As I was driving home the other day - my truck started slowing down and hesitating like it was going to die. It kept going, but at about 45 mph and I stuttered home on the side of the freeway. As I got to my exit, it suddenly came back to life and ran normally the rest of the way home. So I am thinking the usual things:
- Fuel filter
- plugs
- wires
None of which I have even looked at since I bought the thing. So I pulled the first plug (#1) which looked great, cleaned it a bit and went to put it back in, and I could not for the life of me get it to go back in - it keeps jamming up. I didn't force it obviously. So I took out the next one (#3) and it looked great - cleaned it up, and tried to put it into the #1 slot just to see if it was the plug - but same thing. Then I went to put it back in into #3 and it too jammed up.
What am I missing here? Is there something I need to be doing to get these threaded back in properly?
I was going to just buy new ones, but it looks like these were all replaced just before they sold the car. Now I'm afraid to pull any more out.
- Fuel filter
- plugs
- wires
None of which I have even looked at since I bought the thing. So I pulled the first plug (#1) which looked great, cleaned it a bit and went to put it back in, and I could not for the life of me get it to go back in - it keeps jamming up. I didn't force it obviously. So I took out the next one (#3) and it looked great - cleaned it up, and tried to put it into the #1 slot just to see if it was the plug - but same thing. Then I went to put it back in into #3 and it too jammed up.
What am I missing here? Is there something I need to be doing to get these threaded back in properly?
I was going to just buy new ones, but it looks like these were all replaced just before they sold the car. Now I'm afraid to pull any more out.