2002 FORD F-350 SD Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F350 SUPERDUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL INTERMITTENTLY AND WHEN THAT FAILURE OCCURRED, HE WOULD NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 164,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

I HAVE A 2002 FOR F350 SUPERDUTY, I FIRST HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ALMOST A YEAR AGO ON CYLINDER 1 IT WAS A LOUD POP THEN FLUTTERING SOUND WITH REDUCED POWER, A SMELL LIKE BURNING OIL- GAS, I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGH WAY WHEN IT HAPPENED & WAS UNABLE TO STOP IMMEDIATELY, BUT WHEN I DID GO UNDER THE HOOD THE SPARK PLUG WAS JAMMED UNDER THE FUEL LINE FOR THE INJECTORS & I STILL SMELLED A FAINT ODER OF GAS, THE COIL WAS ARCHING ON THE METAL TUBING ABOVE THE SPARK PLUG. I FIGURED IT WAS THE FAULT OF MY MECHANIC WHEN HE REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS, ONE YEAR EARLIER, MAYBE HE STRIPED THE THING OR SOMETHING. I FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH A HELI COIL EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR A FEW MONTHS THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN WITH THE SAME PLUG I AGAIN FIXED IT MAKING SURE...

TRUCK WAS LOSING POWER- THEN OIL BEGAN TO LEAK- OIL LEAK BECAME WORSE. TOOK TO MECHANIC. NEEDED TO REPLACE O RING AND TURBO!! *TR

ON THE MORNING OF SATURDAY MARCH 22, 2008. MY 2002 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. IT WAS SITTING FOR ROUGHLY 10 HRS. WHEN IT STARTED ON FIRE. VEHICLE IS DESTROYED AND DID SOME DAMAGE TO MY HOUSE, BUT THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT. *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A NEW F350 FORD LARIAT TRUCK IN THE FALL OF 2002 FOR $42,000. WE STILL HAD IT IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 WHEN IT SUDDENLY STOPPED DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, STALLED ON A REMOTE STRETCH OF ROAD. MY HUSBAND WAS ALONE AT THE TIME, AND HE WAS ABOUT 8 MILES FROM ANY HOUSE OR STORE, SO HE WALKED FOR HELP AT 8:30 PM. HE WAS ABLE TO GET A TOW TRUCK TO PICK HIM UP, BRING HIM HOME AT 1 AM, AND DELIVER THE TRUCK TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER. THE COST OF THE TOW WAS OVER $300.00. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS UNABLE TO GET TO WORK DUE TO NO VEHICLE. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND IT TOOK THEM THE ENTIRE DAY TO CONTACT US BACK. THEY HAD NO DIAGNOSIS, BUT SUSPECTED IT HAD TO DO WITH A LOCKOUT DEVICE WHICH...

VEHICLE KEEPS CUTTING OUT. ENGINE SPLUTTERS AND JERKS, ALL THE LIGHTS BLINK ON THE DASH BOARD, AND ENGINE QUITS. IT HAS LET ME STANDED IN TRAFFIC FIVE OR SIX TIMES. IT CAN HAPPEN JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD OR WHEN YOU ARE PULLING OUT FROM A STOP, THERE IS NEVER ANY WARNING. IN 7 MILES I HAD TO RESTART MY VEHICLE 5 TIMES. IT STARTED IN NOVEMBER 2007. I THOUGHT THERE MAY BE MOISTURE IN THE FUEL FILTER, SO HAD ALL FILTERS CHANGED AND TRUCK PUT ON COMPUTER. DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS STEADLY GOTTEN WORSE; FROM ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK TO FIVE OR SIX TIMES IN LESS THAN 10 MILES. I CAN NO LONGER RELY ON MY VEHICLE GETTING ME WHERE I NEED TO GO. *TR

ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION FORD 4.6L 5.4L ENGINES HAVE HAD A SPARK PLUG LITERALLY COME OUT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK WHILE DRIVING. THIS INSTANTLY MAKES THE VEHICLE A GROSS EMISSIONS POLLUTER. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE. *JB

WITH TRUCK IN PARK I WOULD START ENGINE AND TRUCK WOULD INSTANTLY GO TO 5,000 RPM BY ITSELF AND STAY THERE. I COULD TURN IGNITION OFF PULL OUT KEY AND TRUCK WOULD RUN BY ITSELF FOR 10-30 SECOND AND THEN DIE. I WOULD HATE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOT BE ABLE TO TURN TRUCK OFF.*AK