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Old November 21st 04, 05:54 PM
SRG
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The OEM wires haven't had the best history, I've heard some PT owners having
ignition problems getting them replaced under warranty. Also, at 18k miles
you might want to replace the full set of spark plugs, yeah I know you had 2
done already, but it might be worth it.

SRG

"BREWERPAUL" > wrote in message
...
> Hi-- My '03 Cruiser with 18K miles seems to be missfiring at idle when
> warmed
> up. It'll be running smoothly, then it will miss . Usually it's only one
> miss,
> but sometimes there will be two or even three in a row. While waiting at
> the
> average traffic light, this might happen several times. The car runs fine
> while
> actually driving.
> It may or may not be related, but in the past several weeks I've had a
> hard
> time starting the car first thing in the morning. Most days it's fine, but
> about 3 times I've really had to crank it for a LONG time before the
> engine
> caught. Nights are getting cooler in upstate NY, but not really cold yet
> (30's
> -4o's).
> The dealer tells me there is a TSB calling for a different type of plug
> and new
> plug wires. Think this will fix both problems? FWIW-- on separate
> occasions
> they've already replaced two plugs on this relatively low mileage car...
>
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