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Cylinders 3 & 5 Misfiring! Help

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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 10:04 PM
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Yes I cleared all 3 codes and the check engine light has not come back on.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 12:55 AM
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Also forgot to add, when I changed the wires, I removed the air filter housing to get to the distributor. The rubber ring that goes to the bottom or the housing to create the seal was dryrotted so I removed it continued to install air filter housing w/out that piece. Is that the cause of my trouble codes? A vaccum leak?
that should not be causing the problem. you could run your truck without it.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 01:23 AM
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Put the old plugs back in and see what happens...
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 04:59 AM
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X whatever it is now , change the plugs , it's that obvious from what you said . I've had a couple of new plugs that were bad before . I run NGK FR4's on the stock 5.2 and FR5's on the modded 5.2 , great spark plugs for mopars . Very fast starts . Typically , I'd say stay stock until you've modded something , but these NGK's do make a difference , and no , I didn't replace old plugs , the "old" plugs were dealer champions only a few months old but I wanted a colder plug to run with the MSD .

Not a big fan of fancy expensive spark plugs , over the yrs I have tried a few , such as split fires and others , pretty sure they are discontinued , with good reason . If it ain't broke , don't fix it , spark plug design should fall into this catagory
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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Wow, stupid E3 spark plugs! 60 bucks down the crapper... I bought new Champion plugs and popped them in and she runs flawlessly! I finally got my truck back to normal. I DO NOT RECOMMEND E3 plugs they were junk.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 03:17 PM
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I've seen countless times on this forum, people say to stick with regular plugs.
Champion and Autolites seem to do pretty good in Dodge motors.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 03:53 PM
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Wow, stupid E3 spark plugs! 60 bucks down the crapper... I bought new Champion plugs and popped them in and she runs flawlessly! I finally got my truck back to normal. I DO NOT RECOMMEND E3 plugs they were junk.
Take those plugs back to the parts store and get a refund.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 04:40 PM
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Wow, stupid E3 spark plugs! 60 bucks down the crapper... I bought new Champion plugs and popped them in and she runs flawlessly! I finally got my truck back to normal. I DO NOT RECOMMEND E3 plugs they were junk.

Maybe the E3's are just more sensitive to the blown plenum gasket you probably have,
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 07:14 PM
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i always get those v-grove sparkplug. they are always cheap $20 for all 8.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2009 | 12:42 AM
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Yeah, I think I'll will be sticking with the champs! Now if I could find the receipt to the E3's... Thx for all the helpful info guys!
 
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