Champion- never again

So my explorer was running a little rough. I maybe drive it 3K miles a year so I thought the injectors or something got dirty and tried some cleaners.

Decided to pull all the spark plugs and found this. I don't remember exactly when I put these plugs in but it can't have been more than 10k miles ago.

I promptly changed all the plugs to Motorcraft.

 

[MrQ]

Different brands of spark plugs have different heat resistances and the engine is built to those specs. That's why Ford recommends Motorcraft/Autolite and Dodge recommends Champion for their engines. So I use Autolites in my Explorer and Champion spark plugs in my Dodge Ram.

Champion is not a bad brand, its just not what works best for Ford engines.

 

[J_Train]

your truck doesnt burn oil does it? looks like it does with the crud thats on whats left of the electrode

 

[colintrax]

I've never had good luck with Champion in anything.

 

[powerstrokin250]

ive seen motorcraft plugs with more than 200k on it that worked sufficiently, ill never use anything but

 

[FIND]

You shouldn't be using copper plugs in your explorer.

Double platinums are what OEM specs for long life and reliable service. Iridium works well too.

 

[swshawaii]

How did the other five plugs look?