Originally Posted by
H3lsing
That sounds like spark plug 'blow out'. Usually means the plug was incorrectly torqued. If it had of been ejected it probably would have stripped all the threads, so luckily that didn't happen.
Cheers for that, I will take a read for sure.
I did pop over to my local Euro Car Parts and bought a set of plugs, as I needed the car first thing tomorrow morning.
Not my preferred choice, but at £28 they will do until I can get my hands on some Ford ones, and at least I can use my car tomorrow.
I fitted the plugs, and once I had gotten the HT - Leads seated correctly, the car started and ran fine. I let the car warm up, and took it out for a quick 5 miles trip, and both flat spots I've had for years had gone, and also all the hesitations had gone as well. The car still feels slow though, but it is an ST170 lol.
These are the old plugs.
It's hard to see, but the plugs are laid out in the same order they came out, and although the picture doesn't really show it, I swear to the naked eye the one on the left has a bigger gap than the others ?