Stock plug wire boot fell off!!!!
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From: Way the hell in front of you
Stock plug wire boot fell off!!!! Jeez. I was just toolin around when all of the sudden, my exhaust got louder, the idle got rough, it smelled like burnig mexican food, I heard a slapping, and my SES light flashed when I accelerated. It was 5:30 and Speed Inc was closed so I called my Chevy dealer. They said mybe something with a plug wire, so I checked it and the first on on the left side, the boot was hanging down!! Boy was I relieved it was relatively easy to get to and fix.
-Why did it just fall off like that???
-My car seemed to be ******* the past few weeks, could the wire have been slipping off causing a performance loss, because it is noticably smoother and DOES accelerate the best it has in a while.
Thank God it was nothing expensive! The wire didn't burn either.
Whew. If someone could at least answer the second question that would be cool!
Thanx
Nick
-Why did it just fall off like that???
-My car seemed to be ******* the past few weeks, could the wire have been slipping off causing a performance loss, because it is noticably smoother and DOES accelerate the best it has in a while.
Thank God it was nothing expensive! The wire didn't burn either.
Whew. If someone could at least answer the second question that would be cool!
Thanx
Nick
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From: Live Oak, FL - in the woods where the creatures lurk.
Re: Stock plug wire boot fell off!!!! Yeah, it's evidently been degrading for while to just fall off like that. Although I think our stock wires are generally good, the stockers on my '96 Camaro were terrible.
