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Old May 1, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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ordered plugs wires and fuel filter from g.culley at gm parts house. looked at fuel filter thought no way am i going to be able to do that. car needs to be on a lift i think. later project. so i changed the plugs and wires. ac/delco iridium plugs and the red gm wires. well number 7 was a total pain. plugs seemed really sticky removeing. but i stuck to it and got all of them changed out. took car for test drive ran great. let it sit for awhile and now it seems like i have a mist or something. at idle it just dosen't seem right. it sputters alittle. is still driveable. but something isn't right. at idle you put your hand over exhaust tips and it is sputtering or skipping a beat so to speak. any thoughts on what problem could be.????
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Old May 1, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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Check to make sure all wires are secure; if you used grease wipe it off and re-install wires. If you still have an issue check to make sure you didn't break the ceramic on #7.
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Old May 1, 2008 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by MagRedConv
Check to make sure all wires are secure; if you used grease wipe it off and re-install wires. If you still have an issue check to make sure you didn't break the ceramic on #7.
I agree you beat me to it... Check to make sure you did not knock a wire off..
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Old May 1, 2008 | 09:05 PM
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yup, that is most likely the problem. I installed new wires and it didn't sound right. went back and gave them another push and one clicked. it was not all the way on
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Old May 1, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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allgood check points
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Originally Posted by MagRedConv
Check to make sure all wires are secure; if you used grease wipe it off and re-install wires. If you still have an issue check to make sure you didn't break the ceramic on #7.
Just had that happen to me yesterday,,,#5 on mine,,and MAN is that one a pain in the A$$ when everything is back together. You will LOVE it when they're all firing,, it's like a new car again.
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Old May 2, 2008 | 08:32 AM
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Let us know if that is what it was
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