***The Basics of Reading a Spark Plug***

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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 07:54 AM
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great write-up!!!! sub'd for future reference. thanks!
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ashb82
there is way to many people tuning there own car here for this to be a post on H-T.
I have been tuning my car at the track. my sohc non vtec went 7.0@103 1/8th on pump gas with out a dyno tune.i wanted to up the boost but it gets rich and i cant control the fuel. i dont see specs on the plugs but something is going on.
1) Agreed.

2) You have some roots about tuning others don't, And they need to read and
learn before that and by practice in the game they well tune the hell of it!

3) Use another Wide band O2 Sensor rather than the one your using right now,Read your wide band sensor manual for when you have to replace the sensor upon your usage, And first don't forget to check your full Down pipe's as well your car exhaust systems for any leak's because it will effect the wide band O2 Sensor reading, an let us now WATS up.

This might help i no you no it but others don't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIzc...ure=plpp_video


Thanks for sharing ashb82 !

Originally Posted by DailyDrivenG35
great write-up!!!! sub'd for future reference. thanks!
Your Welcome!

Last edited by hussain-vtec; Oct 13, 2012 at 11:37 PM.
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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 10:22 AM
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Seriously? where did you come from?... this is such a good "basics" write-up, it's helped me understand and diagnose more about my car than I could have ever imagined, one of the more useful threads I've ever come across... Thank you VERY much for taking the time to make it. Your work is appreciated

+1 to you sir.
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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 05:09 PM
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so what about the reading of a plug with watermeth setup ???look my plug 2000 km on it ...im confused vs the read of normal FI engine..
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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by myparkerbros
Seriously? where did you come from?... this is such a good "basics" write-up, it's helped me understand and diagnose more about my car than I could have ever imagined, one of the more useful threads I've ever come across... Thank you VERY much for taking the time to make it. Your work is appreciated

+1 to you sir.
Your welcome!
Hope it dose help you guys.

Originally Posted by duf2570
so what about the reading of a plug with watermeth setup ???look my plug 2000 km on it ...im confused vs the read of normal FI engine..
Here is a links it may help, never used water meth on my setups.

http://www.aquamist.co.uk/vbulletin/...ead.php?t=2078


http://www.evans-tuning.com/forums/v...php?f=3&t=5184

Read those and there is nothing to be confused of !

Cheers
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 01:46 AM
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Nice post, You share a such information about spark plug. You give the complete detail which i don't about spark plug. I know little bit. But thanks for sharing this information.
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 09:35 PM
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Your all Welcome!
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 03:55 PM
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Default Re: ***The Basics of Reading a Spark Plug***

Seriously can we sticky this already? I have read it multiple times, it has a plethora of good information in it.
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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 03:57 AM
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It is sticky already here it is..

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-prelude-4/faq-faq-faq-99%25-your-answers-here-2168311/
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Old Dec 1, 2015 | 03:33 PM
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Could you please tell me what my plugs say?
This is a daily driver.






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Old Dec 1, 2015 | 03:50 PM
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Theyre rich
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Old Dec 2, 2015 | 01:29 AM
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Did you clean the plugs first and then do a WOT pull and shut the engine off and pull them?

If the plugs have any kind of normal driving miles on them and they weren't cleaned first then reading them is a bit useless.
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Old Dec 2, 2015 | 02:28 AM
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Why isnt this stickied?
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Old Dec 2, 2015 | 03:54 PM
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Thank you
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Old Dec 2, 2015 | 04:51 PM
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Why isnt this stickied?
I will sticky this for the mean time and see about adding it to the FAQ
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Old Jan 31, 2016 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by wantboost
I will sticky this for the mean time and see about adding it to the FAQ
Thanks
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Old Oct 20, 2016 | 07:08 AM
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Hi guys! I have a question ! In the last image posted of a daily driven plugs, I see little spots almost everywhere. Isn't that a sign of detonation? Can someone post a spark plug with sign of detonation? not a melted one! Just a light one, in order to better understand how it looks like. I can only find pics of melted plugs...

Thanks a lot
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Old May 30, 2017 | 03:22 AM
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Hello My candles do not look good. The engine is b18c6 and the candles are denso ik22. Can someone tell me what could be the cause? Temperature?

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Old Jun 1, 2017 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Marek Migdał
Hello My candles do not look good. The engine is b18c6 and the candles are denso ik22. Can someone tell me what could be the cause? Temperature?
It's running very rich and burning oil
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Old Jun 25, 2017 | 04:12 AM
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Thanks for spark plug information! Good post!

I'm trying to obtain good spark plug results, here is my last status
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-...photo-3247140/

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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 09:50 AM
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What you thing about this one?

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Old Jan 18, 2021 | 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Roy Leyva
What you thing about this one?
It has been a while since i post in honda-tech.com, i just opened my email it get me into this, wow i am getting old 😅,
Your spark plugs looks dial up great well done, perhaps you became a good tuner by now👌🏼.
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