Well they have typical wear and not many deposits so you dont ahve trouble with oil burning and have some decent fuel in your area, BUT where did the rust come from??
Well they have typical wear and not many deposits so you dont ahve trouble with oil burning and have some decent fuel in your area, BUT where did the rust come from??
-SP
No clue. I live in Houston so maybe the humidity? It's weird that the threading is rusty but not the upper part.
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2009 Corolla LE
2008 Mazda B2300
Yeah, uh, that ought to improve your mileage just a smidge. That looks like a /gigantic/ gap.
For those folks out there inspired to change your plugs as a result of this, the quickest and greatest way I've found to get the plugs out and back in is a length of 3/8ths fuel hose. Fits PERFECTLY over the insulators.
Also, get yourself a gap gauge, a little packet of dielectric grease, and the gap specs from the manufacturer. The last parts store I asked gave me a figure that was a full .1" off.
And if your car runs like absolute crap after you change the plugs and you're sure all the simple things are taken care of (good connections to the plugs, properly gapped, didn't crush 'em, didn't drop the little cardboard tip protector down the hole into the combustion chamber), you probably broke your wires. I have had lousy luck with mine...even pulling straight up, gently, from the little knobby boot, I seem to wind up with broken wires every other plug change.
For those folks out there inspired to change your plugs as a result of this, the quickest and greatest way I've found to get the plugs out and back in is a length of 3/8ths fuel hose. Fits PERFECTLY over the insulators.
OR just use a proper spark plug socket which is extra long and has a rubber donut insert to grip and retain the top of the insulator.
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For those folks out there inspired to change your plugs as a result of this, the quickest and greatest way I've found to get the plugs out and back in is a length of 3/8ths fuel hose. Fits PERFECTLY over the insulators.
And if your car runs like absolute crap after you change the plugs and you're sure all the simple things are taken care of (good connections to the plugs, properly gapped, didn't crush 'em, didn't drop the little cardboard tip protector down the hole into the combustion chamber), you probably broke your wires. I have had lousy luck with mine...even pulling straight up, gently, from the little knobby boot, I seem to wind up with broken wires every other plug change.
for the fuel hose thing most spark plug sockets have the rubber boot in them for this reason, also the spark plug boot works just fine as well, but i'm sure the fuel line is a handy rig as well when all else fails or if preferred.
the plug wires on my 93 camry v6 have been pulled off about 10-15 times in the last week for all kinds of tests & maintenance & have held up fine all except one that happend to be fouling & rusted for some reason & they are the original wires with 230000 miles on them, i'm just saying.
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