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Anonymous Posted on May 21, 2009

New spark plugs. Runs like ****. Ran fine before

Just put new plugs in 2003 taurus. Immediatly afterwards car runs like ****. Bogs down when you step on the gas. Can get up to speed but very slowly. Checked to see if I dislodged a vacuum line, couldnt really tell. Feels like vacuum leak. can anyone help?

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  • Anonymous May 28, 2009

    carbon deposits covered tip on hardest to reach plug. Caused plug to crack causing arch from jacket to head. thanks for all the suggestions guys, much appreciated.

  • Greg Bernett
    Greg Bernett May 11, 2010

    Awesome!!!! Great info for others!!!!

  • Greg Bernett
    Greg Bernett May 11, 2010

    Did you disconnect all the plug wires at the same time?



    Also, what type of plug did you install?

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Check to see if one wire one is bad or not making contact

  • Anonymous May 28, 2009

    glad you founf the problem

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