2000 Ford F-250 SD Engine cooling Problems

“Driving to work yesterday evening I stopped to gas up. After fueling the truck I started the engine and heard a loud pop followed by loud engine noise. I shut down the engine to investigate and found the spark plug from the second cylinder on the passenger side ejected destroying the coil in the process. I have yet to repair the problem and have concerns that it will happen again.”

“I was driving my Ford f250 with the 5.4 triton v8 gas engine down the road when it sounded as if the engine had blown. Upon investigation at a local repair shop it was determined the left rear spark plug had blown out of the cylinder head. The cost for the repair was quoted between $300 to $3000 pending on how bad the damage was to the spark plug threads. It is currently parked until the repair can be made.”

“I have experienced three spark plug blowouts on my Ford f-250 pickup truck which has a 5.4 liter engine. It is a 2000 model. The spark plug can no longer be reinserted due to damage caused by the ejection. A head replacement was the only remedy offered by the dealership at a rather significant cost to me for what appears to be a prevalent defect.”

“Last year about sept 08...my 2000 f-250 10 cylinder p-up started very rough-like. It would not do 50 MPH anymore as of that same date. I took it to good-year and to two other garages for estimates as to what went wrong. The 10th valve had stuck. I took it to the dealer and they charged me 4,000 dollars to do a valve job. The truck only had 49k miles on it. The entire rear of the engine required all new plugs and wires.”

“Failure of camshaft position sensor (cps) caused engine to stall during operation resulting in loss of steering and braking. Fortunately, it was early am and traffic was light allowing me to bring the vehicle to a stop without incident. No advance warning or check engine light. Towed to dealer, cps replaced at my expense.”