On Dec 22 2011, 5:52*pm, Joe Pfeiffer > wrote:
> GP49 > writes:
> > Kirk Matheson wrote:
>
> >> Turns out that it was a cracked spark plug, allowing compression to escape and blow off the plug wires.
>
> > Glad you got it fixed; I was about to post that I have had spark plugs
> > do exactly that!
>
> OK, I guess I need a better imagination!

wow, that would make a nice question for "car talk".