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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 06:46 PM
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Heres the story, spark plug blew up in the 3 cylinder, took it to Firestone to fix, they pulled the cylinder and drilled out the plug then put all new plugs in, head gaskets sets etc. 1500 later got it back but the idle was really ruff, the played with the computer and fixed the idle, but now I have this fast clicking noise when i give it gas, and I have lost all power, I try to accelerate getting on the highway and I get hrdly any power, so I punch it and my throttle almost stops at 3000 rpm and im going no where. Any ideas what they did do it or how I fix it from here?
 
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 08:02 PM
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Sounds like they screwed up. I'd tote it back to them before digging my hands into it if it were my truck.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 08:06 PM
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im not disagreeing but what do you think they did?
 
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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I'd lean toward the cam timing being off. That will surly make it run like a pig.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 08:24 PM
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Cam timing might be off a tooth. Anymore than that and they usually bend valves.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 08:25 PM
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Is the cam timimng something they would have played with?
 
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 08:29 PM
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If they removed a cylinder head(s), yes. Gotta take the chains off and mess with the cams.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 08:30 PM
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ok so if they cam is wrong what will happen?
 
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