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Frmr Ford Trans Engr
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I fired up the 2000 V10 Excursion this morning and BOOM! #3 spark plug blew out.
I don't have time for this, nor do I have a desire to work on this. I have a mechanic I trust and it's going to him this afternoon for an insert. 239,800 miles.
I don't have time for this, nor do I have a desire to work on this. I have a mechanic I trust and it's going to him this afternoon for an insert. 239,800 miles.
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Originally Posted by Mark Kovalsky
242,500 miles a second one blew out yesterday.
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Before doing all that work I'd look at swapping in a later engine that didn't have this problem.
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It may be worth it to replace your known issue heads with the newer units without it. That way you know the short block history of maintenance of yours versus one of not knowing it, but maybe it's getting a bit tired at that mileage...
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When this happened to my old Expedition 5.4L my dad and I did the work to fix it. We examined every spark plug hole and ID'd 3 others we thought looked scary and fixed those preemptively. We put another 20k miles on it or so after that without issue and I sold it.
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Another one blew out. And this hole doesn't have enough material for an insert. 247,500 miles. Almost made it to design life, which is 250,000 miles.
Rebuilt heads are about 5 grand, installed. I can get a remanned engine installed for about $7500. A good later model engine installed is about 8 grand.
Anyone want to buy a 9 cylinder Excursion? I'm not putting that much money into this truck.
Rebuilt heads are about 5 grand, installed. I can get a remanned engine installed for about $7500. A good later model engine installed is about 8 grand.
Anyone want to buy a 9 cylinder Excursion? I'm not putting that much money into this truck.
