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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 03:43 PM
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i need to chack a code my car is throwing... i only took off the valve covers and that is all... and when i put them back on and the car is ideling rough like a spark plug isnt pluged in... but i have reset the ses light and redone every wire about 6 times and it is still doing it!!! could it be something else besides that???can i check it on my hpp3 or what?? the only place that does it by me is about 20 min away and dont want to mess up the car!!! thanks
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 03:47 PM
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Make sure one of you plugs isn't cracked. I have had that happen before. Hope it helps.
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the spark plug itself?? the weird thing is i just took them off and put them on another car for about 3-4 days and when i went to put them back on.. it is doin that crap???
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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the spark plug itself?? the weird thing is i just took them off and put them on another car for about 3-4 days and when i went to put them back on.. it is doin that crap???
Yeah I would look at the plugs. It seems like that is the only thing that has changed is the plugs.
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