After replacing a spark plug, is calibration with the crank shaft necessary?

Asked by carlyardley123 Nov 19, 2014 at 09:14 PM about the 1999 Buick Park Avenue FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

After servicing the transmission, it felt like the transmission was slipping. turned out to be a miss-firing spark plug. is calibration with the crankshaft needed after replacing spark plug?

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no, it will run smooth again. if it has 50k+ miles, it would be good to have all new sparkplugs in. it is good to turn all plugs to be able to acceess them later in the engine's life.

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