Frankp

Really sick right now, started pulling plugs out in my 2008 F150 5.4 Triton 7 with no problems at all and one broke off right at the nut, thread still in head, (have lisle tool) what do I do

HeathMc

Is the porcelain broke off flush? I'm asking because your best chance is probably gonna be a ease out.

YoungDiesel

Man that sucks. Happen to me on a ram and it was a trip to the machine shop...

Frankp

Thanks for the reply!!! My die hard ford buddy gave me the same advice and gave me an easy out, which didn't work, however another friend gave me a different type of easy out and at 1am Sunday morning 17 hrs after I started the tune up I closed the hood and fired her up! The other 7 plugs came right out with no problems, I would've had the job done in 4-5 hrs had this not happened, though I am so relieved that I didn't end up at a machine shop.... The easy out that worked was a threaded style... I'll post pics of what it looked like later as well as the one that didn't work....

HeathMc

Great! That's gotta be stressful. Glad it worked out. That could have required a head removal.

techrep

iTrader: (1)

You must of had an early build date 08 motor...

Frankp

Why ya say that?

techrep

iTrader: (1)

were those 2 piece plugs

Frankp

Yea they were 2 piece, the reason it broke like it did is because I switched to a torque wrench on the 3rd plug being that it was pretty tight, I didn't wanna torque above 33lbs, well when I started to try and loosen it I was accually tightening it and snapped it off, must've had a brain fart, if I hadn't done so I'm certain I would've remove all 8 with out breaking any, and having to resort to my lisle tool, which proved to be an easy process once I removed the threaded part... lesson learned, always make sure I'm turning the plug the right direction, which won't be for hopefully another 100000 miles...

techrep

iTrader: (1)

well...the reason I asked was engine build date's after 10/07 have the redesigned heads and improved plugs ...so your 08 engine must of been a very early build date. glad you got them all done.