V 10 Plug Blowout Poll
Elder User
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 735
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From: SW Iowa
'99 V-10 with 95,000 and plugs and coils never touched, matter of fact nothing on the motor except air filter and oil changes ever done. It would be down 1 qt on the dip stick from full at the time of oil change, but I never added any, and it always seemed to be that way. A great motor! 12 mpg from day one when driving around empty, worse of course when pulling a trailer.
Traded it for an '05 V-10, and outside of a front main bearing self distructing resulting in a grenaded block at 5,000mi (totally replaced with a new crate motor under warranty) No failures of any kind on new V-10 motor. 6,000 miles. It gets about 1 mpg better mileage than the '99, and of course has much more performance. It takes some special toe kicking to make that Throttle positioning sensor start you off from a dead start, but once you are moving, nothing stops that girl! No truck mfg offers a comparable performing motor, and the big block chevy is a fuel pig with a $950 higher option cost than the $600 V-10 option. I wouldn't have any other motor than the 10 in a pick-up.
Traded it for an '05 V-10, and outside of a front main bearing self distructing resulting in a grenaded block at 5,000mi (totally replaced with a new crate motor under warranty) No failures of any kind on new V-10 motor. 6,000 miles. It gets about 1 mpg better mileage than the '99, and of course has much more performance. It takes some special toe kicking to make that Throttle positioning sensor start you off from a dead start, but once you are moving, nothing stops that girl! No truck mfg offers a comparable performing motor, and the big block chevy is a fuel pig with a $950 higher option cost than the $600 V-10 option. I wouldn't have any other motor than the 10 in a pick-up.
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 355
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From: Central Pennsylvania
'99v10 5 speed. (soon to be 6 speed) 237,000 miles on first motor, no plug blowouts that I'm aware of. I got the truck with 139,000 miles. Replace A/C clutch, vss sensor, several fuel filters, throttle cable, 3 rotors, broken spring and spark plugs 2 times. Ford dealer said one cylinder was completely dead and others were weak, so I put in a 21,000 mile 2000 engine which I now have 6000 miles on and no problems.
Wanted to also say, thanks for everyones contributions over the years. There are times when a vehicle almost MUST go into a dealers shop for repairs, but there are many times when this has been prevented and a solution determined by the sharing of information on these forums.
Tony
Wanted to also say, thanks for everyones contributions over the years. There are times when a vehicle almost MUST go into a dealers shop for repairs, but there are many times when this has been prevented and a solution determined by the sharing of information on these forums.
Tony
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From: Denver, CO
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 56
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From: west of Cleveland Oh
2002 63k no problems yet. Plan on changing them before they reach 100k. Asked the dealear I bought it from for price on replacing them, he said they didn't even stock the plugs because they've never did one! He also said he's heard of some spotty problems, but never had one come into his shop, HOPE I AIN'T THE FIRST! V-10s RULE!!!!!!!!
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Joined: Apr 2000
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From: Central Pennsylvania
Originally Posted by krewat
Tony, keep the commentary up ... you of all people should keep reporting their status 
Tony
