]

I love the vw (Mann filters ) ad they have the 21 or 22 mm nut on the end where you can use just a spanner or a socket. Recently serviced my polo . Did a master service and the auto gearbox too. I love watching and doing stuff with cars so loved this one. I worked on one of these engines before and can't say I particularly enjoyed it. Some areas a bit tight for my big grubby mits.

[@lanehogger1532]

Great video. That KA is very lucky to have been looked after so well by you. The only thing I would’ve done differently is to fill the oil to the max mark, so that if the owner doesn’t check the levels very often if at all then less damage is likely to be done if the level drops.

[@TC-tn9tb]

The speed you were doing that tells me you have serviced that car a few times, those little ka engines are good runners not much to go wrong and so easy to work on the 1.6 not so much very cramped in the bay. Great video

[@didierabder8455]

Thanks for your video. Useful for my French KA!

[@rays_gaming24]

I'm from the USA and I have never seen a ford like that Vince

[@insanedruid3143]

Be glad, those where quite popular 25 years ago.

[@televisionandcheese]

@@insanedruid3143 25 years ago??? Are you sure? I thought they were introduced in about 1998-1999, although that may have just been my country.

[@insanedruid3143]

Ok just checked, "only" 23 years as they were introduced 1996 around here. Just remembered a coworker got one during my time in civil service.

[@solidamber]

There are quite a lot of Europe only ford models.

[@mlight6275]

i am running a 2001 toyota avensis, 2.0 vvti cdx, and doing this simple service just before summer and winter has kept it going up till now. just shows what a little maintenance can do. and i am just an average diy'er..

[@davesouth-lockuptipster4483]

Gives general confidence from being able to watch and get the general principle!

[@vssj445]

Fords are dead easy to service, thanks to handy videos like these. Thank you

[@colintx800]

I'm glad you took the sump plug out and didn't use that sucker thing :D Another thing you can use to put the spark plugs in gently is a bit of garden hose.

[@CraigyGInDaHut1993]

Servicing a Ford Ka tomorrow for a work colleague so watched your video to find the location of the cabin filter.

[@FernandoelChachi]

I have my own trick for changing oil. Once all of the old oil is out then I add some new oil and then I let it to come out completely. It will help getting rid or "cleaning" more the old dirty oil that is still inside of the engine.

[@judeshgovender6729]

nice video i have a 1.3 ford ka 2005 model so will service as well.

[@bartoszkomarowski2924]

Good video, well explained.

[@WilmaFingerdo2]

i wish that was an awkward oil filter unfortunatly that is one of the easiest to do and clean up after lol good video though i didnt really have a need to watch it as i have a business doing mobile servicing and repairs but i watch all your videos as they come out so thought why not :) also watched your jeep video slowly working my way back through all your videos i notice you have done a fair few car videos in the past

[@AdamWinch]

This really helped me out. Thank you 👍👍

[@kpodbot1]

Hey vince great vid as usual just a little advice allways make sure you fill the engine oil to the full mark not saying it will happen but if your car develops an oil leak by filling to the full mark you give youself a little more oil that could save the engine. From damage.

[@stevenaldridge120]

Enjoyed the video got a MK1 Ka so easy to service

[@davidpost6902]

Many Thank's, that was a great video!! And could well save a lot of hassle.

[@GlidyBun]

The oil had a lovely laminar flow

[@peteredwards9147]

You should always top the engine oil up to the max mark on the dip stick, use clean oil on the oil filter rubber seal and sump plug rubber seal. The old oil was so black, this is the worn metal engine parts, you may need to change the oil more often.

[@Divious710]

Always feel the filter with oil to avoid dry start

[@akapieta9022]

25NM is the torque value of the oil drain plug on alloy sump. Spark plug leads are numbered as per your video. Thanks for the video.

[@BlakeKDM]

You make good videos

[@rhan7177]

Great video vince

[@mickpurcell272]

Nice work 👍

[@frdradio]

Seems to be an apt name for it.

[@bertleerdam2301]

Wel done. Greet explanation. Thanks!!

[@peteredwards9147]

You didn't check the brakes? The brake fluid moved so it's ok?

[@cartiereddy7846]

Not a single person. My KZbin recommendations :

[@legendaryadventures3076]

Guessing the Streetka will be pretty much the same. Good video.

[@olic4164]

Nice little video, but being a Tech myself I could really pick holes in a lot, but as a simple how to video, fantastic. Two things I will add, the O ring for the sump plug. As you wasn't replacing it, you could have just took it out and flipped it up the other way. So the reverse side would then mate with the sump. Lastly, I would have checked the gap in them spark plugs. It may say pre gapped which is great at face value, but you just don't know the journey that plug has had since being boxed to your hand. Even the seemingly slight knock can close up the electrode gap. It takes seconds just to double check. Once again, great little video, you've gained another subscriber. Keep em coming.

[@TheHienax]

i had one of those in Argentina i 1996. Great car, cheap to run and really stable. I really miss it. I will love to import one here in Canada. We never got any of the europeans cars here in north america...

[@nicovanderwalt205]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@lynzoido]

jeeepers Vince mate. your bro is the king of cheapos?? those non-original filters are baaaad deal. And don't get me started on that iffy 'oil'...

[@insanedruid3143]

That "Oil" looked more like used dishwater.

[@Mymatevince]

Haha, I will pass on the info :-)

[@iceninjagamer2516]

My Mate VINCE hay vince

[@err4071]

@@Mymatevince Does your brother always try to do things at a 100mph all the time,

[@Mymatevince]

@@err4071 We also had to service his VW Golf afterwards so it was a bit of a rush. Unfortunately filming things really slows up the process, normally he works at 94mph :-)

[@speakfreeley4473]

If ever you want a stop-gap vehicle this is the one. Done that, get really good ones for a few hundred quid & usually get you around trouble-free.

[@jin889]

Thanks for video)))

[@WaltonPete]

Bummer about those retaining clips breaking off. When I used to service my own car, many moons ago, I used a spare piece of rubber hose that fitted snugly over the ceramic insulator of the spark plug so I could screw them in finger tight, using the piece of hose as an extension. It gave a bit more feedback than using a spark-plug tool and was dirt cheap.

[@doctorspicer1042]

To be honest doing the service like that is pretty easy I do it in college and it's one of these were once you know how to do it you can do it over and over again great video

[@bilatikch5160]

Thank you so much

[@abdul.0121]

what can this guy not do!!!

[@spritepixelgame6366]

Круто! спасибо:)

[@TechThusiast]

*Do you think you can do a video with updating the internal storage of the switch please?*

[@m1995-u4y]

Same

[@keithwhisman]

I don’t think we have the Ford KA here in the US. First I’ve ever heard that name. Car looks nice, sub compact?

[@bjornborg8213]

Looks easy

[@rebeccamary4113]

Ive just been given a 2007 Ford KA 1.3 climate in blue the same as this, I’m just wondering where you got the car manual from? I am going to do all of these changes on mine, oil, filters, everything! This was so helpful especially as my car is the exact same! 🚙🤗

[@cassandraclark7359]

It always amazes me how small cars in the UK are

[@jsmits8]

It is a great tutorial, but what about the fuelfilter? Thank you for sharing.

[@martinmiles1]

Cheers guys, didn't even know about the second air filter lol. Was covered in shit

[@hwntwww]

Giving things a cosmetic clean up always helps, while you are under the bonnet

[@captainscott4891]

Might have a crack at this on my 2008 Ka to save some £££. Any chance of a parts list? Thanks

[@38911bytefree]

Nice vid !!!!

[@te8375]

you should've checked the spark plug gap too to be sure they were correct, althougth they are new they may not be correct still

[@mahomedwaseemcassim1164]

Thanks for the great video guys. I was waiting a long time for someone to make a service video on a ford ka. I noticed you didn't change the fuel pump?

[@thepartyguygamer8853]

Hi again vince 🦄🥺💓💓

[@zerocool278]

The wife needs to stop curbing the wheels on the front passenger at least as that alloy looks dangerous now but great video and well carried out with good safety in mind.

[@spannerssockets6308]

My preference for filters would be Mann. They are OE for Ford.

[@ponzifon_rc]

This car is extremely fast!

[@Guilhermerx7]

Regarding brake fluid, you should also take a look at fluid itself, not just the level. Over time the fluid accumulate humidity, it can evaporate and leave a "gap" on the brake pedal, risking your security. Normally the new fluid is kind of transparent and over time it will get darker and dirty. You can also buy a tester too check the "life" of the fluid. It's recommended to change brake fluid every couple of years. These same principles also apply to the water cooling and power steering fluid, which overtime lose their properties.

[@Richard.Sanchez]

It's so small they didn't have room for the "R" in Ford Kar

[@MuscleDad420]

Nah, despite being a Euro model it was named by a Ford engineer from Boston.

[@robertholden12]

😴

[@TheTechnologyFuturist]

Vince, if you would like I have a 16gb iPhone se motherboard that you can put in your nephew’s phone. I believe the only different part is the battery

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks for the offer but he has got himself another phone now. Thanks for asking though, very kind of you :-)

[@ger-lz4mj]

Great video thanks , can I ask you about an engine flush ? Would you have a video on that please

[@buckykattnj]

Pregapped plugs are nice, but I still like to double check the gap. It only takes a careless auto part shop person dropping one to accidentally alter the gap.

[@garymeegan3652]

Hi can u tell what size blot tool u used pls . Really enjoy your videos going to do a service on my ka . Thanks

[@memememegaming]

Went from playing games on random controllers to fixing random electronics to fixing actual cars.

[@dodgydruid]

Your gear selector gaiter looks very wet from the shot underneath, new rules can class that as a minor fail for the mot. I would have done a bit of a flush by adding some wynns engine flush (other brands out there) and followed on by a seafoam decoke with a dash of seafoam in the new engine oil. (best method would be to remove plugs, fill cylinders with a bit of seafoam, plug lightly holes for plugs and let it set for an hour then spin it round and the manky seafoam stuff will spit out onto the cloth.) Molyslip is also very good for these CVH variant engines making the rattley valvegear nice and quiet :)

[@dodgydruid]

Wished mine was easy to change spark plugs on, have to remove a side floor plate and the distributor to change the plugs in my car, I use them triple pronged jobbies on mine as its 30 years old and only has three wheels ;) Am quite a fan of the Ka esp the upper bracket models that made them look less than a sliced in two tennis ball.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

@@dodgydruid I immediately thought Robin Reliant? Not made in '89 surely? ... maybe you have a Piaggio Ape? ETA: Wiki shows the Reliant was resurrected and resumed production in 1989 until 2002!

[@karli1111]

Sorry if this is a stupid question (my first car) what goes in the tank for power steering ?

[@markussirtl5080]

How about the fuel filter? 😉

[@davesmith7671]

Just wanted to add a note but you're better off using white lithium grease to battery terminals as you're mixing dissimilar metals by using copper grease and that can lead to corrosion of the terminals or the leads especially if you have aluminium ones. Only learnt this by mistake when the terminals on my old mitsubishi colt would no longer clamp tight and was told it was the grease I was using so I switched to white lithium grease. Which can also be used for door hinges and boot locks and so on

[@Mymatevince]

Cheers for the info Dave :-)

[@minecraft623creeeper8]

If this was me doing this, spark plugs would be stuck and snap in the block. Doing the oil the nut would be stuck and I would round off the nut from trying to undo it.

[@Ma7hiu5]

What I'd give for my car to have the bonnet release easily accessible from the driver side.. mine is on the passenger footwell... Pug 307

[@WaltonPete]

It's probably because it was originally designed for the European market and they didn't want to spend the extra money moving it to the drivers side for the UK version.

[@Ma7hiu5]

@@WaltonPete true I hadn't thought of that, kinda makes sense now.

[@ftrueck]

For the cabin filter lid: you could use some gardening wire (flower wire) and wrap it around the up standing parts of the lid and the broken hinge and twiddle the ends tight. This should seal it up right enough.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Florian :-)

[@lizac1894]

How long does it actually take to do the service? How long will it go in km's for the next service? every 10,000km?

[@newoaknl]

@03:27 what kind of hose is that ?? @13:49 Is it half-synthetic of full-synthetic oil ? 5W 30 4 Liters.

[@Billy-rr7re]

according to manufacturers, the oil does not get any thinner when it gets hot, it actually gets thicker. so getting it hot does not really make it flow any better.

[@davekimball3610]

Woah Vince, your sister-in-law needs to stop being so mean to curbs, those wheels have a few scars on them.

[@johnrosa6806]

I always wonder if Vince can't remember counter-clockwise, or it's just the way it's said in the UK?

[@dwarf365]

Only watching for the support. Personally I believe you shouldn't have your license if you can't do basic maintenance. I'm not saying that you have to do it for your self Everytime but you should know how. And wow, no love for the car at all? Cheapest parts and oil possible. Just asking for problems especially the oil filter. What ever works for you I guess. I like my cars to last, but that's because I can't buy a new car every 3 years. My newest car is an 02 with 250k miles.

[@charliehuntridgedixon3580]

Duck tape the cabin filterhousing

[@jaidin2.07]

Like

[@littlebabydrone4151]

I have street Ka and I wonder if it's the same around the engine. By the look of it, it is. Can i put the same oil type or there is difference?

[@Brebgon]

Fully synthetic would be best for the StreetKa

[@joteshkumar3439]

Interesting.. thankyou though

[@defiantgsxr]

Early! Hell yeah thanks

[@defiantgsxr]

@Lucas Gawor yet here you are!

[@tokelot.tsotetsi6191]

Thanks

[@raitshots]

Old car ford ka engine oil recomend 10w40. 😎 👍 save engine oil system Running gear piston lubrication and compression power. In summer and in winter, the engines are spared.

[@AttilaTheHun333333]

4:43 ...what was the little sponge in the corner for? Never saw one of those in a filter housing.

[@dogsbody49]

Great video as always & I don't even have a car!

[@iceninjagamer2516]

Chris Grant same

[@michaelnickloes2226]

Anyone know what the recommended service interval for this Ford ka is?

[@brigittelebret4917]

Il paraît que sur la mienne c’était un défaut d’origine sur la gamme.?

[@brigittelebret4917]

Thank toi j’ai compris.

[@Ratzfaz]

there are numbers 11:31 on the spark cables to avoid mixing it up.

[@Mymatevince]

Oh yeah, well spotted I didn't know that :-)

[@Natei]

ChrisFix is that you?