garages really bother doing this ?

Hi, i want to change the spark plugs on my 1995, 1.3 GL Corolla. Does it
really make much difference to reset the plug gap when you buy them new.
They generally seem just a tad wider than the Toyota car manual recommends.
Do most garages really bother doing this I wonder when they change the plugs
?

"jw 1111" <blue.star77@REMOOVEvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> Hi, i want to change the spark plugs on my 1995, 1.3 GL Corolla. Does it
> really make much difference to reset the plug gap when you buy them new.
> They generally seem just a tad wider than the Toyota car manual
> recommends.
> Do most garages really bother doing this I wonder when they change the
> plugs
> ?
>
>[/color]
As it only takes a few seconds per plug why not?

--
Malc

You're not going to rain on my charade!

jw 1111 wrote:
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> Hi, i want to change the spark plugs on my 1995, 1.3 GL Corolla. Does it
> really make much difference to reset the plug gap when you buy them new.
> They generally seem just a tad wider than the Toyota car manual
> recommends. Do most garages really bother doing this I wonder when they
> change the plugs ?[/color]

How's about dirt on this spark plugs?

Regards,

Ralf
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jw 1111 <blue.star77@REMOOVEvirgin.net> wrote:
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> Hi, i want to change the spark plugs on my 1995, 1.3 GL Corolla. Does it
> really make much difference to reset the plug gap when you buy them new.
> They generally seem just a tad wider than the Toyota car manual recommends.
> Do most garages really bother doing this I wonder when they change the plugs
> ?[/color]

I do.

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(updated Jan 2006)

jw 1111 <blue.star77@REMOOVEvirgin.net> wrote:[color=blue]
>Hi, i want to change the spark plugs on my 1995, 1.3 GL Corolla. Does it
>really make much difference to reset the plug gap when you buy them new.
>They generally seem just a tad wider than the Toyota car manual recommends.
>Do most garages really bother doing this I wonder when they change the plugs
>?[/color]

A lot of them don't bother doing it. I think that's shameful. You should
do it. It only takes a minute and requires a couple dollars worth of tool.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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> Hi, i want to change the spark plugs on my 1995, 1.3 GL Corolla. Does it
> really make much difference to reset the plug gap when you buy them new.
> They generally seem just a tad wider than the Toyota car manual[/color]
recommends.[color=blue]
> Do most garages really bother doing this I wonder when they change the[/color]
plugs

I ALWAYS check them before installation.

"jw 1111" <blue.star77@REMOOVEvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> Hi, i want to change the spark plugs on my 1995, 1.3 GL Corolla. Does it
> really make much difference to reset the plug gap when you buy them new.
> They generally seem just a tad wider than the Toyota car manual
> recommends.
> Do most garages really bother doing this I wonder when they change the
> plugs
> ?
>[/color]

In my experience, Toyota OEM plugs come with a protective plastic sleeve
around the electrode and the gap is right on, while aftermarket plugs that
do not include a protective sleeve tend to be off. That said, I always
check the gap because that is how I learned to change spark plugs. Be
careful about bending platinum tipped spark plugs because you can damage the
platinum coating when bending them. In fact, I believe there is a note on
the spark plug package about no bending them.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

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> because you can damage the platinum coating when bending them.[/color]

It's only a /coating/? How on earth do they justify such a high price
for just plating them? I'd expect a bloody thick layer for the amount
they cost.

--
Skipweasel
Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:54:28 +0000, Guy King wrote:
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>> because you can damage the platinum coating when bending them.[/color]
>
> It's only a /coating/? How on earth do they justify such a high price
> for just plating them? I'd expect a bloody thick layer for the amount
> they cost.[/color]



Because IIRC, platinum is the most expensive metal in the world?

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> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:54:28 +0000, Guy King wrote:
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> >> because you can damage the platinum coating when bending them.[/color]
> >
> > It's only a /coating/? How on earth do they justify such a high price
> > for just plating them? I'd expect a bloody thick layer for the amount
> > they cost.[/color]
>
>
>
> Because IIRC, platinum is the most expensive metal in the world?[/color]

No it isn't. It is one of the most expensive though. But for such a small
amount, it shouldn't cost too much.

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> > for just plating them? I'd expect a bloody thick layer for the amount
> > they cost.[/color][/color]


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> Because IIRC, platinum is the most expensive metal in the world?[/color]

Not by a long way, a little over a thousand dollars an ounce. You could
probably get a couple of hundred solid plug-tips out of an ounce, but if
the coating's so thin it can be damaged by adjusting the gap then
someone's being ripped off.

--
Skipweasel
Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.

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> > because you can damage the platinum coating when bending them.[/color]
>
> It's only a /coating/? How on earth do they justify such a high price
> for just plating them? I'd expect a bloody thick layer for the amount
> they cost.
>
> --
> Skipweasel[/color]

No plating. A platinum plug has a platinum wire electrode and if it is a
double platinum it will have a small platinum wire or button in the
adjustable electrode as well. The amount you move that electrode is not
going to hurt it unless you manage to break it off being hamfisted.



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I don't bother trying to correct a tiny error, especially if it is a
tiny systematic error on the wide side. But I do check. I've seen
enough that are off (always on the narrow side, as if they had gotten
bumped) to want to look.

I've also seen mass-market plugs that are consistent in gap but are a
LOT off -- they are sold for a broad range of applications rather than
a specific year and engine, and you are supposed to hand-gap them
before installation if the default doesn't happen to be what you need.

--Joe