My car has been having a low idle when I stop at lights.
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Car has 245,000 miles but I have always taken good care of car. No check engine light has come on. I took it to a mechanic and he said it was bad spark plugs due to bad gas so he changed them. Car was okay for a little bit and then I had the same problem again. Took car back to mechanic and he said it was now water on the spark plugs so he changed again. Car was okay for a little now I am having the same problem again and now it is worse. There is also hesitation upon accelerating. I think the problem is more than just bad spark plugs. I even changed the gas station I go to. A new Chevron gas station and I use 91 gas all the time. But the problem persists.
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If you are getting water on the spark plugs you could have a head gasket that is bad. Under normal conditions you should not be getting water in the cylinders at all. Have you been losing coolant? Has the vehicle been running warmer than normal? These are things that should be checked out.
