Corrosion on spark plug wires?

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Sep 7, 2004 | 05:07 PM

ITR-Spoon

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What could of cause this?

I was changing my spark plugs and wires today, and notice some corrosion around the wires and the top of valve cover. After i removed the spark plug cover, thats where i notice a little, most of the corrosion was on the spark plug wires when i removed them out. What do you guys think could of cause this to happened?

Sep 7, 2004 | 05:16 PM

vtec.dc2

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Re: What could of cause this? (PY-ITR-#977)

plug wires getting old? when was the last time you had them replaced?

Sep 7, 2004 | 05:36 PM

ITR-Spoon

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Re: What could of cause this? (vtec.dc2)

They where replaced with NGK plug wires, they where on the car before i bought it.I don't think they are that old, but im going to change them anyways.

Sep 7, 2004 | 05:39 PM

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Re: What could of cause this? (PY-ITR-#977)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PY-ITR-#977 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">They where replaced with NGK plug wires, they where on the car before i bought it.I don't think they are that old, but im going to change them anyways.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah.. just replace them with oem.

Sep 7, 2004 | 05:39 PM

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maybe they washed the motor before they sold the car, water got down in there and in time it just coroded abit. this is common especially from a car dealer where they shine everything up.
you should be fine, just replace them.

Sep 8, 2004 | 12:08 AM

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Re: (esponet)

leave it to betsy to be paranoid about his car. It pulls on my s2000 just leave it alone already. Guess who? Yellow type R's scare me esp with 4.97's

Sep 8, 2004 | 03:46 AM

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Re: (esponet)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by esponet »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybe they washed the motor before they sold the car, water got down in there and in time it just coroded abit. this is common especially from a car dealer where they shine everything up.
you should be fine, just replace them.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Sep 8, 2004 | 04:54 AM

JohnnyBoy

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yeah i washed my engine bay alot and the same thing happened to me....

Sep 8, 2004 | 10:47 AM

Tweakmeister

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Re: (JohnnyBoy)

humidity (condensation from cold engine) and then you cap the area with the spark plug boots.

Put a little dielectric grease on the spark plug tops.

Sep 8, 2004 | 12:26 PM

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Re: (9kFever)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 9kFever »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">leave it to betsy to be paranoid about his car. It pulls on my s2000 just leave it alone already. Guess who? Yellow type R's scare me esp with 4.97's

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lol
scottie is that you, you silly goose...