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Jerry9n
May 14, 2014Explorer
Did mine a few years back on my 06 Expy 5.4. Seems I broke 3 or 4. Followed the Ford TSB to the tee and they still broke. My son works in a lab for Ford and brought home the dealer removal kit. Its use is very complex. I bought the Lisle and it worked much simpler. He took it in so the Ford boys could look at it. Follow the Lisle instructions and you are good to go. A couple of tips:
1. After you get the plug out swab the hole with a q tip with grease or similar after you vacuum to get out any chips of ceramic. (We verified the presence of the chips with a borescope)
2. Use the expensive Ford antiseize on the plugs.
3. Not sure now but when I did mine, the only one piece shell plugs were Champions. Make sure whatever plugs you put in the shell is once piece, not a two piece crimped shell like the OEM.
I had an injector go bad and had to pull a plug after it had been in there about 50,000 miles. Was a bit nervous but it came out with no problem. It was in tight and I think a two piece plug would have broken.
Good luck.
1. After you get the plug out swab the hole with a q tip with grease or similar after you vacuum to get out any chips of ceramic. (We verified the presence of the chips with a borescope)
2. Use the expensive Ford antiseize on the plugs.
3. Not sure now but when I did mine, the only one piece shell plugs were Champions. Make sure whatever plugs you put in the shell is once piece, not a two piece crimped shell like the OEM.
I had an injector go bad and had to pull a plug after it had been in there about 50,000 miles. Was a bit nervous but it came out with no problem. It was in tight and I think a two piece plug would have broken.
Good luck.
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