Please HELP! V6 problem
tru2037
11-29-2006, 12:59 AM
Hey everyone, I'm not familiar w/ fords but here I am doing a tune up on a 99 v6 mustang, gaped all the plugs exact and rechecked .054, new wires, went to fire it up before I went any further and now it runs like crap. It will barely even idle b4 stalling, smells like rotten eggs, and the cats are glowing. I dont know the complete list of problems w/ this car but I drove it in my garage w/ no problems other than slight lack of power. When I idle it up a little it'll stay running w/ a bad idle. wires are on perfect and no CEL, I have a obd reader and something about IAT sensor poped up, cleared it and now it wont came back up. ANY IDEAS? Thanks
351wStang
11-29-2006, 02:16 AM
Are the wires on in the right order? I have seen where people completely closed the gap on the plugs trying to install them and pushing them against the head or exhaust manifold.
tru2037
11-29-2006, 10:50 AM
no they are definately in the right order, and the gap was .065 on the old plugs which I thought was wrong, so the first time around I gapped the plugs at .054 didnt help, tried .064, worse, so I went back to .054.
tru2037
11-29-2006, 02:26 PM
If I pull wire 3 or 1 off I dont notice a difference in idle
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