# 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac spark plug blow-out

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-trac-spark-plug-blow-out/135400>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorersporttrac, ford\
**Created:** [February 26, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-trac-spark-plug-blow-out/135400 "2019-02-26T10:59:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![stevenpereira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@stevenpereira](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stevenpereira)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-trac-spark-plug-blow-out/135400/1 "2019-02-26T10:59:46Z")

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What could cause my spark plug to blow out from the block?

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**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-trac-spark-plug-blow-out/135400/2 "2019-02-26T14:15:16Z")

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Someone here might clarify, but a few years ago I was in some research and I believe this was a manufacturing problem in some Fords from that era. Go on-line and look up any TSBs on this or search spark plugs and problems with you make, model and year.