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Aug-23-2015 09:23 PM
kioticoachman wrote:As Golden_HVAC has recommended, use a Ford dealer for the plug change. Here is some reading material - Consumer Affairs. You may have recourse to go back to the dealer if a plug gets spit out after the dealer has done the replacement.
Senior citizen recently purchased Class C 2000 Ford Coachman E-350 w/ Triton 5.4L V8 2V engine. Currently has 75,000 miles on original plugs? Ford dealer although 100,000 mile is limit on plugs they recommend changing them sooner to possibly any problems due to corrosion, etc. over time.
Would like to hear input from our Forum as to type plug to replace original with, etc. Copper core, platinum, or other brand replacements. Thank you for taking the time to assist with this. KC
Aug-23-2015 08:05 PM
Aug-23-2015 07:50 PM
Golden_HVAC wrote:
Make sure that the new plugs are not overtightened. Ford made a mistake when they designed the heads, and did not allow enough turns in the aluminum for the spark plugs, so they only go in something like 3 turns, and many back yard mechanics overtighten them, and bottom out the plug, stripping away the tiny amount of aluminum that hols them in place.
Use a torque wrench, or the Ford dealership. They are well known for poping out of the heads a few hundred miles after being replaced.
I would stick with the Ford spark plugs, they seem well built. it is not like the 60's when oil fowling the plugs was a problem in engines. My 2007 Ford does not use 1/2 quart in 6,000 miles. Engines are a lot tighter than the 60's and 70's.
I was reading advertisements from the 1950's in Popular Mechanics. I guess that engine rebuilds happened every 75,000 miles back then! Now it is not un-common for a car to go well over 250,000 miles, even trucks are going 175,000+ miles between rebuilds!
Good luck,
Fred.
Aug-23-2015 07:40 PM
pauldub wrote:
I put OEM plugs in mine. You already know that they are good for at least 75,000 miles.
Aug-23-2015 07:36 PM
Aug-23-2015 07:34 PM
K Charles wrote:
I have an '04 X with a V10, it's the same stuff as the V8. I changed the plugs at about 130,000 and they were still good.
I did it 2 years ago so it was 9 years old, yours is 15 years old and I would get them changed if it were me, they have been there a long time.
Aug-23-2015 07:32 PM
darsben wrote:
What are your plans with the rig?
Short trips around home base.
Cross country travel?
Full timer
Snow bird
Aug-23-2015 07:27 PM
j-d wrote:kioticoachman wrote:
2000 Ford Coachman E-350 w/ Triton 5.4L V8 2V engine
Is this the Model Year of the Coachmen Class C, or the Ford E-350?
It's common, even usual, for Chassis to be a Model Year earlier than the Coach Model Year. If E-350 turns out to be 1999, have Ford dealership or Ford specialist shop install Ford plugs. The Ford "modular" engines, V6, V8 4.6, V8 5.4, and V10 had sparkplug issues different from 2000 and later.
Good call on naming it as "2V" since you seem to understand that NO E-Series got the "3V" that came out mid-2000's. Those, too, have plug problems, but they're from different issues than the early 2V's.
Aug-23-2015 07:02 PM
Aug-23-2015 06:26 PM
kioticoachman wrote:
2000 Ford Coachman E-350 w/ Triton 5.4L V8 2V engine
Aug-23-2015 06:02 PM
Porsche or Country Coach!
If there's a WILL, I want to be in it!