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Feb 2, 2011 | 03:16 PM

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Ponyboychris

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From: Kiowa CO

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Originally Posted by dugd111

Question I have is when plugging in the BH cord, I get the "spark" but it then trips the GFI outlet my extension cord is plugged into. Have tried different outlets and same for all I tried. Could the plug still be bad even though it does "spark"? '99 f350 272k miles. Thanks, doug

You should not see a spark of any kind when plugging it in and definitely you should not trip a GFI outlet. A common place for breakage is at the cord end but you may have a short in the cord that leads to the element at the base of the oil filter outlet.