Engine help in Santa Clara

[medtro]

There is a company that specializes in blown sparkplugs. They are big with the Ford modular crowd. I have a V10 With 285k miles on It and they are the only people I trust with the plugs. Never had a blown plug. They just change them for me as PM every 80K-100K miles.
They are in San luis Obisbo CA or near there. They do all work on your site. They can do any motor. Believe it is Blown Sparkplug.com.
I bet they have a borescope or can determine the engine condition. It is what they do. do not condemn the motor until you get the new plug in and run it. The combustion chamber is a very active area. The velocity of gases flowing through would probably carry out most particles or plug chunks in short time.

Sent them a request, unfortunately didn't hear back from them.

 

[medtro]

Spark plug blew out from cylinder #5. Second shop scoped the engine, didn't find any damage. Installed Heli-Coil, new spark plugs and ignition coil.

 

[abuck99]

Good to hear it’s back on the road!

TM added the spark plugs alert thread to the FAQ now ()

Maybe this helps others ( who actually read the FAQ) avoid the issue.

 

[MountaineerLC]

Spark plug blew out from cylinder #5. Second shop scoped the engine, didn't find any damage. Installed Heli-Coil, new spark plugs and ignition coil.

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Glad to hear your back on the road. Here to hoping the heli-coil provides with many trouble free miles!


On a side note regarding engine replacement. Coming from the world of the Rover V8 where head gasket jobs were as common as timing belts on the 2UZ, I have a hard time understanding trashing a whole engine for such a repairable issue. I understand that time = money, but good 2UZ's (especially Japanese built) are getting harder and harder to find it seems. Buying a used engine is also quite a crap shoot it seems unless it's local to you and inspectable. Of course repair or replacing the head also makes more sense if it's something you can do yourself at home vs paying a shop.

Just my 2 cents, and some random thoughts.

 

[abuck99]

Glad to hear your back on the road. Here to hoping the heli-coil provides with many trouble free miles!


On a side note regarding engine replacement. Coming from the world of the Rover V8 where head gasket jobs were as common as timing belts on the 2UZ, I have a hard time understanding trashing a whole engine for such a repairable issue. I understand that time = money, but good 2UZ's (especially Japanese built) are getting harder and harder to find it seems. Buying a used engine is also quite a crap shoot it seems unless it's local to you and inspectable. Of course repair or replacing the head also makes more sense if it's something you can do yourself at home vs paying a shop.

Just my 2 cents, and some random thoughts.

Agree- a good 2UZFE are fewer and far between - getting one from a salvage yard that has true reported miles or other issues, wasn’t sitting out in the rain collecting water and dirt isn’t easy.