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gb4

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Since: Feb 12, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:18 pm
Post subject: AU motor miss
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Last night while driving my AU it started to miss at idle, it then missed
and sputtered under acceleration over the next 5 klms until I got home. I
checked it out while in my garage but could only get it to run well while
fiddling with the spark plug leads. As I needed the car over the weekend and
didn't have time to work on it myself I considered myself lucky to get it
into my local dealer today, after checking it out they called and told me it
needed new plugs and a couple of leads, total $200, when I queried why the
plugs would be crook after only 25k I was informed that at the 50k service
someone had replaced the plugs with Bosch instead of Motorcraft and that was
the problem. I had my car tuned at 50k by Home Tune instead of my Ford
dealer so I couldn't argue this issue, the car is now running smoothly and
I've been parted with my dollars. Such is life!!!

GB

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scott

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:30 am
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id say spark plug leeds bro
the spark is proply jumping from leed to leed
thats wot happend to mine

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:14 pm
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replace the ignition wires, problem solved.

"gb" wrote in message

| Last night while driving my AU it started to miss at idle, it then missed
| and sputtered under acceleration over the next 5 klms until I got home. I
| checked it out while in my garage but could only get it to run well while
| fiddling with the spark plug leads. As I needed the car over the weekend
and
| didn't have time to work on it myself I considered myself lucky to get it
| into my local dealer today, after checking it out they called and told me
it
| needed new plugs and a couple of leads, total $200, when I queried why the
| plugs would be crook after only 25k I was informed that at the 50k service
| someone had replaced the plugs with Bosch instead of Motorcraft and that
was
| the problem. I had my car tuned at 50k by Home Tune instead of my Ford
| dealer so I couldn't argue this issue, the car is now running smoothly and
| I've been parted with my dollars. Such is life!!!
|
| GB
|
|
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TPr

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:16 pm
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And they wonder why no one ever gets their cars serviced at the ford
dealerships anymore. "nobody knows your ford like we do" no one charges as
much either.


"TPr" wrote in message

| replace the ignition wires, problem solved.
|
| "gb" wrote in message
|
|| Last night while driving my AU it started to miss at idle, it then missed
|| and sputtered under acceleration over the next 5 klms until I got home. I
|| checked it out while in my garage but could only get it to run well while
|| fiddling with the spark plug leads. As I needed the car over the weekend
| and
|| didn't have time to work on it myself I considered myself lucky to get it
|| into my local dealer today, after checking it out they called and told me
| it
|| needed new plugs and a couple of leads, total $200, when I queried why
the
|| plugs would be crook after only 25k I was informed that at the 50k
service
|| someone had replaced the plugs with Bosch instead of Motorcraft and that
| was
|| the problem. I had my car tuned at 50k by Home Tune instead of my Ford
|| dealer so I couldn't argue this issue, the car is now running smoothly
and
|| I've been parted with my dollars. Such is life!!!
||
|| GB
||
||
|
|
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