# car will probably be gone this week

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**Created:** [October 18, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-will-probably-be-gone-this-week/185677 "2006-10-18T12:54:06Z")
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### Author: ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-will-probably-be-gone-this-week/185677/35 "2006-10-24T06:29:09Z")

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> [@Official Beer Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-beer-thread/25200/25):
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> OHC motors are horrible from ford… ask Jeff from first try about tune ups on them

FWIW…there’s no need to ask Jeff…it was my truck that launched the spark plug. I’m going to give you the best advice about Ford Modular motors I can possibly offer.

Go look at the threads in the forums on

[http://www.f150online.com](http://www.f150online.com) about spark plug blowout.

> **[has the spark plug breakage problem been fixed??? - F150online Forums](https://www.f150online.com/forums/2004-2008-f-150/254303-has-spark-plug-breakage-problem-been-fixed.html)**
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> 2004 - 2008 F-150 - has the spark plug breakage problem been fixed??? - Hey all, I haven't been on here for a while and couldn't find an answer to this on the search. Are they doing anything different on the new trucks rolling out of the factory or...

> **[Mark another one on the wall for a sparkplug broke off in a head - F150online...](https://www.f150online.com/forums/2004-2008-f-150/228479-mark-another-one-wall-sparkplug-broke-off-head.html)**
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> 2004 - 2008 F-150 - Mark another one on the wall for a sparkplug broke off in a head - Putting in my autolite HT0's getting ready for my dyno tune tomorrow. They all creaked, popped, and groaned untill I got the the last/easist one to get to(driver...

> **[Impending spark plug blowout- what to do? - F150online Forums](https://www.f150online.com/forums/v8-engines/244950-impending-spark-plug-blowout-what-do.html)**
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> V8 Engines - Impending spark plug blowout- what to do? - Hi- I apologize if this has been asked before, but I was unable to find the answer with a search, since there is so much written on the blowout problem. My #3 plug ('97 F150 w/ 4.6) appears to...

Then, don’t even think of changing the spark plugs yourself. Let a dealership do it.

When the spark plugs blow out, make Ford replace the head(s).

If they won’t do that, or they offer a different type of repair, contact Donald W. Ricketts Esq. (IIRC he’s an atty. in the state of California) and seek remediation based on the class action law suit that was filed against FoMoCo for their shitty spark plug thread depth and material choices.

Ford claims the “PI head redesign in 2003” fixed the problem, but the new heads and plugs are made of the same materials and are easily cross-threaded or contaminated with dirt due to the wierd location Ford engineers decided to jam the plugs down into.

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