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Old Dec 6, 2001 | 11:16 AM
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Engine Problem Part 2

Well, i went out awhile ago and started it up for a second to see how she idled. It was fine, i was like no way BIT$$. Im not trusting that. I did not drive it since I didnt want to get it hot. I went ahead and pulled the plugs. Sadly I didnt find any burnt off ends to my plugs. In one way I was happy and one way I was upset about that. I did find some very loose plugs and all of them are rusted. I am thinking the rust has come from the fuel aditives being used. I think that may just be fowled out and the loose ones were giving me a bad connection causing the misfires and Vibrations. The truck had no noises at all when it was idleing and had plenty of throttle response. Now my baby is resting waiting for the Mail Woman to come tommorow with the Denso's... Hopefully the problem was the loose & rusted plugs, I will post tomm. after I get the new Denso's in!!!!
 
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Old Dec 6, 2001 | 11:30 AM
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By the way anyone know of any Tips/Tricks to do to the coil packs for cleaning them? Do I need to replace that dioletric grease or anything??
 
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Old Dec 6, 2001 | 03:40 PM
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Sounds like you may of had a bad coil-pack connection.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2001 | 04:01 PM
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The plugs do look alittle burnt out, meaning the gap has goten bigger. I am going to check the gaps and post them as well. I think is was a bad connection & loose plugs still.

Would it hurt to put some Dioelectric grease on the bottom of the coil packs to hit the top of plugs? Should I clean them with like a contact cleaner first??? Please any help!!!!!
 
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Old Dec 6, 2001 | 10:12 PM
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I checked the gap on the plugs, 4 were at .40 and 4 were all over the place some as high as .50. They all started at .38... It seems the ceramic in the middle was burning out or the electrodes are getting thin. Not to sure I dont remember exactly what the #6's looked like when I put them in. The Denso's should be here tomm so I will let everyone know what happens!!!!
 
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