I got my car back from the shop when i got my manifold put on and some ctr pistons put in and ever since the spark plug wires keep poping off? i keep cleaning them off and i even got new plugs but what might be going on? it happened all of a sudden? keeps pissin me off! HELP... im just wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem? THANKS

 

is it all four that pops out? try different plugs and see....

 

yeah mostly.... well i dont wanna buy any more but i guess i should try out my friends he has a gsr also! didnt think about that!

 

When i put MSD 8.5mm's on my civic i had the same issue. I went to honda and got oem's and it never happened again. What plugs are you running? oem?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DAguyLS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">When i put MSD 8.5mm's on my civic i had the same issue. I went to honda and got oem's and it never happened again. What plugs are you running? oem?</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah and im actually lookin at the msd 8.5mm ones? could you tell a difference in spark?

 

spark plugs tight?

might be compression popping them off....leaking out from the sparkplugs.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by m R g S r &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">spark plugs tight?

might be compression popping them off....leaking out from the sparkplugs..... </TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah it might be my compression is 12:5:1 w/ my ctr pistons? hopefully that not it! if it is how would i fix it?

 

anyone?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmjeff &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
yeah it might be my compression is 12:5:1 w/ my ctr pistons? hopefully that not it! if it is how would i fix it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think what he means is did you tighten the spark plugs enough?

 

...off the distributor or the actual plugs? check for water..
heat + water = expand and those plugs get hot, and the wires would seal pretty tight around those plugs

 

yeah the plugs and wires did have moisture in them but i cleaned them out and i put new plugs in and i also tightened them down really tight also? im not sure what it could be?

 

too much vtac

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Lmaonade &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">too much vtac</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah thats what i was thinkin also because i need a neck brace when it kicks in also... oh well

 

so did you say you have the MSD's on? Because if so i'd send em back to msd and get a refund (waste of money imo) or if you really want them try to get them to exhange them for another set.

 

off the distributer wat would that mean? ive had that happen a few times after riding in vtec.

scared the **** out of me once..

any info?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ru2slo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">off the distributer wat would that mean? ive had that happen a few times after riding in vtec.

scared the **** out of me once..

any info?</TD></TR></TABLE>
no they are popin off the actual plugs themselves? its really weird and it doesnt seem to sputter or skip! seems like it would!

 

like i said before, i had this happen on my civic about a year and a half ago. I even tried putting a small pin hole in the plugs rubber top, to relieve some small amount of pressure, if thats what i was, and didn't work.

I sold em to a dumb kid i was going to college with for 20 more than i spent lol.

anyways just try some other wires. even if you just have to find a friend who'll let you use his wires for a drive to see if it happens with him wires on. &lt;&lt;&lt;best thing to do

then go get yourself some new wires

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DAguyLS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">like i said before, i had this happen on my civic about a year and a half ago. I even tried putting a small pin hole in the plugs rubber top, to relieve some small amount of pressure, if thats what i was, and didn't work.

I sold em to a dumb kid i was going to college with for 20 more than i spent lol.

anyways just try some other wires. even if you just have to find a friend who'll let you use his wires for a drive to see if it happens with him wires on. &lt;&lt;&lt;best thing to do

then go get yourself some new wires</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah i was thinkin of gettin a small drillbit and drillin holes in the rubber top? would that be bad?

 

you never answered before, do you have the MSD wires? if you do trust me scrap em,they suck

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DAguyLS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you never answered before, do you have the MSD wires? if you do trust me scrap em,they suck</TD></TR></TABLE>
no my wires are oem honda! im gonna try to get some 8.5 mm MSD wires though... im just confused

 

dude, its gotta be the moisture... otherwise, there is no force available to push those wires off the plug. there have been cases under extremely high boost where it might leak through or something crazy like that, but here, theres simply no way dude! the small holes may not work for several reasons. for one, doesnt the plug wire seal in 2 places? the part that actually touches the plug, and then the thing that seals on top of the valve cover. you'd need to find where the pressure was coming from, then take care of it. also, when those wires get hot, they may expand and seal the holes in the rubber...

 

so did you try your friends gsr wires yet? what happened?