turbo d16 on a fairly rich tune. cars gone about 2-3k since tune and now it wont fire up, starts for 2 seconds then shuts off.

could the rich tune cause the ngk bkr7e's to foul out this early and let the car not stay running? running 92 octane in the car, i hear that wears them out a little faster than 87 as well.

has anyone heard of plugs causing a car to start for a few seconds then shut off? oh, and its minnesota so its f-ing cold as well, but she started when it was cold b4 then one day after a night of driving just perfectly i tried to start it and it wouldnt go.

please tell me its as easy as plugs lol

 

so i pulled the plugs damn its cold out! 17 and windy with 4 inches of snow covering my car lol.

plugs are all black as night, and 3 of 4's threads are wet. plugs look like i would assume, since the motor is running rich... but why wet around the threads?

 

the plugs might be wet because of oil getting to them. i had the same problem with my DA9. oil was getting onto the spark plugs because the spark plug seals were bad. got a new valve cover and seals, repaired the threads on the cover studs, tightened it down and it fixed it.

 

You should be changing plugs about every 2-3k miles anyway. I replace mine whenever i change the oil. They're cheap so why not...

 

but would the plugs cause the car to not stay idling and die within 3 seconds of initial start up?

 

If they're badly fouled anything is possible. I was having idling problems with mine last summer, i took them out (after 1k miles) and they were nasty dark. After putting new ones in, it ran like a champ

 

ill give it a shot today its just so damn cold out.

do you ever start up your beast in the cold winter up there in fargo ehh? or does she stay sheltered

 

I feel your pain, we live in the same area of the country. Its not very warm anywhere although its better today than it was yesterday...12F and 23mph wind...that sucks

 

it was 11 and 19 mph gusts yesterday, plus i live across a field so now my car has a drift right over the rear end lol.