[V8] Skip...miss

[Ed Kellock]

Go ahead and change the spark plugs first. Autolite 103 have performed very
well for others and myself. They're cheap and readily available. After
that, I'd suggest caps and rotors. I know wires are ridiculously expensive
so I'm working from cheapest up. Get Bosch caps/rotors. No sense in
complicating the process. These aren't parts that you'll replace
frequently.

Ed
On Jan 31, 2016 4:55 PM, "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at fairpoint.net>
wrote:

> I've been driving the V8 again since the day after Christmas. I have
> discovered I have a simple skip or miss that is irregular and not really
> identifiable.  I suspec this miss is either a fouled plug or plugs from
> sitting for nearly two years , or perhaps it is a plug wife that has a
> corroded end piece of some such.
> The car funs fine otherwise and better and better now that it is out of
> the garage and being run on a nearly daily basis.
>
> A normal run for me in the car is just about ten miles with no shut downs
> nor stop lights. So once the car is out of the garage, it is run strongly
> until shut down.  The miss is felt under light to heavy load, so I'm
> guessing it is plug wires.
>
> Now having said all of that, considering the car has largely sat still for
> nearly three years, I think I should just replace plugs and wires. The
> question I have here is which kind or brand of plug wires is the preferred
> ones at this point, if any.  I'm looking at Rock Auto and the prices are
> all over the map and crazy.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Roger
>
> P.S. I'm on my third tank of premium fuel in the car now, so old fuel by
> itself is not the issue. Besides I did stabilize the fuel and used an
> octane boost before the first new fuel filling!
>
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