2004 Jeep Cherokee Spark Plugs keep going bad

2004 JEEP CHEROKEE
85,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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BLUCHERB
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I have a 2004 jeep Cherokee with about 85k miles on it. I did a tune up on it a few months back, replaced the normal spark plugs pvc valve, air filter, fuel filter and so on. Everything was great for about 2k miles (about 2 months). I was on the free way driving from San Diego to Tucson az and was about 4 hours into the trip, when the check engine light came on, the car started running rough and maintaining 65mph was no longer an option. The light started flashing so i pulled over. I waited a few mins and started driving again. Everything was good until i hit 40mph. Once above 40 the car would start shaking and would run rough, like it was miss-firing. I stopped and had the jeep towed to a shop, where they looked at it, pulled the codes and said it had a random multiple miss-fire. They pulled the plugs and said a couple of them were fowled. They went ahead and replaced all the plugs again. Everything has been fine until today ( a month after they replaced the plugs). The car is having the same symptoms, (running very rough, hard to maintain above 40mph and the check engine light is flashing). I had the work done in Tucson so i cant drive it back there since i live in San Diego. So i am wondering what is causing the spark plugs to keep going bad, (im assuming its the same problem, since the symptoms are the exact same). I am unable to pull the plugs and look at them right now wsince im not with the car. Thanks for your help
Apr 18, 2010 at 12:37 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

Thank you for the donation,

We do need to be able to inspect the condition of the spark plug as what we see will give us a good indication as to where the problem may lie, but first thoughts are that you either have a faulty injector and the plug is becoming fuel fouled, a low compression problem or a ignition issue, i would have these items inspected first.

Mark (mhpautos)
Apr 18, 2010 at 6:39 PM