Thread: Whats wrong with my Ford?

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My pickup has 96k on it now. I bought it with 82k last year. It started acting up the other day. I've only put maybe ten miles on it since. I did notice the last time i was home from college, i put it in park and it revved way up to 3k. It was odd, but never thought much of it cuz when I turned it off and later back on, it was fine. Don't know if that has anything to do with it or not...it was cold that day. I do live in North Dakota if that tells you anything. lol.

By the way, I forgot to mention that it is a 5.4 Triton V8. Its been a good engine thus far...for the time i've had it anyway. I am a college student and work at Sears for money. I went to the auto department and asked how bad the spark plugs were to get at. They told me its atleast a 3 hour job for a professional. Then they told me if i felt like doing it myself, I could expect more time yet. They do look a little tricky...

Originally Posted by TuffTrax

By the way, I forgot to mention that it is a 5.4 Triton V8. Its been a good engine thus far...for the time i've had it anyway. I am a college student and work at Sears for money. I went to the auto department and asked how bad the spark plugs were to get at. They told me its atleast a 3 hour job for a professional. Then they told me if i felt like doing it myself, I could expect more time yet. They do look a little tricky...

You probably will need plugs soon - but with saying that - that might/probably will not be your problem as you described.

This is an article that will explain how to change the plugs out - and they are due at 100K on a 5.4 with COP ignition(just wish my V10 plugs were that 'easy'):http://www.ford-trucks.com/article/i...ter_F150s.html