spark plugs

evilneon02 · Post by **evilneon02** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:19 pm

its a dumb noob ? but money is tight and im in the middle of tuning up and was woundering how offten do i need to change my plugs? i pulled each one and they all look the same and then i looked in the book and they show as being normal. they have been in the car for 1 yr and they are e3. would it hurt to leave them in for another 6 mo. thanks for the help.

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:23 pm

it probably wouldn't hurt to leave them in the car for another 24 months.

evilneon02 · Post by **evilneon02** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:25 pm

should i clean them ?
and how?

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:44 pm

I change my plugs in the spring and again in the fall... but that is just me and I believe my schedule is excessive according to the maintenance schedule.

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:37 pm

evilneon02 wrote:should i clean them ?
and how?

probably not. pics?

Edit: my camaro has 2+ year old spark plugs in it, they're fine. i think the number 8 plug is actually 7 years old, because fuck dropping a crossmember to replace a plug.

evilneon02 · Post by **evilneon02** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:04 am

no i dont have a pic i put them back in and didnt even think about taken a pis sorry

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:57 am

how many miles are on them?

excon · Post by **excon** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:03 am

Leave them in your car until you start to misfire FTW!

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:35 pm

actually no need to change the spark plug unless something bad happened..

still, spark plugs are not that expensive. for NGK vpower it is only less than 10 bucks for 4...

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:43 pm

Ive always cleaned em off with carb cleaner in the race car. Buyin NGK race plugs for a 440 is a fortune....Though my 383 truck is startin to miss....looks like I get to blow 30 bucks on plugs again woot!

evilneon02 · Post by **evilneon02** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:59 pm

i was changing them ever year but when i switch over to the e3 i noticed they dont get dirty as fast and they set i changed out last year was looking ok too but i had the money then so i just changed them i really dont know how many miles but when i do drive i drive hard and have to show these want to be (hondas) that they just need to park it lol. but if i could clean the old e3s ill just keep swapping back and forth betwwen the 2 sets i have. now how often should i change the wires? thanks for all the help gotta luv this site.

Post by **racer12306** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:29 pm

Wires are recommended on 60,000 intervals.

I really don't see why people change plugs so often. Its recommended every 30,000 miles.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:19 am

I change them because it's cheap. My dad said he used to clean his old plugs with a tooth brush and some gasonline when he was pretty poor and in the navy.

Military people do some whack shit when they're first in.

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:02 pm

I also change them because they are cheap, gives me the opportunity to ensure the gap is right... and it gives me the warm fuzzies.

My dad used to be always changing the plugs on his 440, but he was worse about it that I am... he would keep every set of plugs he took out while I toss the old ones.

I also don't like leaving them sit for too long in the head should they get difficult to remove. I do use a thin coating of anti-seize but still.