Soupnazi
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- 1999 Ford XLS V6
Well, I think it should be part of the automobile, it was obviously designed to force someone to take it in to have the code checked ($75 at my dealer) or force them to buy a reader...why don't they have these codes displayed on an LCD somewhere on the dash? Pisses me off to no end.
Anyway, my wifes 99' Explorer XLS with 70,000 came on.(Yes, checked the gas cap to make sure first thing) and rather than take it in I decided to change the plugs even though they're advertised that you don't need to change them until 100,000 miles (Anyone ever really waited that long? Or as long as I did?!) The gap on the plugs was roughly .100, or double was the standard gap should be (.052) and they looked long in the tooth so to speak.
The Check Engine light stayed on for about another 1 hour worth of driving then went off again.
There is an Autozone opening up soon near us, hopefully they'll read the code for us if we ever need to in the future (its inevitable, isn't it?
)
Anyway, my wifes 99' Explorer XLS with 70,000 came on.(Yes, checked the gas cap to make sure first thing) and rather than take it in I decided to change the plugs even though they're advertised that you don't need to change them until 100,000 miles (Anyone ever really waited that long? Or as long as I did?!) The gap on the plugs was roughly .100, or double was the standard gap should be (.052) and they looked long in the tooth so to speak.
The Check Engine light stayed on for about another 1 hour worth of driving then went off again.
There is an Autozone opening up soon near us, hopefully they'll read the code for us if we ever need to in the future (its inevitable, isn't it?
)
That's my favorite Seinfeld episode.
