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Geezzz e... you beat me to it.You should just start a new thread for EasyD, and not fubar this very interesting corona-stain-engine-misfire-over-torqued spark plugs discourse. Gnarls.
I dont think ive gotten as far as a dirt stain on my posts. And though i would like to read your book i stopped after chapter 1. And besgen got the idea that it was misfiring cause, other than wear (gap), there is no other true reason to replace a spark unless it is misfiring. Spark plugs do NOT increase power!!!!! Thats why when you say your vehicle runs better it make automotive technicians heads tilt and call BS. They sold you bro, then did something to make it run better, like Placebo effect.
Why am I being included in this. I think I was pretty cool about the whole thing. I still don't think it makes any sense but am open to the fact that I don't know everything and that anything is possible. Now I will say that it's a first to have this happen in this way. spark plugs don't fix what You have described but any thing is possible. I guess
Haha, again not reading that book
After replacing the NGK Iridium IX plugs and NGK wires with Toyota plugs and wires, I noticed a performance gain. Every time I drive home I have to pull this gnarly hill. You have about 1000 foot of run up from a dead stop, and then 1500 feet of a fairly steep climb. I've always hit it at about 3,000 to 3,500 in 3rd gear and by the time you hit the top you're at 2,000 RPM. With new plugs it stays in the powerband and keeps pulling. Maybe this is an issue with the NGK Iridium plugs, but it's not placebo.
I only drove on the misfire for maybe 10 minutes. Do not know how it drove besides that it could barely get moving and shook like an alcoholic at noon time.
You dudes are funny. I dig the fact that of the only two currently active posts in this forum, one is a 19 year old with some fairly stout mechanical aptitude, problem solving skills, and money saving/spending logic and the other is a bunch of grown ass men bickering over spark plugs, misfires, and whos got the bigger torque wrench. I thought I had little faith in the younger generation. Anyways, good game, got me to register and post.
Is that a shot at OMR?
I am still thinking about the Repair that V-man performed and have another question for Him that could answer the mystery. Is there any possibility that You disconnected the battery at the time of repairs? If so the computer would revert back to it's original fuel map and this could explain the dramatic difference in performance experienced. Interesting fact. When I hit the Spell check magic box it wants to change V-man to woman. haha funny stuff.
As for spell check, it's likely written by an LGBT programmer.
I never use it (cause I completed 2nd grade) but it must not work, cause BJen still spells stuff wrong.
V-man?Do it please... One simple way to determine if the spark plugs were causing the “problem” is to put the same plugs back into engine.
Sure...just thinking maybe you could come help..Currently back home( I am in Southern GA right now) it is -5°C( 23°F) snowing with freezing rain. We should only have to stand out in the driveway for an hour..to swap the old ones back in..
Vanilla? Yuck!
Theres probably too much pride to get accurate results at this point... They still have yet to accept that there is either spark or no spark (fire or misfire). That is if both sets of plugs were new and assuming gaps were accurate. Spark plugs do not increase power. Sure one can smooth things out if there is fouling and/or actual wear, but from what we have been told this is not the case. Ive seen alot of carbon arching on outside of the porcelain. But not once ever have i seen a cold start or power increase or any other symptoms because of a dirt ring where the plug or coil boot doesnt protect. Your answer is not the ring. Pull those plugs out in 10k and i bet they look just like the old ones. Vanilla? Yuck!
Easyderanger, it's been said more then a few times in past posts that the plugs are not curing the problem by themself. There was a problem with the plugs but it was not the one and only cause/solution to the problem.Maybe if you asked a few more questions and made less proclamations, you would have an easier time solving the ice cream problem.Maybe if you buy Bgen a coffee he will explain the reason the guy's car had problems everytime he bought vanilla ice cream.
I don't drink Coffee.
How many scoops?
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