Excursion changes per year-V10
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I think both designs suck
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I am also looking at a 2000 v10. Can the manifold bolts be replaced wth better ones before they break? I would rather spend some money now than get stranded with my wife and kids on the side of the road somewhere. I'm not very mechanical so the idea of fixing anything on the side of the road is a scary thought for me! Also wondering about the best brand for the plug inserts and how much they cost for a complete set.
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I am also looking at a 2000 v10. Can the manifold bolts be replaced wth better ones before they break? I would rather spend some money now than get stranded with my wife and kids on the side of the road somewhere. I'm not very mechanical so the idea of fixing anything on the side of the road is a scary thought for me!
- I've heard of better stainless steel manifold studs... but I don't know where to get them. That should solve the problem, the reason the stock ones break is they rust and all that heat expansion and whatnot makes them break.
- You won't get stranded on account of broken manifold studs, it won't really have much impact at all. It will just get progressively noisier from the area where the stud or studs are broken. You can litterally drive thousands of miles with broken manifold studs.
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That is a great question, there are two answers.
- I've heard of better stainless steel manifold studs... but I don't know where to get them. That should solve the problem, the reason the stock ones break is they rust and all that heat expansion and whatnot makes them break.
- You won't get stranded on account of broken manifold studs, it won't really have much impact at all. It will just get progressively noisier from the area where the stud or studs are broken. You can litterally drive thousands of miles with broken manifold studs.
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I don't think you can go hundreds of miles without doing damage remember that cylender is dead so your dragging the weight of the piston, pulling and pushing on it without the aid of spark or fuel. I wouldn't lose sleep over the plug issue, just follow the proper tsb and torque values and only use auto lite or motorcraft plugs. I used to think that that whole torque thing was stupid but in my old v10 I spit the #10 plug.. That day I bought a timsert kit and a small torque wrench and no problems ever since! I put about 20,000 miles on that before I sold it. Lesson learned, torque values are very important with aluminum heads!
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Blow a plug = turn it off.
But then again...
... folks are free to make any choice they desire. 
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Actually a blown plug will not stop the flow of fuel. So running the engine at all will allow fuel vapor to be pushed into the engine compartment thereby creating the risk of fire.
Blow a plug = turn it off.
But then again... ... folks are free to make any choice they desire.
Blow a plug = turn it off.
But then again... ... folks are free to make any choice they desire.
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I was quoting the post above me.
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Oops, I didn't see the other post.<img src="http://images.ford-trucks.com/forums/images/smilies2/stretch.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Warped Smile" smilieid="48" class="inlineimg" /> I was quoting the post above me. <img src="http://images.ford-trucks.com/forums/images/smilies/happy0161.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Smilie" smilieid="1" class="inlineimg" />
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Ok. I wondered if you had missed it or if you were saying there was still a way for fuel to get into the dead cylinder.
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Diode problem was diesel engines only.
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Actually a blown plug will not stop the flow of fuel. So running the engine at all will allow fuel vapor to be pushed into the engine compartment thereby creating the risk of fire.
Blow a plug = turn it off.
But then again... ... folks are free to make any choice they desire.
Blow a plug = turn it off.
But then again...
... folks are free to make any choice they desire. To be fair, the burning truck could be the result of fords cruise control/brake switch which they have had recalls on since the early 90's but still continue to put the same switch in the same spot...
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My Excursion was nearly a victim of that issue...caught it while it was smoldering and unplugged it.
