i was driving down the road last week when my engine starts popping very loud. i pull over right away and take a look. i noticed right away that a plug boot was hanging. based on the sound i drew the conclusion that the plug came out. it indeed did, i got it pulled out, and the two bottom threads were messed up. since i was right down the road from the dealership i babied it down there and left it there for the night. i tried the next morning to get a new plug in but i couldnt get it started. so i let the dealership deal with it.

they said the cylinder head was stripped. they said i can get a new head, or they can try and tap it and get a new plug in. i told them to tap it. ended up costing me $1100. and they didnt even put the new plugs i bought in, or change my oil after drilling in the head.

all in all that is the most expensive spark plug i have ever had to change.

stealership

 

May I suggest you do a search on the internet for a Sparkplug blow out !
To read or act as they are.
I will not go into specifics as this site doesn't condone it.
Rich

 

Rich I couldn't understand what you are saying..

Boy thats a expensive fix you could of did it your self for a couple hundred or so.
http://www.timesert.com/html/triton_repair.html
This is really the only good repair for the blown plugs. If done correct its lifetime.
Many guy's have done it.

Dick

 

99 I pm'd you
Rich

 

Out of curiosity, which plug was it?

 

Rich I emailed you. I here ya, I think I got an email from that guy.

Dick

 

What's a spark plug?

 

Please no gas/ diesel wars here!
Thanks
Rich

 

[QUOTE=Milwaukee,WI]What's a spark plug?



Thats the little thing that makes your lawn mower run and your weed wacker and generator and leaf blower and chain saw and snow blower and hair dryer well maybe not that one. Don't be so down on spark plugs we all need em. Until they come out with NUC powered gizmo's.

 

it was the driver side, 3rd one back. i thought about doing it myself but i'm not much of a mechanic. i had an 01 dodge that i worked on but that engine was as simple as a lego kit. this triton seem a little more compicated. those plugs are really far in there too.

 

That is too expensive. My garage fixed it for $350.00 using the timesert. They have done several 5.4s with it. no problems. It did have over 250K on the clock, though. Of course, my next move was to sell it and buy a new one. I wouldn't have minded much but I had to nurse it 150 miles back home with one open cylinder and can't afford to be stuck on the open road.

 

My 5.4 Is In The Shop Untill Next Friday Getting New Left Head Replaced It Blew The Number 7 Plug, It Will Cost The Warrenty Companey $3400.00 And Cost Me $345.00 For The Deductible, And Replace The Fluids, Plugs , And Filter The Will Not Cover These Items.

So Fell Lucky You Got Out With A Cheep Fix.

Oh Yea The Warrenty Companey Told Me They Are Going To Cancel The Rest Of My Warrenty After The Repair Due To Having A Lift Kit Installed On The Truck.

Yea This Is A Cheep Shot, Lift Kit Has To Due With Blowing Out Spark Plugs.

Never Buy A Chrysler Warrenty You Will Have To Fight To Get Them To Fix You'er Truck I Purchased The Truck Off A Chrysler Dealership.

I Never Had Any Problems With Ford Warrenties There Great.

 

Make sure you find out how long the work is warr for that they do. Get it in writing..

 

Thanks Good Point I Make Sure I Get It In Writting.

 

While this does not have to do with my truck, it is related to an exspensive spark plug project.


Back in 1980 I let a neighbor kid help me change the plugs on my Kawasaki KZ 1000 motorcycle. Before I noticed, he had cross threaded one of the the plugs and continued to endlessly tighten it until all of the threads were gone.

The local cycle shop suggested a Helicoil tool which I purchased. It is a device similar to a tap, with a coil of threads attached to it so the when the tap cuts a new set of larger threads, backing out the tap causes the Helicoil to remain in the cylinder head resulting in brand new spark plug threads left behind. How clever I thought.

So I used the tool only to discover that when the tap was about halfway into the head, I felt and heard this crunching sound. Unsure what was happening and unabe to visually see anything going wrong, I completed the project and was very satisfied how my sparkplug fit into the new threads I had just repaired.

When I attempted to start the engine, I quickly realized that I had no cylinder compression. A compression check and closer inspection reveled that I had bent the intake valve as the Helicoil tool cut the new threads into the head. I spent the next few weekends completely rebuilding the engine which was very expensive.

Now, when I have problems with my car or truck, I take them to the shop for repair.

Mark
Redding CA.