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Originally Posted by Wolfeboro_Baja
Damn, THAT doesn't give me a warm, fuzzy feeling!
I have a 2001 F-250 with the 5.4 Triton BUT it only has 55,000+ miles on it. If it's an age-related issue (meaning based on # of hrs or miles on the vehicle), then maybe I've got a few more years left on it before it starts popping plugs (since I don't put alot of miles on it)!
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Wish I could tell you that it is mileage related, but the first one popped at around 20K the other two last year at over 150K. It is a 2002.
Has more to do with the head material and whether your number is up, have friends with Ford's that have never had an issue, well into the 200K range.
When I first looked into the issue last year (I was not around for the first one) I was blown away when I started reading those entries (300+ pages worth
).
It seems to be new and old, basically anything with that head on the Triton. You don't hear much on the news regarding this issue that has been going on for years, granted I do not think anyone has died because of it, but some of the failures have been fairly catastophic from the posts.