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1997 Questions for all other cars Think car is misfiring

Tiny
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  • 1997 ALL OTHER MAKES ALL OTHER MODELS
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 AT 3:31 PM

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Tiny
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Have you done the basic tune up checks as yet?

Mark (mhpautos)
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 AT 6:31 PM
Tiny
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Yes the Goe just had new plugs put in a month ago. New cap, rotor. The wires were only 1 year old or so, My brother took a look at it and pulled the plug wire out of the 2nd cilinder and he said it sounded weak. Which could be why it is misfiring I don't know. Hubby put new wires on 3 days ago and it hasen't fixed the problem. One of the wires to that cinlinder was kinda broken and the plugs seem to be fowling out also. Brother said because of the misfiring, The car does have a lot of milaleage on it. Mostly highway. Ty
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 AT 1:06 PM
Tiny
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You can easily damage the plug lead if they are pulled to hard, you should gently pull and twist at the same time, I would do a compression test next and try swapping over 2 plugs to see if it is a faulty new plug, try this next.

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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 AT 6:07 PM

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