1997 Ford F-150 Engine Problems

“My truck was loosing water to the oil pan and caused the engine to need replacing in 2004. Ford charged me 5200.00 to replace the engine and said the warranty would not cover it. Now the replacement engine is doing the same thing. Why will Ford not admit the problem with the 97 4.2 and not try to cover it up.? I do not have alot of money and can't afford to let them keep fixing their problem.”

“While starting from a red light, the engine blew a spark plug! I have the 5.4 v-8 engine. Fortunately the engine was not damaged or anything else. I immediately pulled off road and had truck towed to the local Ford dealership. Repairs were $600.00.”

“I was driving down the road. The engine got caught on fire. When I have the mechanic looked at it he said that it looked like the rocker arm in the engine came off and he said the that the valves got destroyed from the rockers.”

“I came home from work on 12/13 2014 and noticed I had a water puddle under my truck so on 12/14/2014 I pulled in the garage and did some searching only to find the outlet tube in the manifold was leaking I assumed it was the rubber hose and when I went to replace it the outlet tube broke off at the base of the intake manifold. Upon doing some research I found that the only way to replace it is to buy a new intake manifold so at this point my truck is stuck in the garage . …”

“I have been having problems with engine overheating, heater temperature working intermittently inside, misfire on one cylinder. I have replaced thermostat, spark plugs and wires, and coils. Diagnotic code still reads misfire on one cylinder. Misfire is not constant. After researching I found others stating there is a recall... Recall # 99b20 . I can not find a recall 99b20. I did notice there have been 545 other complaints concerning engine cooling and manifold o rings, blown head gaskets etc due to faulty components. …”