Down shift, check engine light, V8 grumble, power loss, and a burning smell. (20 sec)
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late 2009 CLK 350 Coupe Elegance, '65 Jaguar S Type wires
I bought this set for light work. They also have a 34 piece set for the serious.
Set Includes:
# Deep E4 Torx Socket Square Drive 2 long
# Deep E5 Torx Socket Square Drive 2 long
# Deep E6 Torx Socket Square Drive 2 long
# Deep E7 Torx Socket Square Drive 2 long
# Deep E8 Torx Socket Square Drive 2 long
# Deep E10 Torx Socket Square Drive 2 long
# Deep E11 Torx Socket 3/8 Square Drive 2.5 long
# Deep E12 Torx Socket 3/8 Square Drive 2.5 long
# Deep E14 Torx Socket 3/8 Square Drive 2.5 long
# Deep E16 Torx Socket 3/8 Square Drive 2.5 long
# Deep E18 Torx Socket 3/8 Square Drive 2.5 long
Model: VMVDE418
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Came to San Diego and didn't let us know??? We would have drove down to SD and took you out to a high end restaurant as a gratitude of our appreciation for all your help. Maybe next time you can also bring your laptop so I can finally install WIS 
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What's there to do? Unscrew the bolts, remove the gasket maker, replace the bolt, and redo the job?
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I got the broken screw extracted, sealed up the recirculating cover for the second time, and got new plugs and plug wires for cylinder four. Hopefully this stops the oil leak along with the misfires. The seals below the cover, which seem to seal up a large area, look to be leaking. I'm in no mood to attend to this today, maybe tomorrow. Haha.
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I only spent 6 days in Alpine, San Diego with my old boss & his family. Flew over from Dallas specially. George Barnett was the finest manager I ever worked for & got me into my international job. Had not seen him since 1998. He's been retired for a while.
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I got the broken screw extracted, sealed up the recirculating cover for the second time, and got new plugs and plug wires for cylinder four. Hopefully this stops the oil leak along with the misfires. The seals below the cover, which seem to seal up a large area, look to be leaking. I'm in no mood to attend to this today, maybe tomorrow. Haha.
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No, you can't hate me! You, Drew, and Karo are family. Well, and Lane since this is his thread. Back to topic.. we're all being bad lately.
Lane, don't take it out for a spin like Drew. BTW, I admire your ability to do such work on your own. I'm intimidated by checking the oil.. and it's electronic!
Lane, don't take it out for a spin like Drew. BTW, I admire your ability to do such work on your own. I'm intimidated by checking the oil.. and it's electronic!
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Well, with the local stealerships chargin' ten bucks for regular yellow city lights and ten bucks for a single spark plug, you can only imagine the labor tagged onto the parts. The DIY's in this forum REALLY help. Even though each DIY has a disclaimer 
, I still follow them with faith. Worked for them, why not for me? 
, I still follow them with faith. Worked for them, why not for me?
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Update:
Since battery was disconnected, I had to resync the windows. ESP malfunction is popping up on the screen, though!
Idle is WORSE than before, my car sounds like a muscle car
, and almost choked when it first started up.
Does this have anything to do with how tight the spark plugs are? I was afraid to give the new plugs too much torque because I was told not to use a torque wrench on them so they don't break off inside the block.
Please tell me this is something that needs to be "broken in" and I just need to drive a few miles.
Since battery was disconnected, I had to resync the windows. ESP malfunction is popping up on the screen, though!
Idle is WORSE than before, my car sounds like a muscle car
, and almost choked when it first started up. Does this have anything to do with how tight the spark plugs are? I was afraid to give the new plugs too much torque because I was told not to use a torque wrench on them so they don't break off inside the block.
Please tell me this is something that needs to be "broken in" and I just need to drive a few miles.
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Lane - The ESP is likely as a result of disconnecting battery & will go away with a few reboots & driving the car. Please get an OBDII scanner back onto the car & let us know what codes it's throwing. This is sounding MAF like in trouble. Is your MAF clean? Please also check everything you have recently disturbed. Make absolutely sure that you have no leaks in the vacuum pipes or the captive breather pipes. After reading faults you need to move coilpacks & leads around to see if misfires change cylinder. You might just have poor leads. See Kris420 thread in this regard. We talked him through it and it was just leads.
Sparkplug torque will effect plug cooling/heat transfer. It will not cause a misfire with new plugs & no mileage. Also remember you have twinspark heads. The chances of both new plugs misfiring on one cylinder are slim.
Sparkplug torque will effect plug cooling/heat transfer. It will not cause a misfire with new plugs & no mileage. Also remember you have twinspark heads. The chances of both new plugs misfiring on one cylinder are slim.
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I would do plug leads first. MAF is at the back of the V against the firewall will airbox off. That round hole with a grating over it.
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