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Naio
Explorer II
May 01, 2016

Is it ok to drive a truck with a bad coil / spark plug?

One of the vans I am looking at (current top contender) had a misfire, now traced to a bad coil and fixed. The seller is the type who did not notice the misfire. So I have no idea how long she was...
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carringb
Explorer
May 02, 2016
jerem0621 wrote:
carringb wrote:
Fords will shut off the injector once it sets the code, so there should not be any adverse affects.


My 97 F150 with a 5.4 had a miss and it did destroy the cat. Not sure if that early model had the fuel injector shut off or not?

I had to cut a relief in the exhaust just to get to the repair shop...100% clogged cat is no fun.

Thanks!

Jeremiah


I think that safety feature was added in 2000 and newer Triton motors.

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