2001 FORD F-250 SD Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS IN A 2001 F-250 SD 5.4 LITER, SLOWED TO MAKE A STOP AND THEN PROCEEDED ON AND THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THE TRUCK STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND MAKING A LOT OF NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IT TURNED OUT THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER WALL CAUSING THE NOISE AND ROUGH RUNNING. THESE PLUGS HAD JUST BEE REPLACED ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO. THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP ALMOST 100 MILES TO BE REPAIRED. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM MY MECHANIC THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. *TR

SPARK PLUGS BLOWN OUT OF ENGINES 2001 FORD F- 250 . BOTH SIDE OF THE ENGINE. *TR

I HEARD A NOISE LIKE A LOOSE ROCKER ARM AND TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD NOT TO WORRY. THEN AT THE BANK THE NOISE CHANGED AND QUIT "TICKING" AND BY THE TIME I PULLED OUT OF THE LINE I HEARD A LOUD "POP" AND THEN A CONTINUAL POPPING NOISE, AFTER I GOT PULLED OVER I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE SPARK PLUG CLOSEST TO THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS OUT. WITH FUEL COMING OUT AND A SPARK PLUG FIRING ON THE MOTOR, I AM AMAZED IT DID NOT CATCH FIRE. *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 SPARK PLUG BLOW OUTS ON MY FORD F250 WITH A 5.4L ENGINE LEAVING ME STRANDED OUT OF STATE TWICE. I LIVE IN OHIO AND I HAD MY FIRST SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT IN W VIRGINIA WHILE EN ROUTE TO S CAROLINA FOR VACATION. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS LAST YEAR IN PENNSYLVANIA. NOW I HAVE ANOTHER PLUG ABOUT TO BLOW OUT! *TR

I OWN A 2001 FORD F 250 SUPER DUTY WITH A 6.8 LITER V10 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME NOW THAT IT HAS BLOWN OUT A SPARKPLUG WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT A HIGH SPEED THEY WERE NOT THE SAME PLUG AND THEY ARE ORIGINAL MOTORCRAFT PLUGS . BOTH TIMES YOU SMELL ALOT OF GAS THAT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *TR

FAULTY CYLINDER HEAD ON A 6.8L V-10 2001 F-250. HEAD BLEW AND IT STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A RIDING LAWN MOWER. I AM A 3RD GENERATION FORD OWNER, IF FORD WANTS TO BE FORD TOUGH THEN THEY NEED TO FIX FORD DEFECT NO NEED FOR A TRUCK THAT HASN'T PULLED A HEAVY LOAD TO HAVE SUCH A FUBAR ENGINE DEFECT. MAKES ME WANT TO SWITCH TO FOREIGN TRUCK>. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 FORD F250 WITH A 6.8L V10. IT HAS 149,489 MILES ON IT. I AM NO SHADE TREE MECHANIC, I HAVE REBUILT ENGINES, TRANSMISSIONS AND TROUBLE SHOOT CPU?S . I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT THEN MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN. AS SOON AS I MADE THE TURN THE #4 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. MY FATHER HAS A 2002 F250 WITH THE 6.8L V10 AND HIS BLEW OUT THE #1 AND ABOUT 300 MILES LATER IT BLEW OUT THE #5 PLUG. IT CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN IT BLEW OUT THE #5. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!! THERE HAVE BEEN TO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAUSE IS NOT DUE TO INCORRECT TORQUE ON THE PLUG. BUT DUE TO A COMBINATION OF TWO THINGS, 1. THE AMOUNT OF THREADS THAT HOLD THE PLUG IN PLACE.2 THE AMOUNT OF...

ROTTING OIL PAN. *TR

FORD F250 WITH A V10 ENGINE. SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. *TR

I OWN A 2001 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY WITH A 5.4L TRITON V-8 ENGINE, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, 2WD, 137 INCH WHEELBASE, STANDARD EMISSION, WITH NO AFTERMARKET MODIFICATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY 114,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND SOUNDED LIKE THE EXHAUST HAD COME OFF THE ENGINE. UPON INSPECTION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE NUMBER 8 SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN COMPLETELY OUT OF THE ENGINE AND DAMAGED THE IGNITION COIL. THE THREADS WHERE THE SPARK PLUG SCREW INTO THE HEAD WERE DAMAGED, BUT REPAIRABLE. I REPLACED THE SPARK PLUG AND COIL. EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO FIRE OR INJURY IN MY PARTICULAR CASE, THE POSSIBILITY FOR SUCH IS LIKELY IF THIS PROBLEM IS SYSTEMIC. WHEN THE SPARK PLUG BLOWS OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD, IT CAN BE DONE WITH A LOT OF FORCE, WHICH COULD CAUSE INJURY/DEATH, DEPENDING...

I WAS DRIVING HOME FRIDAY JANUARY8TH AT 7:30 PM WHEN MY SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF MOTOR WHILE DRIVING, SHOOTING FUEL OUT OF CYLINDER AS COIL WAS STILL CONNECTED AND ARCING ON MOTOR.I LOST POWER AND HAD TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD I COULD NOT FIX BECAUSE THREADS OF CYLINDER HEAD WERE DAMAGED WHEN BLOWOUT OCCURRED.FORTUNATLY THIS HAPPENED WITHIN A COUPLE MILE OF MY HOME, IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR ON HIGHWAY WITH TRAFFIC AROUND THE LOSS OF POWER AND POTENTIAL FOR FIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS! *TR

6 MONTHS AGO MY FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY CREW CAB V-10 BLEW OUT THE 3RD SPARK PLUG BACK ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. AFTER READING ABOUT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I WENT TO MY FORD DEALER WHO TOLD ME IT HAPPENS ON THESE ENGINES BUT THERE ISN'T ANY RECALL NOR WOULD THEY PAY FOR THE REPAIR. TODAY THE SECOND PLUG BACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT. I SMELLED A STRONG GAS ODOR AND FEEL LUCKY NOT TO HAVE HAD A FIRE EITHER TIME. NOW DO I HAVE FORD REPAIR THIS ONE AND JUST WAIT FOR THE OTHER 8 TO BLOW? FORD NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE! *TR

SEPT. 07; MY FORD 01 F250T. CAB 4+4 WITH THE 5.4 L TRITON MOTOR, BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD ITS FIRST OF 3 SPARK PLUGS, ON JULY 4TH 09 IT BLEW OUT 2 MORE; I HAD JUST GOTTEN ONE FIXED AND PICKED UP MY TRUCK AND DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. WHEN THE FIRST ONE BLEW I WAS COMING DOWN A STEEP HILL WITH A POP-UP TRAILER IN TOW, I HAD MY FAMILY WITH ME, WIFE AND 2 GIRLS AGE 6 AND 8. WHEN IT BLEW IT SOUNDED LIKE A CANNON UNDER THE HOOD, I ALMOST LOST CONTROL, AFTER A 4 HR. WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK AND A COUPLE DAYS AT THE DEALER, AND 600.00 LATER, I GOT MY TRUCK BACK, NO FURTHER PROBLEMS TIL 7-4-09 WHEN 2 MORE BLEW.. I HAVE WENT ONLINE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL STORIES ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO...

WE HAVE A F250 2001 V10 PICKUP THAT HAS HAD 2 SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE HEAD OF THE ENGINE. THIS WE WERE TOLD BY THE MECHANICS AT OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER SHOP AT OUR 2 DIFF FORD DEALERS IS INHERENT IN ALL TRITON MOTORS. THIS HEAD PROBLEM SHOULD BE AA SAFETY RECALL. WHEN THE SECOND ONE HAPPENED WE WERE 200 MILES FROM HOME AND HAD TO SMELL GAS FUMES FOR 200 MILES TO GET IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO GET IT REPAIRED. LUCKILY THE SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN EJECTED FROM THE COIL ASSEMBLY IF IT HAD STAYED ON IT WOULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE. THERE IS A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE CYLINDER HEAD AND FROM THE MANY MECHANICS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEY ALL STATE IT IS FROM ONLY 2 OR 3 THREADS PER SPARK PLUG HOLDING THE PLUGS IN PLACE. PLEASE RECALL ALL TRITION...

IN LATE DECEMBER 2008 I HAD ALL MY SPARK PLUGS REPLACED BY 1ST CHOICE AUTOMOTIVE. BY THE END OF JANUARY 2009 ONE OF THE SPARKS PLUGS SHOT OUT OF THE ENGINE. THEY CAME AND TOWED MY TRUCK TO THEIR SHOP AND PUT IN A HELICOIL. ONCE AGAIN AT BEGINNING OF MARCH THE SAME SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT. THE SHOP TELLS ME THAT FORD HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON IT. THE BULLETIN SAYS TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD. I CALLED AL PACKER FORD TO CONFIRM WHAT FIRST CHOICE AUTOMOTIVE. THEY SAID FORD DOES HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS DEFECT AND AGREED ALONG WITH THE SHOP THAT I SHOULD REPLACE MY CYLINDER HEAD. I FEEL THAT IF FORD KNOWS THAT THEY ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THESE CYLINDER HEADS THEN THEY SHOULD REPAIR IT. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT. ANY HELP...

MY FORD TRUCK STARTED MAKING A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THEN APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THEN A LOUD EXHAUST SOUND. THE ENGINE THREW THE NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT WAS FIXED WITH AN INSERT BUT BLEW THE INSERT OUT A MONTH LATER. HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET AFTER THE SECOND ONE. *TR

WHEN I STARTED MY VEHICLE THE #1 PLUG EJECTED FROM MY FORD 5.4 ENGINE. THE PLUG BROKE THE COIL AND STRUCK THE FUEL RAIL PUTTING A DENT IN IT AND PARTIALLY DISLODGE IT. THIS IS MY FIRST EJECTION. MY SHOP REPLACED THE THREADS IN THE HEAD, INSTALLED A NEW SPARK PLUG AND COIL, THEN THEY STRAIGHTEN UP EVERYTHING. I AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE IT AS I AM 70 YEARS OLD AND HAD PLANNED TO TRAVEL. *TR

ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2008 I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD F-250 WITH A 5.4 LITER ENGINE AND I HEARD A LOUD POP WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER AND A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A LARGE EXHAUST LEAK. WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD I NOTICED ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD AND HAD BROKEN THE COIL, RIPPED THE SPARK PLUG BOOT AND STRIPPED THE HEAD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 1 1/2 YEARS THAT I HAVE HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT OF THE HEAD. (THESE WERE TWO DIFFERENT SPARK PLUGS). THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR AND MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP ME AND THEN TRIED TO SELL ME A NEW VEHICLE INSTEAD OF FIXING THE ONE I HAVE. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 FORD F-250 WITH THE TRITON 5.4L V8. THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THE SPARK PLUGS BLOWING OUT I HAVE HAD 3 TOTAL SENSE MARCH. THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED AT ABOUT 120,000 MILES IN MARCH THERE IS A SLIGHT "TICKING" NOISE THAT COMES FROM THE ENGINE THEN THE BOOM FROM THE SPARK PLUG BLOWING OUT WITH A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. THE 1ST TO GO WAS THE NUMBER 7CYLINDER FOLLOWED BY NUMBER 1 AND FINALLY NUMBER 3 CYLINDERS. THE SECOND AND THIRD HAPPENED ABOUT 200 MILES FROM EACH OTHER AT THE 143,000 MILE MARK THIS WEEKEND. FRIDAY AUGUST 29 THE SECOND ONE BLEW OUT ON THE INTERSTATE GOING NORMAL SPEED WITH NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO WADE FORD IN SMYRNA TO BE REPAIRED. THE TRUCK WAS REPAIRED WITH IN SEVERAL HOURS AND I WAS ON THE ROAD AGAIN $750 LATER. I WAS...

SOUNDED LIKE MANIFOLD LEAK SPARK PLUG EJECTION. *TR

PIN SIZE HOLE IN RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE BLOCK. *TR

A SPARK PLUG JUST BLEW OUT OF MY CYLINDER HEAD ON MY F-250 PICK UP TRUCK. IT IS COMPLETELY WRONG FOR A PLUG JUST TO LET GO OUT OF THE HEAD THIS WAY. IT COULD HAVE CAUSE A FIRE OR A WRECK. *TR

ON THE WAY TO WORK TODAY, MY 2001 FORD F-250 BLEW A SPARK PLUG. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, I CALLED A MECHANICALLY INCLINED FRIEND TO GET HIS FIRST IMPRESSION (TO AVOID BEING RIPPED OFF BY THE DEALERSHIP) AND HE COULD NOT FATHOM IT. I THOUGHT IT STRANGE THAT WHEN I CALLED A DEALERSHIPS SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THE TECHNICIAN IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY FROM THE SOUND HE HEARD OVER THE CELL PHONE. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A PROBLEM BEFORE, SO I DECIDED TO LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET AND AM APPALLED AT HOW OFTEN THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE AND THE POTENTIAL FIRE RISK. THIS IS TOO COMMON, TOO EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR, AND SOUNDS AS IF A BETTER HEAD DESIGN COULD COMPLETELY ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE A FIRE KILLS SOMEONE. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 FORD F-250 WITH A TRITON V10 ENGINE WHEN I WAS DRIVING I HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK AND WAS LAYING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE SPARKING. I HAVE SENT AN EMAIL TO FORD AND WHEN THEY REPLIED TO ME THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT AND THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. WELL I MY SELF FEEL THAT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN THERE IS AN OPEN SPARK ON TOP OF THE ENGINE SPARKING NEXT TO THE FUEL LINE. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC FOR A LONG TIME HOPING THAT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN TO ME WELL IT HAS HAPPENED AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY TRUCK NOW THAT I SEE THAT THERE IS A SPARK NEXT TO A FUEL LINE. II REALLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE TO...

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. *TR

(1)EVENT WAS INSTANT WITHOUT WARNING. ROADS WERE ICE AND SNOW COVERED. (2) POPPING SOUND FROM ENGINE AND SUDDEN LOSS IN POWER CAUSING MINOR LOSS IN CONTROL. SPEED WAS APPROX 35 MPH. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN WITH CONSTANT POPPING NOISE AFTER STOPPED. UPON PULLING OVER AND INSPECTING ENGINE I FOUND A BLOWN SPARK PLUG AND DAMAGE IGNITION COIL. (3) INITIAL CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS THE PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT SPARK PLUG AND IGNITION COIL BASED ON SPARK PLUG MAINTENANCE. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE IN CYLINDER HEAD THREADS CAUSED BY POOR DESIGN STANDARDS. *JB

FURTHEST BACK SPARK PLUG BLEW WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 FORD F250 PICK-UP. I ONLY HAVE 76100, MILES ON MY TRUCK THE WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT THE COST OF REPAIRING THIS IS $4300. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND I WANT THIS PROBLEM PUT ON THE RECORD, SO THAT IT CAN BE INVESTIGATED. I STOPPED DRIVING AS SOON AS I HEARD A NOISE AND HAVE KEPT MY VEHICLE IN TOP SHAPE. *JB

MY 2001 FORD F-250 WAS DESTROYED ON 8/11/06 AND APPROXIMATELY 75 ACRES OF RANGE LAND WAS BURNED WHEN THE TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTENTS VALUED AT $1800 WERE ALSO DESTROYED. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHEN THE ENGINE WAS OFF AND THE KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE MOTOR STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, THE CAM SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 44, 000 MILES ON IT. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE HAD 88, 000 MILES. THE CAM SENSOR WAS REPLACED AGAIN. *AK (12/08/05) THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN DAILY TOWING OVER 14K LBS. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *SC