Blown Sparkplug!
Post Fiend
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Mt. Shasta California
It's never going away search or not......neither will 6.0 issues......20 years from now someone will post about a blown spark plug.....have to consider also ones mechanical ability or experience as well.....while you were able to make short work of a plug repair it's not for everyone myself included.....shame really that engines that might otherwise be considered bulletproof have such a issue as us spitting out spark plugs
Hotshot
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Hampstead, NC
Fix these all the time at the shop. I charge $200 if no coil $250 if coil needed. Honestly it takes about an hour, and costs about $50 in parts. Not sure how anyone gets more then that...
Check with the local parts stores and see if anyone rents the kits.
Check with the local parts stores and see if anyone rents the kits.
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 26
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From: Hamburg, Pa.
Got mine fixed for $192 plus another $50 for a coil from Rock Auto. My fault for not checking, since it developed what I thought was an exhaust leak months earlier. I checked the exhaust with it running, found nothing and just drove it. There were enough threads left in the head that I installed a new plug in the killed hole, drove it to the shop. Probably could've just left it like that, but I didn't. I'd like to know if anyone else with a blown plug had a similar warning, since I have trouble visioning a plug simply yanking threads and all in one fell swoop.
Yep, I had the same warning. Sounded like a small exhaust leak just tick tick tickin away. Now I realize that was the timer on the plug waiting to blow.
Just checked my warranty and it ran out 11/30/14 but I was also over on the miles by about 5000 so I guess it sucks to be me. Since this is a van I think I'll let the dealer take care of it.
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When are you heading in to the dealership, starrider? I'll be here if you need any help after your appointment. 
Crystal
Crystal
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From: Michigan
Working on cars and trucks my whole life and hearing drilling a head can be humbling and I have not had this happen and hopefully never will but check out this link, if you follow it exactly I dont see how you could mess it up and it cleared up the visual of what I visioned. My only concern is the life of the sleeve? Hope this helps some with this problem!!
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Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Mt. Shasta California
Working on cars and trucks my whole life and hearing drilling a head can be humbling and I have not had this happen and hopefully never will but check out this link, if you follow it exactly I dont see how you could mess it up and it cleared up the visual of what I visioned. My only concern is the life of the sleeve? Hope this helps some with this problem!!
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[url m/watch?v=2opNGDKGdkQ"]+Ford spark plug thread repair kit+ TIME-SERT BLOWN OUT SPARK PLUG REPAIR blow out thread repair kit - YouTube[/url]
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[QUOTE=oh2sd;14865215]Ok so here it goes, I am on my way to work today and POP! tsst, tsst, tsst. WTF is that, I stop and pop the hood and the noise is horrendous. Shut it down and a quick cell phone se
Go to Napa get the kit plus helicoil with copper insert he should take about 3 hours you should use a low torque drill with bottoming and pilot preferably tungsten or titanium bits they will lastlonger
Go to Napa get the kit plus helicoil with copper insert he should take about 3 hours you should use a low torque drill with bottoming and pilot preferably tungsten or titanium bits they will lastlonger
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Joined: Jan 2004
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From: St Louis
Timesert, Cal-Van, and Lock-n-Stitch are all good. Helicoils and the Dorman kit are not.
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Joined: Mar 2013
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From: Michigan
They definetly look better than the Helicoils. Like I said this has not happened to my 5.4 but I will definetly file these just in case.Thanks
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Bardstown, KY
Its been talked to death - it is fords design fault (to few treads) in early aluminum engines. I had two blown plugs on 2001 f250 v10. To much torque -striped tread, to little - loose plug. And ticking noise is tale-tale sign (loose spark plug.... or manifold leak - bouth nasty to fix ). Heli coil is temporary fix in the long run. Buy the way, dealers have aluminum inserts, by mine experience they last longer, may be becose they made off the same material as head.
I had heard it was sometime in the 2003 model year.