Sentences with phrase «spark plug»

This also happens when the engine overheats, the oil is too thin or there is a failing spark plug.

It was at the shop and the guy told me that he bought a new Intake manifold for them to put on but I found out he lied and when I spoke to the mechanic he said he never received it so all they did was replace the brand new coil pack on the cylinder 1 spark plug and it supposedly fixed it and made the light go off - until I drove it home and the light came back on.

EDIT2: I pulled the # 1 cylinder spark plug since I had a misfire code for that cylinder and it was fouled up with oil and deposits in the threads and at the firing end.

Most spark plug gap measuring tools also work to gently pry the electrode back.

Based off of the above, it seems like the most likely / lowest - hanging - fruit is that the spark plug is too gummed up / nasty / old / evil to spark successfully and that replacing it should solve that corner of the combustion triangle.

The higher the compression ratio, the colder the spark plug needs to be.

Pull a single spark plug out and ensure it is still gapped correctly.

During the oil change, the mechanic can also check the air filters, spark plug, and tires, all of -LSB-...]

Also of note is that some engines just like some spark plug brands better than others.

This leads me to be heavily biased to blaming the spark plug change.

I had a spark plug fail completely and another one hardly work on an old 5 cylinder Audi GT coupe sport.

I can spin it all around and it kinda feels like the spark plug is moving.

In that case you'll have the spark plug rattling around inside the cylinder.

My question is, simply: based off of the above conditions, does it make sense to replace the spark plug?

I pulled each spark plug wire to see what effect that would have, and replacing them all made the sound go away, so one of them was probably just a little loose.

Like I said previously, you really need to learn how to read a spark plug.

Is it possible to ensure that no debris from broken spark plug insulator falls into the combustion chamber when changing an old plug?

If you noticed that the gap has decreased, this may be a sign the piston has ran into the spark plug and closed the gap.

We can tell you what spark plug to use for a stock engine, but once you start modifying the engine, all bets are off.

He changed the spark plug which costed me Rs 150 only.

A cold plug conducts heat well, by moving heat away quickly the spark plug stays cool.

I don't know what the stock spark plug should be for your bike, but the NGK you are showing may / may not be completely within spec and therefor is extending down into the cylinder longer than the spark plug should.

As for the spark plug itself, the base spark plug which Denso says is model W14EX - U11.

Make sure you have the spark plug wires on in the correct order.

I have seen spark plug wires chewed through.

How are your spark plug wires?

The spark plug wire was wiggling around bouncing up and down (the part that covers the spark plug) it acts as if it is loose.

What I'm talking about here is the ability to pull out a spark plug and tell how the engine at a specific cylinder is running.

I thought that the bike probably had a faulty spark plug because i have experienced a faulty spark plug before.

First pull a spark plug wire off, stick a thin screwdriver in the end of the wire where the spark plug goes.

You can do a compression test to check for head gasket failure, which involves removing each spark plug in turn and replacing it with a gauge that reads the amount of compression in the cylinder - if the head gasket is blown, one or two will be well below the others.

My best bet is that the spark plug is too long in the first place.

Ensure you have the wires going to the correct spark plug.

If this happened during a plug change If you have roadside assistance / towing, I would highly recommend getting it towed home, then purchase a cheap USB inspection camera or a inspection unit like this one from Harbor Freight and look inside the spark plug hole to see if there is any remnants of the plug and any trauma to the exhaust value.

With your car being an 86, which was before the onslaught of distributorless ignition systems, you will probably do just fine with either a standard spark plug or a copper spark plug.

You may also try to push in both the connector at the top, as well as both ends of the spark plug wire.

Changed Engine cover gasket, air filter, spark plug with genuine parts.

If the nut itself is stripped so much that you can't get a socket or an open - end wrench on it, or if the nut is broken, you should try using pliers to remove the spark plug.

One of my concerns is that the spark plug wires seem to loosely connect to the spark plugs.

Cylinder # 6 had a spark plug with a broken insulator at the tip that I believe happened sometime last year.

Yes, replace the spark plug - just make sure it has the correct gap before you fit it.

In your case you do, if it will jump the spark plug gap it's generally enough to run the engine.

It basically gets down pulling a spark plug, getting that piston to Top Dead Center (TDC), threading the tester into the spark plug hole, hooking up compressed air (at a minimum pressure), bringing the cylinder pressure up to a set amount, and...

I tried to check the spark plug gaps, but they were in too tight to get out by hand (actually cut myself just trying to get a bolt off to even get to one of the spark plugs).

I added a photo looking down the spark plug shaft, which shows that the top of the piston looks damaged.

The seals on the cam cover gasket and spark plug tubes can and do deteriorate and leak onto the cylinder head exterior.

However, what I noticed when taking the spark plug out to try to get it at TDC was that one of the spark plugs was mangled.

When you're done, remove the string by pulling it back out the hole, and re-install the spark plug.

You guys really have no idea what yous are talking about get the head off and you will find the head of a valve gouged into the cylinder head, which is the only cause of the spark plug damage

Bentley overhauled the engine with a new combustion chamber, spark plug position, inlet ports, and fuel injectors, as well as revising the variable valve timing and turbocharger systems to help the V - 8 belt out an additional 25 hp and 59 lb - ft of torque.