04 F150 broken plug

[GotWood]

5.4 has a broken plug. How bad is it to pull the head? Is there a chance the head is junk?

 

[ghost]

That became so common that there is a tool or kit available to pull said plug I think.

 

[shawn]

Sheeee... I know people that carried the repair kit in the truck so they could fix it on the road.

 

[YotaOnRocks]

They make a tool for pulling the broken plug. Tip for future removal is to use an impact gun to break them loose. Never broken one myself.

As far a removing the head the worst part would be removing the intake manifold. They have a stupid vacuum hose on the back of the manifold that is terrible to get access too along with some actuator arms for something.

 

[YotaOnRocks]

 

[YotaOnRocks]

Can see the metal tube the hose hooks to on back of drivers head.

 

[obullfish]

Lisle 65600 - Spark Plug Remover | O'Reilly Auto Parts
This is what it takes. At least this is what I got mine out with.

 

[Infamous1]

Never had an issue where the tool wouldn't get it out.

 

[Tim C]

If it's the 3v I've broken a ton of them at work. Enough between the three of us we wore out the Lisle tool and had to buy a new one, but it's never let us down. It doesn't matter to me if it breaks or not cause it only takes me less than 5 minutes to pull them with the tool.

If you're talking a 2v motor I can't help you, never seen one of them break a plug, but I've fixed a bunch that blew the plug out.

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