1999 Ford Taurus spark plugs wires

Tiny
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  • 1999 FORD TAURUS
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I have put in new spark plugs and the wires. My question is that I went to drive it to make sure that it was ok but the wires got spark going through it. I mean you can see the light running through the wires. And I hope you can help me what and why it's doing that.
Friday, January 22nd, 2010 AT 6:48 AM

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Tiny
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Welcome to the forum. Are you saying you see the lite with the old plug wires or the new ones? If, the new ones, did you use oem plug wires? Were you looking under the hood, engine running, total darkness? I've seen this on other makes and models, as long as it doesn't short to anything, I don't think anything is wrong. Were the plug wires, high quality?
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010 AT 12:07 PM
Tiny
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Yes there are brand new ones and yes we were looking under the hood, car running, and in the dark. But someone told me that it could be the bad wires or the coil? Help me
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010 AT 5:18 PM
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If there aren't any driveability issues, I don't think you have a problem. You could try a higher quality plug-wires?
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 AT 9:54 AM
Tiny
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It's not driveable it wont let me go no faster than 15 mph?
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Monday, January 25th, 2010 AT 6:45 AM
Tiny
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If you have good spark, use a gage and check fuel pressure. How long since a tune-up? As far as the lite running through the plug wires, I've seen that on countless vehicles and they run fine. You don't want any arching from the wires to ground.
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Monday, January 25th, 2010 AT 9:37 AM

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