2003 Ford F150 GIMME YOUR WIZDOM

2003 FORD F-150
81,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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BIGBASS8
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IT ALL STARTED WHEN I BOUGHT SOME GAS. TRUCK RAN FINE AFTER I GOT THE GAS BUT THE NEXT MORNING I STARTED IT UP AND WAS GETTIN DOWN THE ROAD ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTS SPITING AND SPUTTERING. EVERY TIME I WOULD PUNCH THE GAS IT WOULDNT SPIN THE TIRES AND DO THE VERY QUICK LIKE THROBING THING. I REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER WHICH WAS VERY CLOGGED AND PUT SOME SEAFOAM IN THE GAS TANK AND AIR INTAKE. THE MOTOR SEEMS TO RUN FASTER BUT STILL DOES THE SPITTING AND SPUTTERING WHEN GETTING UP TO SPEED AND EVEN A LITTLE AT HIGH RPM. PEOPLE TELL ME ITS THE PLUGS AND WIRES WHICH IT MAY BE, BUT IVE WITNESSED SPARK PLUGS BEFORE AND JUST DOESNT ACT LIKE THAT. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
Oct 29, 2009 at 11:20 AM
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DOCFIXIT
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Think you got bad gas and has gotten debris in injectors. If running lean from all this could have damaged electrodes
Oct 29, 2009 at 3:39 PM
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