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Rough idle today when raining

Old Jul 21, 2013 | 01:21 PM
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Just bought my jeep a couple weeks ago , I live in az and today was first time in the year that its raining lol . Well I was driving to drop off my gf at work and on the way back home it started idling rough and kinda sounded like it wanted to stall . I made it home but I was wondering what can it be causing this? When i made it home i went into my garage and after about 5 min the idle was perfect . it Never had this problem till today .
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 01:21 PM
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It's a 1998 jeep cherokee limited 4.0 242 160k
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 01:46 PM
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Bad plug wires can cause that.

They're due for plugs, wires, cap and rotor every 30,000 miles.

Rained like a cow peeing on a flat rock up here in Prescott yesterday. Water was running over the sidewalks downtown. Had to find refuge in a brewery. Barely made it out alive. LOL.
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 02:45 PM
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Haha alright ill try that , just thought it was so weird with the water causin that ! Guess no fun in the mud
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 03:18 PM
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Go to Napa. Get NGK Copper plugs and their Premium cap and rotor with brass contacts and Belden wires.
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