Popping spark plugs V10

getgoin wrote:
Hello All,
We just retired....traded the tt?, sold the truck and got a 2016 Winnebago Vista 26HE. It's nice for us and the fuzzy kids.

Now, upon reading everything I can get my hands on I can't help but wonder did we make a BIG mistake?....if I believed all that I read these F53 V10 are ripping out aluminum spark holes like crazy. Trying to pinpoint the problem years has proven to be nothing short of a waste of time! When and how do I find real info on this, years 3 valve, etc. Ours is the 3 valve so from what I can tell the plugs are of a strange, different configuration that traps carbon in the area beyond the threads thus leaving 1/2 the plug behind if not removed carefully....I use Kroil.

I am a retired machinist and after 40 years in the trade have a thorough understanding of PROPER power plant machining practices.....Is this the awful problem posters have depicted? Can 'standard' plugs be adapted to the 3 valve engines....what's the fix?

Too bad they don't put a Cummins in a 27 footer

Any and all info on this would be greatly appreciated

Thanks much,
Mike

The least of your worries with a problem that doesn't exist any longer. Besides, plugs go a good 100K miles these days and what I'm backing on with my 03 F-150 5.4 V8, if it should have that problem.
I've had it since almost new, but only 50K miles (24K when I got it) on it, so in another 15yrs or so, I'll let the Ford garage change them out for me and just in case, they've welded themselves in there, by that time.
Also, you can be rest assured that a Cummins would be more costly from the get go and also to maintain, even if the V10, should fall out the bottom and on to the street, while out of warranty.