2005-2007 vs 2008 4.6 3V Spark Plugs?
2/27/08, 10:35 AM
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3/2/08, 06:01 PM
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The only 1 piece design plug currently available for the 3V engine, to my knowledge, are the Brisk and the Champion #7989. The Brisk will be a fairly short lived plug because it has standard firing points. The Brisks are primarily for racing. The Champions should be long lived because they are copper core, double platinum, better for a daily driver. My next set will be Champions. 
3/3/08, 11:18 AM
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From the photo in post #7 and the photo in post #28 it looks like Ford has changed their plug design. Are the '07+ plugs two piece or one piece and is there any history of these later plugs breaking? Looks like I'll have to pull my plugs next week to see what I have. I'll probably go the anti-seize route while they're out. My '07 has a build date of 12/04/2006 and has less than 8k miles on it.
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3/3/08, 03:07 PM
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From the photo in post #7 and the photo in post #28 it looks like Ford has changed their plug design. Are the '07+ plugs two piece or one piece and is there any history of these later plugs breaking? Looks like I'll have to pull my plugs next week to see what I have. I'll probably go the anti-seize route while they're out. My '07 has a build date of 12/04/2006 and has less than 8k miles on it.
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3/18/08, 07:30 PM
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100K change interval. I was thinking about having mine changed soon, I even bought some new plugs in anticipation. Now I'm thinking I might wait it out, since I have 60K miles on them already. I'm thinking that I have a really good chance of the dealer breaking at least one plug, and they flat out told me that I would be paying labor on whatever they had to do to remove the broken plugs.
I'm having no issues with the plugs so far, everything is great...I might wait until 100K and then have them changed. At least then I can say I did exactly what was in the manual.
I'm having no issues with the plugs so far, everything is great...I might wait until 100K and then have them changed. At least then I can say I did exactly what was in the manual.
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Apparently there is some news that they fixed this problem with a revised head cast and different plugs that thread to the end. It is on the board under the Installed Champions thread. I've posted on blue oval forums to see if an employee can verify.
I have an 08 so I guess I could go pull a plug and see. Apparently they started the revision late in 07 and for all 08s.
I have an 08 so I guess I could go pull a plug and see. Apparently they started the revision late in 07 and for all 08s.
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My car was built in November of 07 and when I pulled a plug it was still the old style. I was hoping I would have gotten lucky on this one. Although it would be better to check the engine build date instead of the car manufacture date as I have found the engine date to be October of 07. Guess I'll just have to replace them.
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I have about 9,800 miles and I got a little nervous, so I decided to pull mine out, clean them and apply the anti-seize.
No problems; they all came out easily. One had some gummy carbon. The others were just dirty. But there was definitely carbon right at the seating chamfer on all of them. I used a small screwdriver to knock the carbon off. I applied the anti-seize on the first plug and installed it. I decided to see how much of the anti-seize squished out so I took the plug back out. It seemed to pick up a lot of crud from the spark plug bore, so I wiped it off and reapplied the anti-seize and did the final install. Did the same to the remaining plugs.
Started right up...
No problems; they all came out easily. One had some gummy carbon. The others were just dirty. But there was definitely carbon right at the seating chamfer on all of them. I used a small screwdriver to knock the carbon off. I applied the anti-seize on the first plug and installed it. I decided to see how much of the anti-seize squished out so I took the plug back out. It seemed to pick up a lot of crud from the spark plug bore, so I wiped it off and reapplied the anti-seize and did the final install. Did the same to the remaining plugs.
Started right up...
7/15/08, 06:29 PM
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I have about 9,800 miles and I got a little nervous, so I decided to pull mine out, clean them and apply the anti-seize.
No problems; they all came out easily. One had some gummy carbon. The others were just dirty. But there was definitely carbon right at the seating chamfer on all of them. I used a small screwdriver to knock the carbon off. I applied the anti-seize on the first plug and installed it. I decided to see how much of the anti-seize squished out so I took the plug back out. It seemed to pick up a lot of crud from the spark plug bore, so I wiped it off and reapplied the anti-seize and did the final install. Did the same to the remaining plugs.
Started right up...
No problems; they all came out easily. One had some gummy carbon. The others were just dirty. But there was definitely carbon right at the seating chamfer on all of them. I used a small screwdriver to knock the carbon off. I applied the anti-seize on the first plug and installed it. I decided to see how much of the anti-seize squished out so I took the plug back out. It seemed to pick up a lot of crud from the spark plug bore, so I wiped it off and reapplied the anti-seize and did the final install. Did the same to the remaining plugs.
Started right up...
Any issues getting the COP's off of the spark plugs??? I have read it can be an issue.
7/15/08, 07:35 PM
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For the most part, they popped right off. A couple had to be wiggled a little. Be careful not to snag the fuel injector wires / plug when you pull up.
The engine was cold (ambient). The TSB originally said to warm it a little, but then they changed it to cold. They also say to loosen the plug 1/4 turn and spray some penetrating oil into the plug hole to soak for 15 minutes. I did on the first one, but realized that in my case it was not necessary.
The engine was cold (ambient). The TSB originally said to warm it a little, but then they changed it to cold. They also say to loosen the plug 1/4 turn and spray some penetrating oil into the plug hole to soak for 15 minutes. I did on the first one, but realized that in my case it was not necessary.
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