Our parts manager said the Triton heads are only blowing plugs if you use a after market plug. True or False?

I think it is B.S IMO

James Teed

 

nice try

my vote = lies!

 

FALSE!

here's pictures of two trucks Lightnings that I had to repair under warranty that blew the original plugs out:



note in this picture (unfortunately it's before I got my camera, so the quality is crap, but you can see both the original motorcraft plug, the blown coil and the combustion chamber with the stripped out threads:


here's another:

 

later,
chris

BTW, they launch plugs on regular F-150s, Expeditions, E-series, etc.

P.S. ask your parts manager, how come if it is just an aftermarket plug problem, then how come ford went to the trouble and expense of redesigning and recasting cylinder heads with twice as many plug threads???

if it was an aftermarket plug problem, then they would have just issued a Special Service Message or TSB or something of that nature.

 

I think the B.S with in Ford is catching up with them. The last Thread "look what I came home to" Oboviously is from a plug (my speculation) I have been fortuneit enough to not have it happen I see others have not.

Superfords,

Just glad to see you never had a fire from it.

 

Dude those pics are awesome, i wish i could do that, would make it soooo much easier to work. How long does it take you to lift the cab away from the frame like that?

 

I thought the same thing, I forgot what the post was about. Im still hung up on thew cab being lifted right off the truck...

 

Well, seeing as blown plugs have been an issue that has happened over the last few years and we haven't heard of any documentation of those having a fire associated with them, how can you speculate that's what it was? It seems you're prematurely jumping to conclusions.

 

two hours tops, maybe one hour if it was something you did more frequently. practice makes perfect

 

makes it eaiser to pull the motor if the cab's not in the way, you know for those weekends when you just feel like builtproofing your bottom end