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Old 02-11-2011, 12:13 PM
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Question rough idle and rought at crusing speed help!!

I just recently changed my plugs i did all but one of them cause one of the new plugs i bought was cracked so i went and got a new one put it in now when it is idling it seems rough and when i accelerate it runs fine just when im at crusing speed keeping the gas at the same position it seems to buck back and forth a little could it be a misfire or what?Thank you
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well how did it run before you changed the plugs? Did you put in the recommened and also did you check the gap? The majority of plug manufacturers pre-gap all their plugs, but sometimes one or two slips by or it gets changed in transit.
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It may also be your injectors. I have the same problem by what you said. I have 250,000+ and these are original injectors. They cost about $43 per injector I think. I'd check with someone else on prices tho.
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Did you change the wires too? If not, you may have damaged the boots when pulling them off of the plugs. It only takes a pinhole for the spark to leak through.
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i did a full tune-up, plugs cap rotor n wires. thats when the roughness came out more.
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Recheck the firing order.
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I replaced everything one at a time. I just haven't had the time to put injectors in.
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