heat sheilds

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1997SEgreenmonster
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heat sheilds

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Can i pull all the heat sheilds off the plug wires on the motor
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You mean those spring boot things? Yes you can.
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Re: heat sheilds

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i pretty sure they may have been causing my misfire it runs alot smoother
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1997SEgreenmonster wrote:i pretty sure they may have been causing my misfire it runs alot smoother
...I've heard a similar sentiment from several other places on the web about the 3800
But has anyone managed to quantify it?
If they were arcing, you had bad plug boots/wires to begin with
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