2001 Ford F Series Engine cooling Problems

“On multiple occasions I have been driving and heard a loud bang and felt the motor starting to shake and loss of power to the vehicle. Upon inspection, I have noticed the coil pack of my 2001 Ford f-150 sitting on top of the motor. I have replaced two coil packs twice each. It is getting costly to repair as it costs $50 per coil pack. I have retapped the holes but the problem keeps occurring. I am a divorced father of a 2 year old son. I can't afford to keep repairing the problem.”

“I exited on I-75 onto sr 200, traveled 100 feet approximately 20 MPH, heard popping sound like baseball card in spokes of a bicycle wheel. Happened saturday night while bringing my son home from college. Cost $75 to tow home to unload the 2001 f150 5.4 liter v-8. $75 to tow to Ford of ocala, belleview, who diagnosed blown #3 plug, charged $98, then $75 tow to Ford of ocala in ocala told $4000 to replace head or $6000 to replace engine. This was a common occurrence with this faulty head and plug design. …”

“We own a motor home, built on a Ford incomplete vehicle chassis, powered by a Ford v-10 triton engine. The first engine began to spit out spark plugs after reaching 75,000 miles on the odometer. This occurred on friday, january 27, 2006, about forty miles east of kingman, arizona. After spending money to get the problem diagnosed at a goodyear dealership in kingman, arizona, we had to order a special repair kit from baril engine rebuilding company in green bay, wisconsin, paying for the shipping both ways. A mechanic resleeved the cylinder. …”

“2001 Ford expedition eddie bauer, at about 30 MPH, 3rd spark plug blew out stripping threads and ruining coil. We replaced the coil, but dealer will not rethread, the dealer says that if they were to rethread it would not hold and would probably blow again possibly doing more damage to motor. They said they will only replace the head which is 2000.00. When it blew I was on my way to the airport to pick up family with my newborn and four year old. I was stranded on the highway for an hour and a half in 98 degree heat. …”

“On october 27, 2006 I was driving my 2001 Ford f-150 pickup down the highway at about 45 miles per hour. All of a sudden we heard a loud noise and pulled over. Upon inspection my husband noticed that the number 3 spark plug and coil pack had been ejected from the cylinder head. He also noticed that it had caused a sizeable dent in the fuel injector rail. The rail/fuel line which provides fuel under pressure to the injectors is made of steel. The coil pack although the mounting point was broken off remained plugged in and functioning. The spark plug also remained in tact and appeared undamaged. …”