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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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Misfire Problem Fixed

So I have 101xxx on my 05 F150 FX4. I started to notice a misfire when I was getting heavy on the throttle ie: getting on the highway, passing ect. I had no check engine lights or anything. So this is the series of what happened.

1)Bought some Lucas Oil injector cleaner/fuel treatment. No luck there.

2)Figured I would try a seafoam treatment. I did it through my vacuum line to the break booster and added the other half of the can into my gas tank. I got no smoke at all like all the youtube videos I watched. So I really have no idea if it worked. Well then I went to drive it, it started missing really bad and my check engine light came on. It said I had a misfire on cylinder 2.

3)Well because of the seafoam, it made the check engine light come on so at least I know I know where to go from there. I changed the plug on cylinder 2 and so far no issues.

The seafoam did not work like I thought but it did help fix my issue.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 04:36 AM
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When did Seafoam ever work, but for wishful thinking? That's "Snake Oil" in a bottle.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by code58
When did Seafoam ever work, but for wishful thinking? That's "Snake Oil" in a bottle.
True Dat!
 
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 01:49 PM
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why dont you just do all the plugs... im sure at 101k it's due for a set... you're just going to start having more and more misfires until you replace all the plugs...
 
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 02:20 PM
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Ford pushed the original recommendation of 100k spark plugs to 75k after the breaking issue came about
 
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