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Old 04-24-2015, 05:47 AM   #271 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cowmeat View Post
Same thing happened when I bought Turtle!
It idled rough when I bought it, enough that I thought a motor mount was bad, but when I went to pull the first plug to see what condition they were in, it was loose.Then I found out they were all loose, and that the only thing holding them in were the coil boots!

This is apparently a common occurrence in Insights, so I would recommend that everybody with a G1 Insight periodically check them.
Honestly I think it happens when they get installed and the installer doesn't use anti-seize and they don't torque them properly.

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