I was in the same boat 3months ago. Check your local dealers on complete motors. I got a Ford crate installed for 4800. I had a banks power pack installed at that time. I don't know if the exhaust was worth it though. I am still waiting for the motor to get broke in and maybe get back to my old mileage. I am getting 7.5-9 mpg empty. the old motor got a constant 11. Dealer says its the exhaust, Banks says its the program. I don't know who's correct. The motor has great power but I think the banks moved it up the power band.

 

Fred, how many Toyota engines are there popping plugs, got a clue? I didn't think so. This is a problem that should be addressed and Ford SHOULD be responsible to fix it, especially on engines that haven't been touched by anyone but the dealer or Ford themselves at build.

 

Keep it civil.

And actually READ this entire thread.

 

Why yes, DJR 17 I do have a clue... IN fact here is the deal... you tell me how many Ford V10 motors have popped a plug and I will do the research and tell you exactly how many Toyota's, Nissan's, Honda's, Suzuki's, Hundais, Saturn's. Geo, neons or any brand, or any aluminum head motor you would like to know about.. One thing I can say with certainty they ALL...(every Aluminum head motor on this planet) have popped a plug at least once

Are you seriously trying to imply that Ford and Only Ford has this problem?

Are you not aware (sort of like clueless) that Ford fixes these "type" problems every day?

What is it sir... are you expecting a forever warranty?

You know... years ago Harley had a significant motor change to the 80Cubic Inch Evolution motors. I got me an early one. Many of the Factory right case castings had some flaws. The Factory repaired or replaced them under warranty 12month, 12,000mile. When it becam ovious that this was a serious problem they fixed all of them out to 24 months unlimited millage

After the third year mine still did not do the weeping and seeping or display any cracks. I figured I got a good set of bottom end cases. On the seventh year and over 65,000 miles my right case took a crap and puked lube all over my nice leather chaps.... Well that is just the way it goes.. I got it fixed and all is good. By your logic I should be pestering HD to take care of the problem. Not a chance in hell I would waste my time.

Sorry to say some of you out there do not understand the guarantee and warranty concept. Your Ford owners guide specifically tells you what Ford will or will not do. On the 36th month and 1 day or on the 36,001st mile if the motor blows itself in two, FoMoCo is under zero obligation to do a thing but watch a good customer cross town and buy a Chevy

 

Just on our little part of this forum it's come up way too many times, and since I've had personally experienced this problem also, add 1 more to that. Now this should get everyones attention, do a simple google search and type in: spark plug blow out in Toyota. Then look at the results and then tell me Ford doesn't have a problem?? Ford knows they have a problem and refuse to do anything about it, and like you said Fred, Ford is losing customers over it.

 

Fred, after reading my post from the other day I have to say that I apologize for the comment I made. I just got ticked off at re-living that issue I had with my old F-150, and how troubling it was to have something like that happen. I respect your opinions and knowledge, and again I'm sorry for that comment.

 

Just a quick note to say I got my truck back; new insert, new plugs, new coolant, new oil, new front brakes and all for $1500. Nice...

Colm
~now, play nice guys; it's only a truck, right?

 

DJR 17 no apology needed... i fully understand the frustration for the owners this happens to.

I am not upset or mad at Ford for having this problem and I know enough about the industry that I am not upset that they have not done a complete engineering change to make it go away permanently. Read the news... they are bleeding red ink for a few years now. I am sorry that some folks will get hosed and suffer the down time of a popped plug but it is 80% of the time preventable.

What I am tick off at Ford about is they could easily send out a addendum to the owners guide. Change the service schedule for the plugs and offer free inspection and change at 15, 000...36, 000... and a final time at 50,000. This would cover a majority of the problem for the life of the motor.

Knowing that Ford is going to ultimately orphan the modular series... I fully see their logic of only fixing the "in warranty" blow out events and leaving the customer to deal with it out of warranty.

Just the way it is.

Back to my cheer-leading for Ford and the SuperDuty trucks with a V10 motor...EVEN with this problem it is still the best value in a medium tow/haul machine out there. Trust me you don't want to pay for the out of warranty issues with the 8.1 liter 496Cubic inch Chevy motor or the Allison auto Transmission. The Chevy HD3500 is the only truck out there that is comparable to the Gas powered Ford SuperDuty....Dodge does not have a gas power-train that even comes close in power and reliability.