[s-cars] Plug gap

[Robert Myers]

Yeah, Matt.  I have a replacement set of plugs ordered but I was wanting to 
play a few games with trying to eliminate a high boost misfire by adjusting 
the spark gap.

At 01:08 PM 6/20/2005, Matthew Russell wrote:

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>Bob - I could be wrong about this, but these plugs should technically NOT 
>have the gap adjusted.  They're preset from Bosch and unless some handling 
>monkey dropped them on the floor should not be messed with.
>(personally, i'd get another new plug if i discovered that to be the case...)
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>If you have one that is much greater than the other 4, or if (IMHO) 
>they've seen 25,000 miles or more - just replace them all.
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>Bosch's website backs some of this info up.  They also don't give a gap 
>spec, or have a decipherable "code" that would dictate what the gap should 
>be near as i can find.
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>(flame suit on)
>-Matt, CO
>92 s4
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>On Monday, June 20, 2005, at 08:24  AM, s-car-list-request at audifans.com wrote:
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>>Hi Y'all,
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>>I thought I'd check the gap for the F5PDOR plugs and readjust if
>>necessary.  Well, in order to do that one needs information about the
>>proper gap.  Guess what -  Bentley, the Family Album, and the owner's
>>manual (none of them) appear to contain gap settings information.  At least
>>I was unable to find it anywhere.
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>>The present plugs (soon to be replaced) show virtually identical gaps of
>>0.017 inches (or ~0.043 mm) but this looks to be a bit close.  Center
>>insulators are uniformly barely off-white and look good.
>>
>>Can someone provide a proper plug gap value?
>>
>>
>>Bob
>>Http://Chips-Ur-S.com
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Bob
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