Did you read post number 8 in this thread?

 

No, not everyone has them break. You need to follow the TSB explicitly, and I think it helps if you have been using fuel with a good detergent. Mine were changed at 65,000 and none broke.

 

If you are going to bring up an old thread that has 6 pages, you really should read the whole thread first............

 

I used PB Blaster, soaked the crap out of them and broke all 4 on one side. Then I took it into a Ford Commercial Truck dealer that deals with this problem daily. They had it for 2 weeks, took it very slowly, used every trick they had and still broke 3 more. I'm of the opinion that you can do everything right and they may still break, but I had just under 100K also so you may be fine.

I wouldn't recommend PB Blaster, I believe carb cleaner is still recommended because it will break down the deposits that cause the plugs to get stuck to the heads, PB will not.

 

just did mine at 86,500 km's all came out. thanks for the tsb, i would have been in trouble without it. seafoam deep creep ftw.

 

Anyone have the Champion one piece replacement part #??

Thanks!!

 

I believe it is 7989

HYPO

 

I wanna make sure Im reading this right. It looks like the 4.6 f150 is still not listed.

 

Different heads, different plugs.

 

Yup, per the Champion site that's it!

Thank You HYPO!!

 

After attempting to change my plugs at 50K in my 06 screw i'm finding out
that if Ford has a better idea this wasn't one of them.If they had put a little spot weld to hold the plug together it would come out in one piece.
I started on the drivers side and two out of 4 broke. The tool with all the little
pieces that Ford uses lookes about as mickey mouse as the spark plugs. I found a removel tool on Amazon. Com Made by Lisle that is pretty easy to use and is only $65 and works well. The gap on the old plugs was about 125
thousanths. I read somewhere in this forum that plug changes were at 100K
I was only getting 14mpg as it is.anyway when I tried to hook up my remote starter to turn over the engine and blow out the cylinders it didn.t want to work.Anyone have thoughts on this
Ken

 

The plugs were designed and made by Honeywell. The Lisle tool has been used by many for some time, it is the best retrieval tool. Many on here are having success by using an engine cleaner and then following the TSB explicitly. Others have discovered that using an impact is very successful.

 

Just changed the plugs on my 06 with 62k. None broke. Soaked them the night before. also cleaned the TB while i was at it. Have recently replaced the fuel filter and clean the MAF. Truck was stumbling pretty bad at acceleration and would just die without warning every now and then. It never would throw a code though. After finishing up with the plugs and TB clean this morning the truck seems to drive MUCH better. I am going to be interested to see if it just dies on me anymore.

Just want to say thanks to the forum. If it wasnt for all the info and tips i dont think i would have thought about cleaning the MAF or TB. I was a little worried about the way the truck was running and thought it was gonna cost me alot to get it running right. Instead thanks to the forum i was able to research and take care of everything myself and im just out the cost of parts.

 

Thay's great! I bet it will stop the dying. Sure hope so. Cleaning the TB stopped mine, and cleaning the MAF really helps the idle.

 

Same here, changed all 8 plugs this past weekend, pulled them at 49k miles. I ran one bottle of seafoam the week prior, broke them loose by hand per TSB, pre-soaked with AeroKroal from Kano labs, used an air impact with 40lbs of air pressure and worked them back and forth at first then powered them all out. All came out with no problem. I installed E3 plugs with nickel Anti-Seize, changed the oil, cleaned the MAF and TB... All done, no problems...

I'll keep everyone posed on the E3's since there have been a few good and bad reports..?

Thanks F150 ONLINE and the TSB...