Q: Spark plug threads

asked by on May 11, 2017

recently i changed the spark plug that inserts to a helicoil , but before i changed the spark plug i was running on 5 cylinders . So now that i changed the spark plug and the ignition coil for it, it sounds like the problem did not change.

My car has 114593 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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