p71glh

i have a 2001 crown vic, 4.6L 2v. bout two years ago i had what i thought was an exhaust leak at the pas. side manifold, but one day the #7 plug blows out. luckily it was because it had backed out of the hole, there was still good thread so when it was cool and with some anti-seize put down with 15lb-fts and and just check every so often.
so today i thought i heard the sound coming back, i pull out the torque wrench to check it and it had the feel u get when a bolt is about to strip, so i stoped.

i know plug blowout is a problem for the 2v and iv heard there is a fix thats doesnt require pulling the head. where can i get it, can i do in my home garage, or does anyone know if livernois can do it, i dont trust the garages where i live(Windsor across the river from Detroit)

devongarver

I think most people use a Helicoil to fix it. The only issue I see is keeping the shavings from dropping into the cylinder if you keep it on the car. There are several people on here that have talked about this before, I will see if I can dig up a thread when i get a chance.

lizzyfan

Only way to go http://www.timesert.com/

p71glh

do u know where i can order the ford specific kit from?

lizzyfan

Give this a try https://mustangforums.com/forum/new-...epair-kit.html

fidelcastrol

You can stick a strong magnet in the cylinder to pick up the shavings.

cliffyk

Helicoils suck. big time, for any repair that will subjected to impact or repeated vibrational loading--such as a spark plug--this is because they are a disconnected spiral of wire with no solid form. The wire spiral will "work" as the juncture is impacted, and as it works it will compress the surrounding metal of the aluminum head (vs. the steel coil), and the aluminum will distort, and the whole thing will work loose, and you will be worse off that you were before your used the Helicoil.

As Lizzyfan put forth, the Timesert is the only repair that means you should not sell the car as soon as you get it fixed...

ESABATM

Aluminum is non-ferrous so a magnet is useless.

Bpohlman13

The best solution to not getting any shavings in the cylindar without taking the heads off is to put grease on the tap youll be using and every couple threads back it off clean off the grease and shavings and apply new grease. Go very very slow when doing this though. This is what my dad did when he stripped the sparkplug threads on his vette and it worked great.

p71glh

i got a once used time sert kit in the mail from ebay right now.
i cant believe how much the ford kit cost, $485 reg. $368 new on ebay, used on ebay $200. im a tool maker so i can understand it could cost that much to make it and sell it and make profit on something that usually only used by professional mechanics, but than a pack of 10 insert cost $100. anyways ill post on how i make out with it, thanks for the help