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Ford Thunderbird
Report: Check Engine Light Due to Oil Leak in Valve Cover Gasket
Ford Thunderbird Problem
Model Years Affected: 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Engine Affected: 4.6L V8
Average Mileage: 80,537 mi (47,000 mi - 175,000 mi)
The valve cover gaskets may leak oil into the spark plug wells, shorting out the spark plugs, causing a misfire, and illuminating the Check Engine Light. Commonly the spark plugs and ignition coils or wires will require replacement, along with resealing the valve cover to correct this concern.
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Visitor, 2002 Ford Thunderbird
replace coils frequently
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Visitor, 2002 Ford Thunderbird, 72,000 mi
Car idle choppy. Check engine light came on. Problem waS leaking gasket filled spark plug wells with oil. Causing arc. Costing 1,100. Ouch
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Visitor, 2002 Ford Thunderbird, 76,500 mi
misfiring engine, engine light came on. Took it in for diagnostic and found #1 spark and ignition coil defective due to water in spark plug, cost of repair, $459.00. Same thing happened 5 months later with the #3 plug and coil. Definately a poor design by Ford... Now the engine is doing an occasional miss and I'm sure another coil and plug are to blame....
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Visitor, 2002 Ford Thunderbird, 47,000 mi
Misfire, rough idle and driving. Oil leak into valves due to valve cover gasket failure. Replace coils and gaskets. $1200. This is apparently a known (too well) issue with 2002 Ford Thunderbirds, warping valve covers due to engine heat also leads to the leaks.
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Visitor, 2002 Ford Thunderbird, 58,000 mi
The check engine light came on, 3 coils needed replacing. This happened six months previous as well - had to replace 1 then. Has cost about $1600 so far...
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Visitor, 2003 Ford Thunderbird, 48,000 mi
6 out of 8 coils got oil soak ed and started missfiring
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bert48, 2002 Ford Thunderbird, 75,000 miRookie
just happened replaced plugs and coil, cleaned area and so far so good will be scheduling o-rings and gasket replacement soon.
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Visitor, 1997 Ford Thunderbird, 103,335 mi
just bought the car a mile down the road check engine light came on ,went to go do a tune up on it pulled 3rd plug wire on passanger side and it was floating in oil looked around the top of engine noticed oil comming from valve cover
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