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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 05:07 PM
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hey how's everybody doing? yeah like the topic says, its kind of a gassy smell that i would assume to be and i did check my oil and it was running bit low so i put half a quart cuz that was all i had left, and the dip stick show a little under where the max level is at, and yesterday i change my sprak plugs so im a bit confused, could use some advice thanks, oh yeah im using royal purple and my plugs are ngk iridium
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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oh sorry guys its a 5th gen prelude base, my bad
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 05:38 PM
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Did you torque your spark plugs?

Also that Gassy smell(im not 100 percent kosher on this) would be called running rich?
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 05:48 PM
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yup i made sure they were snug and set, also gapped them, though ngk say there are pre-gap but can be off y'know,and the gassy smell that i was saying i want to say that its rich too, but if so could that mean my o2 senser is bad? its got 89,000 miles thanks for the help guys
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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has it just started doing this? stock hondas run rich in vtec from the factory.
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 06:05 PM
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thanks for the reply, actually it would'nt smell before, just started smelling pretty strong about fri, oh yeah i just remembered since fri i have'nt driven it for about a week if that helps.. thanks
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