Five problems related to engine clicking and tapping noises have been reported for the 1999 Ford F-250. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My truck was parked at work. When I got in the truck to leave I went to start it and I had heard a loud bang from under the hood followed by a clattering sound. I opened the hood and found that I had blown a plug. This is a known issue for Ford 4. 6l 5. 4l 6. 8l engines. I know this is not the first time someone has reported this issue and I think its about time a recall is issued for this problem.
While drive the engine made a loud popping sound and shut down enable to start!.
Ford 1999 f250 5. 4l triton v-8 blew spark plug. Lost power, created road hazard and scared the crap outta me when it blew. Made it to side of road safely and got towed. Went online to find out this is a huge problem with this engine as well as other tritons. Spark plug threads are very short length. Not just poorly engineered but engineered to fail. Have read posts saying fires were caused by this problem when fuel mixture ejected from hole caught fire from arcing blown plug. Others claim the plug blew a dent into hood. Cannot imagine the damage to an eye or other if mechanic or other person is looking down into engine looking for reason for ticking noise, when bam, the plug blows out. Ford will fight this tooth and nail because it is an expensive fix. They make tons of money by having their shops pull the engine and replace the head. Please help us.
August 2009 my wife was driving our 1999 F-250 super duty with 6. 8l v-10 and she heard a popping noise coming from under the hood. It turned out that it was the 4th cylinder on passenger side having the plug blown out of the cylinder head. Had to have it towed and fixed for $500. They used a helicoil instead of replacing the heads which is whatg Ford recommends. Obviously lost the coil pack too. I heard afterward this is a common problem for all of the triton motors. I am now waiting for the next one to go and don't really trust the vehicle for long trips anymore. Thankfully no fire. This report is listed late as I just came across this thread. Hopefully Ford will be forced to fix these in the future as I cannot afford to do this over and over and over.
I drive a 1999 Ford f250 superduty with a triton v10 with no warning I heard a loud popping sound from my engine while running I opened the hood and saw one of my coil packs bouncing due to the compression of the engine. Upon further inspection I saw my spark plug was blown out after researching online it seems this is an ongoing problem with Ford engines how this isn't a defect ill never know, even the tow truck driver knew about this problem as he stated he tows Fords all the time with this problem I now have to have a mechanic repair the damaged spark plug hole to reinstall a new plug and had to buy a new coil pack.