pfoley12

So driving down the road and kinda got on the gas and all the sudden the motor started popping and shaking, got the 5.4 and it's coming from the left side next to the throttle body, I have no idea what this is. Thanks

pfoley12

Spark plug number 7 blew haha

jprevat

iTrader: (1)

wow... so what will that take to fix

pfoley12

Takin it to shop tonight, I can't get bak there far enough to tell if the threads striped or not. Just goin to go ahead and do them all

jprevat

iTrader: (1)

probly a real good call lol

pfoley12

Yeah haha I'm hoping this will end my check engine light and slight ticking noise

Cal3bCart3r

Dang man ....mine did the same thing a while back and #8 blew

HardcoreFx4

Man guys i hear about this all the time. And me and my family's had about 10 or more of this gen trucks.and never had a problem once.

Frank_Ford

The number 7 plug on you 5.4 should be on the right side and the second from the rear. If you want to save some money, take out this plug, clean the socket hole with a round wire brush, inspect the plug and clean as necessary. If the plug looks OK, put some anti seize on the threads and put it back in. Torque to about 15 lbs. After getting everything back together, see if that fixes the problem.

You said that this problem came from the back near the throttle body on the left, could be you have a leak in your heater hose that is getting water in the plug socket and causing your misfire. Something you might want to check.

Tackle

What did the shop say? I'm curious as to why you want to "do them all", providing you mean fix the stripped threads.

What is the bill and did they do a lock-n-stich or helicoil?

Slight ticking has been known to be because of a loose plug.