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Originally Posted by Handeye
If the firing order was off, the engine would buck while it was attempting to stay running.
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Possibly. However, I can only relate to my experience. I guess my engine was rather well-mannered (all things considered) when plugs 2 and 3 were switched around. It just idled rough and drove around the parking lot with as much power as a Geo metro
All seriousness though, his engine sounds pretty much like mine did; like marbles are rolling around in the block. To rehash my previous post, when I ultimately replaced the ignition coil (and corrected the plug wire sequence), that's when the problem went away. Is that the fix in this situation? I don't know. I'd hate to see the guy have to replace a potentially good engine just because he didn't check obvious trouble spots first.
OP: if you can provide OBDII codes, that would make diagnosis a LOT easier.