This couldn't happen to a nicer guy
Well, I finally have experienced the Triton V10 spark plug spit out in the PU in my signature below. Traveling up US101 yesterday near Coos Bay, OR and pulling a long grade, we heard a loud bang follo...
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Just make sure that whoever did the repairs did it correct. Over on the Ford V10 forums my brother has a thread going about his truck that recently blew a plug. Come to find out the previous owner blew it out prior, had it repaired and the repair failed. It did not appear to be a Timesert, and it was over drilled so a large Timesert could not fix it. He is now stuck pulling the top of his motor and replacing the heads.
Not saying this will happen, in fact it is VERY rare.. my brother just has bad luck. I drive a 2001 Excursion with now over 190k miles and no signs of a timesert / helicoil.
Worst case scenario if all things went bad you could do a Ford Reman motor or Jasper motor and still save TONS compared to having to purchase a new truck. I plan on doing this if the need ever comes up. But more than likely if things go bad it will just be a top end rebuild and not a long-block.
EDIT : Just saw your post about the tech, you should be good to go! Timesert is what everyone recommends for these V10's.
Not saying this will happen, in fact it is VERY rare.. my brother just has bad luck. I drive a 2001 Excursion with now over 190k miles and no signs of a timesert / helicoil.
Worst case scenario if all things went bad you could do a Ford Reman motor or Jasper motor and still save TONS compared to having to purchase a new truck. I plan on doing this if the need ever comes up. But more than likely if things go bad it will just be a top end rebuild and not a long-block.
EDIT : Just saw your post about the tech, you should be good to go! Timesert is what everyone recommends for these V10's.
