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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 01:24 PM
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check my sparkplug out. Whats the problem here? too rich to lean.....?
The pic is kinda blurry but check it out


http://i46.photobucket.com/alb...g.jpg
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 01:27 PM
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Its so blurry....but the fact that the tip is so white, you are running lean. It needs more fuel until the porselin looks light brown.
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 01:39 PM
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Its fine unless you pulled the plug after a full throttle pass. Hondas run lean at idle. That is not that white. When I pulled mine a few months back it was like that. I searched on here quite a bit, and was able to find others who had the same plug color and were fine. On here somewhere is a chart that shows what a plug that is to hot look like, it will be all blistery and skinny. Yours looks fine, to get that brownish/tanish color from a Civic you would almost need some type of fuel managment system.
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 01:39 PM
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Sorry camera phone pic.
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Old Mar 7, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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[QUOTE= Yours looks fine, to get that brownish/tanish color from a Civic you would almost need some type of fuel managment system.[/QUOTE]Is this correct? anyone
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 02:41 AM
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ttt I know its kinda blurry
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 02:53 AM
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couldnt tell ya. its hard to see. and i dont know much about plugs. ill go to class today and see what the chart on the wall says. in the meentime try and get me a clear picture.
i have bosch plat 4's in my car. i think i put them in in december. mainly because my car will idel ruff in the cold. now there jet black, and they have a lot of carbon buildup on them. i mean like chunky. so i filled up on 94octane and put some lucas injector cleaner through my tank. and right away my car willl softly in the morning.

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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 05:03 AM
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WTF is with the goole image?
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 08:21 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turner7205 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Hondas run lean at idle. That is not that white. When I pulled mine a few months back it was like that. I searched on here quite a bit, and was able to find others who had the same plug color and were fine. On here somewhere is a chart that shows what a plug that is to hot look like, it will be all blistery and skinny. Yours looks fine, to get that brownish/tanish color from a Civic you would almost need some type of fuel managment system.</TD></TR></TABLE>Anyone else know somethin.Can I fix this problem with a adjustable fuel regulator?
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 09:42 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondachris1994 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Anyone else know somethin.Can I fix this problem with a adjustable fuel regulator?</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's really not a problem. My plugs have always looked like that. Hondas tend to run a bit lean.

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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 09:45 AM
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Effing A

Did you pull your plugs after a full throttle run or not?
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 09:59 AM
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no not really
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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the base ring will tell you more about your mixture than anything else. The electrode is more for looking at the heat-range of your plug.

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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 11:32 AM
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Lol whats that google earth image have to do with his plug???
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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^^ lol dude thats where the plug is located right now. aren't u glad u know now.
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