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  1. J

    runs poorly under load, sputters at idle

    It's fixed! Last night i pulled the number 2 spark plug. the ceramic had two big cracks in it and one of the cracks has a frickin lightning bolt burned around it. It looks pretty cool actually. Anyway, I put in a new plug and it ran like to good ol' days. Lets reflect- Don't ever make...
  2. J

    runs poorly under load, sputters at idle

    Just an interesting note- Last night i was screwing around under the hood and moved around the spark plug wires going to 1, 2 and 3. Some of them were touching eachother and i was a little worried about current crossing between wires. (note that when i replaced the wires a couple months...
  3. J

    runs poorly under load, sputters at idle

    Can you give me any more insight on what to look for on the coil? I'm guessing i need to pull some connectors and test resistances. Tomorrow I'm going to tear in to it a little more and see what i find. I'll also pull the spark plugs and see how they look and just replace #2 since that's...
  4. J

    runs poorly under load, sputters at idle

    Hi guys. I'm new here and am in dire need of advice. I have a 99 explorer 4.0 SOHC with 160k miles. A few month ago i ran out of gas (doh!) and have been having trouble ever since. It started with poor idle. Most of the time I'd have to keep one foot on the gas to keep it from dying. I...
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