How to tell Spark Plugs need to be changed?
07-29-2008, 12:57 PM
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How to tell Spark Plugs need to be changed?
Does anyone know how to tell if the spark plugs needs to be changed? I got about 98,000KM on 2001 Accord V6. Not sure what indication can I go on to determine if I should replace them.
07-29-2008, 07:26 PM
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Go by the mileage schedule in the owners manual, maybe about 150k km. For the price of new plugs, its a bit silly to put the old ones back in after you take them out to inspect them.
07-30-2008, 05:52 AM
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One easy way is to see if the plug is worn down to the ceramic leaving a bigger gap than specified. But i'd spend the 10 bucks for some NGK G-powers than waste my time checking the gap and cleaning them.
However if there's something wrong a spark plug can tell you everything about a cylinder. Blistering, white stuff (had that
), oil fouled...........
However if there's something wrong a spark plug can tell you everything about a cylinder. Blistering, white stuff (had that
), oil fouled...........
08-12-2008, 05:44 AM
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Ya, cant go wrong with the NGK's
heres a visual reference from the stock mfg (NGK) if your curious:
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/tech_su...d.asp?mode=nml
heres a visual reference from the stock mfg (NGK) if your curious:
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/tech_su...d.asp?mode=nml