You don't have a PM or e-mail option, so send me an e-mail any time and I'll take care of you and we'll go over the details. You too Corbett.

amsoil@galaxylubricants.com

 

what are the chances of having this problem? i have 101,000 on my 2000 5.4 and just recently had a shop that works on alot of these f150s put motorcraft plugs and boots in. just wondering if i should worry. thanks

 

If they installed the plugs correctly, you should be okay.

 

im guessing they know what they are doing. the one mechanic says they work on alot of these engines. we have been going to this shop for years and they have always done good work

 

TIME-SERT spark plug blow out instructions can be viewed here...


http://www.timesert.com/html/triton-install.html



Cheers
Dav

 

Well, I had the uncommon spark plug blow out last week on the wife's 99 expedition 5.4 liter 120,000 miles.. It was the #3 plug and my indie said i would have to remove the head for a head job, or pull the engine to get to the plug hole to repair thread. Read all about timesert and gave them a call but there was still an issue about clearance to the plug hole on #3. The kit is $389.00 now. So I called my dealer as a last resort. He said they have doing the repairs on all cylinders for years now. The mechanics can "do it with their eyes closed". No clearance issues. So $550.00 later with a new plug, coil, and Ford repair insert, I am on my way. We'll see how long it last or if another one goes.

 

WOW!! You should have joined the forums here and done just a tiny bit more research, even reading this thread. I rent out TimeSert kits and provide inserts, and have been rather successful helping guys on the forum here out...could have saved you quite a substantial bit of that amount. Sorry! So what kind of insert did the dealership use?? Helicoil??

 

I just found this forum, its very informative. Going up a slight hill at low speed, I heard a "pop" and though I had a tire blowout, but it was a spark plug blowout!. I limped over to a Ford dealer and was told that I needed a new cylinder head and 25 hours of labor, $3500 plus tax! This happened on the passenger side, second from the rear. Decided to drive it back home and take it to my local mechanic, he confirmed that this was a problem, he referred me to another mechanic that will install the insert for about $300 plus parts (spark plug and heli coil). This is a company fleet vehicle and I am a remote employee and given the state of the economy, I didn't want to turn in a $3500+ repair bill at the end of the year. I have a 2006 F-150 with a 4.6 engine and 83,000 miles. In addition, sometimes when I am making a right turn off a highway off ramp the anti skid light comes on and cuts power to the engine and if I am braking, the anti lock brakes come on. Finally, about 4 months ago while driving on a flat street at 40 mph, the engine felt like it was mis firing. I was just blocks from a Ford dealer who took me right in and diagnosed that the rearmost spark plug had broken off. The repair with labor was around $600 or so. At 70,000 miles, I had to replace tires, brakes and rotors for all 4 wheels for about $1900. Its a company vehicle, so I am glad these repairs aren't coming out of my pocket.

 

The 5.4 has more Horse Power and that will give you more vibration in the engine.

Plus the 5.4 has a very poor design of coils mounted on top of each sparkplug and is being held in place with one bolt. I believe this intensifies the vibration to the sparkplug causing it to vibrate loose.

once the plug vibrates loose just a little, it will start to move up and down with every piston stroke until all of the 5 threads holding it in are worn away.

 

What are you doing?

You have 3 Chinese Helicoil links under your name that all lead to the same.

Helicoil's are junk!

If your trying to advertise, you picked the wrong place.

 

Yea, right buddy. The 5.4L has more power. Everthing you stated after that is way off . Where in the hell did you get that info from ????

You haven't a clue, stop pretending.

Post the data/ proofs and I'll take back just about everything I said.

 

There are more 5.4s then 4.6 trucks? Mustangs have been know to launch plugs too.

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Has anyone used the Timesert kit 4412E on a 4.6 Triton. I know the 5553 kit will work just trying to save some money. I have a 2001 F150 with a 4.6

 

This isn't something to shorcut or work around. If you're gonna do it, do it RIGHT. Either bite the bullet on the correct kit, or call a few local repair shops until you find one that has it & will do the job at a reasonable price.

 

Not trying to take a shortcut. Just want to get the best price on a kit that I can.