How often will plugs pop out of V10s?
 

I have an 01 F250 with a v10. Driving through heavy snow in 2013 a plug blew out. Should I expect this to happen again if I do some heavy hauling and should I do something preemptive?

As often as they are not torqued down tight enough.

I'd they are properly maintained never

If they are properly maintained never

Well, there are articles online that say until the V10 was redesigned with three valves, the plugs were more prone to failure. I think I found comments like that here as well when I was contemplating buying the truck in 2011. But it was a great deal with low mileage and I wanted to try something other than the Powerstroke.

Make sure they are torqued right and you shouldn't have problems. If they are not then you might find a dent in your hood someday.

Amen brother. It's not a sound I want to hear again. Not a straight pipe sound like an exhaust pipe coming loose from behind the manifold elbow - which also happened to me - but a forceful empty air blowing out sound.

After much research and assistance here on this great forum, I learned that if they are replaced every 50K miles, and torqued to 22 ft lb., there should be no problems with plugs being spit out.

NOTE: I also used some anti-seize when I replaced mine a few months ago. I also replaced all boots / springs with Denso from Rock Auto

2V you can't keep em in
3V you can't get em out
:-X19

Good info Angler. I bought it at 62K and it recently rolled 100K. I will check Rock on the boots.

I have a 99 v10 with 150000 miles and not 1 spit out. I changed them all at 100000 and only coil pack since. I have a friend that had a 2001 and it spit 1 at 185000 so not bad at all if you ask me!

I have a 2000 with the V10, 171k on the clock. I had a spark plug blow out on me one morning on startuparound 165k. The guy I bought the truck from only had one blow out in the 150k he owned it. The one that blew out for me thanks to some aluminum anti seize the threads did not come out with it, so I was able to thread it back in.
I've had to install one Helicoil because when I changed the spark plugs they all came out, but one didn't go back in.
I check my spark plugs are torqued down atleast once a month during warmer months because I'm a tad bit paranoid :-roll But I love my V10, she's a trooper and all my Powerstroke buddies are impressed with the throttle response and how well it runs for being 17 years old.

Just for clarification.....do you believe the aluminum anti-seize contributed the spark plug being ejected from cylinder? I used some Permatex aluminum anti-seize as that's what I read as the preferred practice.

i believe it contributed to the spark plug not taking the threads with it. The spark plug clearly hasn't been torqued down, all the other spark plugs were loose, that was error of the previous owner

got it......i thought you meant the anti seize was the reason it was spit out. Sounds like the anti-seize helped in this instance.

I used aluminum anti-seize on all of mine and torqued them to 22 ft.lb.