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Old 08-29-04, 12:05 PM
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Question Spark plug wires not lasting

My engine normally idles at 800, but then it started to idle at 400 and was shaking. After many hours of searching through the fourms, I couldn't find any definite answers. I brought it into a shop and they told me that one of my spark plug wires was arcing down where it is connected to the spark plug. I then searched the fourms again and found a post describing the exact problems I'm having and they said it was the spark plug wires. I got my wires replaced at the dealership 3 years ago, and from what I can gather, the wires are supposed to last a really long time. So can anyone please tell me why mine could have gone bad so quickly?

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Old 08-29-04, 04:07 PM
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Dude.. it's 3 years - I wouldn't stress. Maybe you got a slightly sub par set. And maybe the dealership didn't replace them.
Old 08-29-04, 04:39 PM
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They replaced them. You could definitly tell the difference b/t the old dirty ones and the new clean ones. Plus I hope they wouldn't charge me $73.68 for the plug wires and $264.79 for other gaskets and labor, when they didn't do it.
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