after driving through a flood my car is running with a hesitation

Asked by Cleve Nov 02, 2015 at 05:50 PM about the 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis LS

Question type: General

when i accelarate its seems as if my car has a hard time moving then once up
to speed its runs almost normal. but i decrease speed it seems to jerk

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You probably got the spark plugs wet or have a coil going bad. Do you have a code indicated? In any case pull the plugs out and dry everything and use dielectric grease on the boots when putting it back together.

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