I think that I will have you do my plugs, when it comes time for a change on my 2007 5.4! You sound like you know what your doing!....

 

Sure thing dude!

Grab a case of something cold and chilly and we'll get it done......






It was a six inch extension BTW...............

 

It's all because of this site.

 

FordTech1,

are you still running the stock injectors on your 05? or have you swapped them out? Do you know the part # for the replacements? My buddy has an 05, and he wants to swap them out, but wants to make sure he doesn't get the same bad injectors from the Ford parts desk.

 

I have been fortunate and still have the stock injectors, however I have done quite a few trucks with the bad ones.....two of them got new CAT Converters as well.....I can get the latest and greatest part number for you if you want it, I wouldn't go swapping them out though unless there is a problem since the warranty is extended on them now. What sucks though is that they only want you to replace the known bad injectors, as to where we used to replace the whole bank since we had the rail off....

 

Joe, I soaked mine about 30 mins or so. When I took them out the electrod shield had plenty of cleaner and undissolved carbon. But to quote Fordtech1, screech is a scarry word. All of mine came out screeching and screaming. Like the TSB, when I felt the torque increase, I reversed about a turn and continued backing out.

A couple of them I though had broken. What a sigh of relief to see the whole thing emerge from their dark tunneled home. Get this, when I started, I didn't have a 9/16" sparkplug socket. At 10:00 at night, I used a regular deep well socket and then used a magnet to pull the plug out of the hole. The scarry part is when the tip clears the hole and you have poor lighting to try and see the end of the plug.

Sorry to go so long, but I just got back from a ~250 trip and everything seems fine. I did have a CEL with two misfire codes. We erased them at Autozone and they didn't come back. Probably moisture from the carburator cleaner.

Guys thanks for all the help!!

 

Wouldn't it make sense to swap them all out to prevent a huge potential headache? I would rather spend $300 and swap them out than risk hydrolock the engine or blowing a cat. Is this the Part Number: MICM5138?

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/se...l&N=4294966998

Do dealers actually sell the bad 05 injectors? or were they just from the factory?

 

If your paying for them sure........

Under warranty though we cannot replace all of them "just because" The warranty goes out to seven years now I think and will cover any other related damage....

 

I'm late on this one I know. But Where are you in PA. I'll grab you several cases of something cold and chilly if you wanna tackle mine.

Sad thing is, I'm serious.

 

Are the replacement Motorcraft plugs still the "two piece", breakable design, or have they fixed this potential problem now?

- Jack

 

Still the two piece.

 

Well, crap! This really sounds like they don't care a bit about their customers.

- Jack