iJimaniac
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Another long time stalker surfaces!
So, I've recently acquired a 94 4.0 ranger with "supposedly" 145xxx, but seems to me it might be 245xxx. Regardless, it runs okay, but kinda shakes on the highway and idles a little rough. I'm not sure if the shaking is the engine is misfiring or just wacky alignment/etc.
Anyway, pulling the plugs to check em out, and came across something. 5 of the plugs look just like the plug on the bottom of the photo, which looks normal to me, but there's the one on top that looks a bit more ominous. It just so happens that the plug that looks kinda bad also has a split boot that the previous owner just taped up. I'm a little green (only 18 here), and was wondering what you seasoned people think about it? Could the cracked boot have caused the spark plug to look like this, or am I facing an ignition problem in that cylinder? Could a split boot cause misfiring? I don't think it's misfiring (I don't here any "knock"), but again I'm green, so I suppose the shaking could be misfiring and I don't recognize it.
Thanks for your time, I look forward to spending some more time on these forums, and maybe even contributing!
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So, I've recently acquired a 94 4.0 ranger with "supposedly" 145xxx, but seems to me it might be 245xxx. Regardless, it runs okay, but kinda shakes on the highway and idles a little rough. I'm not sure if the shaking is the engine is misfiring or just wacky alignment/etc.
Anyway, pulling the plugs to check em out, and came across something. 5 of the plugs look just like the plug on the bottom of the photo, which looks normal to me, but there's the one on top that looks a bit more ominous. It just so happens that the plug that looks kinda bad also has a split boot that the previous owner just taped up. I'm a little green (only 18 here), and was wondering what you seasoned people think about it? Could the cracked boot have caused the spark plug to look like this, or am I facing an ignition problem in that cylinder? Could a split boot cause misfiring? I don't think it's misfiring (I don't here any "knock"), but again I'm green, so I suppose the shaking could be misfiring and I don't recognize it.
Thanks for your time, I look forward to spending some more time on these forums, and maybe even contributing!
The image won't embed for some reason, so here is the picture; https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9pFRXtlF8PQU1NIOGhTQ2xNQUk/edit?usp=docslist_api