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1G Engine vibration after gapping spark plugs?

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ThatBerta

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Jul 14, 2024
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So I have a 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo 5 speed, I was reading that the spark plug gap should usually be set to around .028 - .032 and wanted to adjust the gap on my ngk plugs because i recently had my injectors bench tested and cleaned. It ran great after cleaning the injectors but it was still misfiring so I decided to check my plugs and decided to gap them since I haven’t yet since buying them about 4 months ago. They were pre gapped to around .036 so I just dropped them down to .030 but after doing so I’m now getting severe engine vibration revving from 1-2.7k rpm and again minor vibration from 3.5-4.5k rpm but then runs smooth after that. Does anyone have any idea what’s going on?
 
Yeah for some reason only cylinders 3&4 aren’t firing anymore. The wires are still getting spark on all 4 of them and they’re brand new plugs. Plus I just got my injectors cleaned and did the fuel filter about 6 months ago. It didn’t have this problem before I gapped the plugs. I even switched them around but the same cylinders were misfiring despite this. Any ideas on what it could be?
That would typically indicate it's misfiring on one of the cylinders
 
Yeah for some reason only cylinders 3&4 aren’t firing anymore. The wires are still getting spark on all 4 of them and they’re brand new plugs. Plus I just got my injectors cleaned and did the fuel filter about 6 months ago. It didn’t have this problem before I gapped the plugs. I even switched them around but the same cylinders were misfiring despite this. Any ideas on what it could be?

Yeah for some reason only cylinders 3&4 aren’t firing anymore. The wires are still getting spark on all 4 of them and they’re brand new plugs. Plus I just got my injectors cleaned and did the fuel filter about 6 months ago. It didn’t have this problem before I gapped the plugs. I even switched them around but the same cylinders were misfiring despite this. Any ideas on what it could be?
Verify the firing order. Also how old are the wires?
 
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