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Give a little up date...Took it back to autozone when the check engine light came back on....Only code is showing now is: Mis fire on cylinder #7 (original problem was a mis-fire on cyl #8) I replaced all the plugs and the coil on cylinder #8 and that stopped the problem for a few days.... Now...

I replaced the plugs with motorcraft plugs (SP-497) and auto zone gave me the required gap @ .044..... I see you said to gap at 1.0..... The old plugs didn't look fouled out at all.... I now have a mis-fire code on cylinder #7 vs the original code of mis-fire on cylinder 8..... And no it is...

Thanks for the great information....I will take it back to Autozone and have the codes read again....I'll write them down this time and post them here..... I was trying to avoid replacing all the coils....I know why it's a money pit now....Maybe the codes will register what cylinder is...

Yes sir, the battery has the air tube...I just bought one via Orielly's Auto parts....The recommended one via their computers was the one I bought...It was $130 + for it..... The previous battery had the green dot window and it wasn't green anymore....Advance did the battery test and it...

Looking for some tips as to the problem...I read several threads that have helped some but none matching my problems....Just bought a 2000 Lincoln LS V-8 101,000 miles... And within the month these problems have cropped up: Check Engine Light comes on..... We had a noticeable mis at idle...