Q: sometimes have trouble starting the car and backfire and when I'm driving
Okay so sometimes when I start my car I have trouble starting it and when I'm driving I hear backfires loud ones not all the time just sometimes I replace the distributor cap and distributor rotor and it got better for a few days but then it started backfiring again and I'm wondering if this could be the spark plugs or the ignition ignition coil I also sometimes have surging problems when I'm parked or at a stop light in idle
My car has 98000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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