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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 10:48 AM
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Just wanted to get my name out there. I have a 2003 XLT 4x4 Scab 5.4L. It’s the faster silver color. I have been lurking for a while and have noticed that a lot of people either have had blown plugs or leaking oil of fouling engines. My first car was a Nissan maxima (a great car it was white. That is where my SN is from). And my last car was a Saab 9000. Expensive biatch to own. I now have the Ford truck. I guess with regular maintenance it should last a while.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 10:52 AM
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BTW very nice site setup here.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 12:06 PM
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Welcome to FTE!

While the plug blowing thing does happen, you need to keep in mind that "FTE'ers" and other forums represent a very, very small % of happy customers.

The best way to guard against blown plugs is to make sure that they are torqued properly, and with your new rig, I would'nt loose any sleep over it.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 01:13 PM
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Thanks for the reasurence. But what about the head gasket blowing or maybe being defective. Do you know what the last year of the heads that were machined incorrectly.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 03:19 PM
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seems to me that the blown head gasket was a romeo head problem on 97 and 98's.. I think they fixed that w/ the PI heads so you shouldn't have to worry.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 08:31 PM
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It was the earlier ones that had head gasket leaks.
The gaskets didn't usually cause big problems, they just leaked some oil out the back.
I dont remember replacing head gaskets on anything newer than a 2000 I think.
 
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Nice, Thanks for your input
 
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