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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 11:54 AM
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I have had a noise for some time now. I have been thinking bad lifter,bad rocker, bad injector , even piston slap. Anyway I have been living with it. Yesterday I had to change the thermostat. After the job was done I started it up and watched it closely. I saw the # 7 wire jump in time the the sound. I checked all plugs and found #5 and #7 were loose. #7 was spitting out compression. I fixed it. It now runs super smooth quiet with more power! Just a word to the wise from a fool!
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 09:31 PM
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Glad it was something as simple as a plug wire.
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 04:00 PM
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You know, it actually sounds like one or two of my plugs might be loose...I'm going out to check them now...AFTER it cools down

I've had a loose #8 before, and it definitely sounded like an exhaust leak. We'll see what we have this time around...
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 08:56 PM
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Sometimes we are so high tech and and too smart for our own good. We forget the basics. I felt like a moron when I found the problem.
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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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Same thing happened to me over the summer. It was the #2.
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