Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.6 would a blowing exhaust cause???

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Thu 17 Jul 2008 20:39
2000 1.6 would a blowing exhaust cause??? - avfc
hi, i am a real novice when it comes to cars.

i have just changed oil & filter, air filter, re set gap on spark plugs, and checked HT leads for Arc-ing.

car idles fine on rev counter and runs fine,

however when idleing it appears to miss every 4-5 seconds (counter does not move), causing the whole car to vibrate, it also sounds like pop pop sound from the centre exhaust box, i noticed the other day that this seemed to be blowing, however it was only replaced in december.

Could the exhaust be the problem or should i look elsewhere

any help greatly received.
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Thu 17 Jul 2008 20:48
2000 1.6 would a blowing exhaust cause??? - yorkiebar
Exhaust will be under guarantee wherever you got it from ?

Sort this first and see if you still have problems (very likely as a blow will upset the management system) take it a step at a time?

Fix whats broke before fixing whats not ?
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Fri 18 Jul 2008 01:20
2000 1.6 would a blowing exhaust cause??? - Dynamic Dave
re set gap on spark plugs


I hope these were single electrode as you're not supposed to regap multi electrode plugs because try as hard as you might, you won't get the gaps exactly the same.
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Sun 20 Jul 2008 22:12
2000 1.6 would a blowing exhaust cause??? - avfc
Dynamic Dave, thanks for your reply, how can i check what type of sparkplug they are?

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 20/07/2008 at 22:53

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Sun 20 Jul 2008 22:56
2000 1.6 would a blowing exhaust cause??? - Dynamic Dave
Basically it speaks for itself. Single electrode are just that - they have one electrode, multiple electrodes have more than one. eg

Single:- www.densoplugs.co.th/images/09l.jpg

Mutiple:- www.densoplugs.co.th/images/28l.jpg
www.densoplugs.co.th/images/18l.jpg

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