Thread: Sudden problem, truck dies at idle and some black smoke from the exhaust

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So typically its a spark issue being im getting fuel in the combustion chamber. The truck just started dying out at idle, no sputtering just a very calm shut down.

So I noticed that one plug wire ended up being loose, fixed that still the same issue. I needed to do plugs in it and when I pulled them I found them to be pretty black, but more disturbing as I was pulling the plug the boots are being burnt by the exhaust. So the headers are hooker headers, the plug wires are almost completely up against the exhaust. Im guessing this may be causing the spark failure. The current boots come straight up, im looking at going with the 90 degree boots. This still puts the plug wire close to the exhaust though.

The boots arent burnt down near the plug so I dont know that it would cause this but its still an issue. Here are a few of the boot protectors I found, any experience with any of these anyone?
http://www.summitracing.com/search/?...rotector&dds=1
Heres some pics of the issue at hand. Note the plug wire is not on the plug here so im aware of that:



and the truck