1998 Ford Explorer spark plug change?

Tiny
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  • 1998 FORD EXPLORER
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  • AWD
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  • 17,000 MILES
Changed plugs and wires n this vehicle the other day took out autolite platinum and put inmotorcraft platinum and the car was running just fine prior to this other than a check engine light for a o2 sesor bank 2. The car now runs like it hs a miss in it and ll the plugs were gapped propery ad canged one at a tme as to not mi up the wires. Nowth chec engine light comes on and flashes ever so often it also no triped a DPFE code and insuffucent flow to the EGR. All of thes itemswere cecke about a yearag and were ok but as mentioned thvehicleran fine wih n roblems prio to the plug change the reason the plugs were changed was due to mileaqe and not knowwhen they were oneast but afte rpulling the plugs and loking at them the had een in a while
Thursday, August 26th, 2010 AT 5:23 PM

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Tiny
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Did the scan identify which cylender is missing? Many times people get grease under the electroid when installing the plugs and the plug won't fire.
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010 AT 8:59 PM
Tiny
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No the code didnt give a misfire code it only gave egr codes but you can feel the miss on the acceleration
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010 AT 9:29 PM
Tiny
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Check the egr for carbon build up and clean it as needed. Make sure the valve is free and moving properly.

As far as the miss, after cleaning the EGR, if the problem still exist, remove the plugs and check for something lodged under the electroid.

Let me know what you find.

Joe
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010 AT 10:23 PM

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