Back from the shop
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Back from the shop
I had my car in the shop for a month. New head gasket, high flow water pump, new intake manifold, new plug wires, flushed radiator, shaved heads.
now my car had a jerky feeling on acceleration. Ideas? I feel like i have lost some power. Idle is smooth. Also the car is kicking when in 4th or 3rd gear and i ive it some gas to speed up, like its trying to accelerate or down shift but it just bucks and kicks.
now my car had a jerky feeling on acceleration. Ideas? I feel like i have lost some power. Idle is smooth. Also the car is kicking when in 4th or 3rd gear and i ive it some gas to speed up, like its trying to accelerate or down shift but it just bucks and kicks.
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The milled heads shouldn't cause a noticeable change in timing.
My question is the shop let you take the car like this? They just did a **** ton of work to an engine and let it go running like **** after "fixing" it. Take it back to them and tell them to fix it and make it run right. They take the whole ****ing engine apart, it should run perfect when put back together.
My question is the shop let you take the car like this? They just did a **** ton of work to an engine and let it go running like **** after "fixing" it. Take it back to them and tell them to fix it and make it run right. They take the whole ****ing engine apart, it should run perfect when put back together.
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it was knocking/kicking/poping today at idle.. its very random, anyway. the COP is the that. Ive never heard of a COP. is it called something else?
Coil on PLUG?
edit: Its time i put new plugs in it anyway, they could be fouled. I have BOSCH platinum series in there, its been long over due for new ones, even though they say that they last 100K miles I like to make it every 30K miles.
Coil on PLUG?
edit: Its time i put new plugs in it anyway, they could be fouled. I have BOSCH platinum series in there, its been long over due for new ones, even though they say that they last 100K miles I like to make it every 30K miles.
Last edited by SXGT; Feb 7, 2011 at 02:21 AM.
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From: CA
Your shop probably got coolant on one or more of your COP's
and ruined them when they replaced your intake manifold.
I would look into replacing your COP's and spark plugs and
go from there.
Bosch spark plugs are one of the worst spark plugs you could
possibly use on a Ford.I recommend using Ford Motorcraft
or Autolite spark plugs instead.
and ruined them when they replaced your intake manifold.
I would look into replacing your COP's and spark plugs and
go from there.
Bosch spark plugs are one of the worst spark plugs you could
possibly use on a Ford.I recommend using Ford Motorcraft
or Autolite spark plugs instead.
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this shop was the WORST, said it would be a week to replace head gasket/shave heads. Ended up being 3 weeks. charged me $1,485. He told me he spilled coolant on the engine and it would be ruff until it dried.... this guy was so ****ing shady. He did recommend that my plug wires be THICK for best results, that the thin ones break or melt easy. I bought some new ones and had him put those one with the other installs.