ever crack a plug?
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Re: ever crack a plug? (dlplayboy)
LOL - I over torqued a plug, going a little too happy the first day I got a torque wrench, and a couple of days later I was driving on the freeway heading home after going to a dinner with my gf. We were just crusing along and... "Boom!" and my car started to sound like a lawn mower so I immediately freaked out and pulled over and popped the hood. The #3 plug had shot out of my engine, snapping off after the threads... Luckily the ceramic was in one piece and the rest of the plug - the threads and tip were still threaded in... I was able to make it to a Lowes and pick up an Easy Out before they closed. Took out the threads and dropped in a old spare plug I had and everything ran perfect. I was freaked out when my engine emitted the big boom and then the loud as hell sputtering... That is how I learned to never over torque a spark plug, I just do them 1/4 turn past hand tight now.
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Re: ever crack a plug? (dlplayboy)
never personally done it, but I have seen an over zealous supra owner use an air guy and crack the porcelain, and another guy with a honda tried doing his when the motor was hot, it wouldnt budge, so he used a breaker bar - and sure enough, the bar did it's job. Snapped that bitch right off. Ended up taking him 300 bucks in labor and machine costs to change his plugs
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Re: ever crack a plug? (dlplayboy)
i've never cracked a plug, but i've melted/broken a few electrodes. i've been having problems with my N2O system and #4 has melted a few times due to lack of fuel.
half the electrode was missing or melted into one big clump. seems like N2O users have this problem at times.
[Modified by sweet, 10:36 PM 11/25/2002]
half the electrode was missing or melted into one big clump. seems like N2O users have this problem at times.
[Modified by sweet, 10:36 PM 11/25/2002]
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Re: ever crack a plug? (dlplayboy)
actually i have melted 3 plugs on one run at the track....i forgot to tighten the bolts on my distributor and it went fully advanced and i was running a 125 shot of nitrous on a stock b16... it was fast for a second, i ran a 13.6 on one cylinder(imaging if i had the rest of them sparking lol)j/k....... but i allways make sure i tighten them all the way now... there was no electrode left it was like a mound of metal..... i wish i had a better egt i would like to see the temp and the cylinder pressure on that run....they are mounted on my trophy case that is the day i became very impressed with honda motors if they can hold up to that on stock everything and still ran for 2 years after that with no problems that is one amazing motor......
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