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strange day. i go to work, truck is great. 5-6 hours later i go to leave, the truck is making small bakfires, and is running very rough. idle is fine, but acceleration is terrible, the truck shakes and the exhaust sounds awful. im almost to scared to drive it. bad fuel injector? bad oxygen sensor? figured i would ask those who know best :cool:
 
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How many Miles?
Last tune up?
been raining or go through any puddles or wash your rig recently?
Could be clogged cat
Could be bad distributer
Thats just off the top of my head...maybe a bit more info
 
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just turned it over to 100,000 miles last week, i changed the plugs when i got it about 4,000 miles ago. it has been raining a little, but nothing major. i was thinking about having the fuel system tuned up..im going to get some gumout now and run it through, ill let you know how it goes. could just be something plugged up..
 
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well, i took the truck to a auto parts store and had them scan the computer, every cylinder was misfiring. i took out the plugs, they were caked with carbon. cleaned them off, torched them, good as new. no problems. i had bought platinum plugs and the idiot at the auto parts store told me i didnt have to gap them....but now i know different
 
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