FW: [V8] plug gap

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

The book actually says .032 +/- .004 so I always thought I had lots of wiggle
room on the setting.
Do you like the "ramp" type of adjusting tool? I was thinking about getting one
just because the wire type tool is hard to use - and I don't have the .032 wire
size.

Dave


Quoting Nadjkovic Kraig A TSgt 552 CMS/MXMVC <Kraig.Nadjkovic at tinker.af.mil>:

>  A difference of .005 is significant, especially when you consider that even
> at .035 you're beyond spec.
> The deposits you see may be because of the additives in gasoline.  When I
> moved to Oklahoma, the deposits on my plugs changed completely.
> nadj
>
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> Subject: [V8] plug gap
>
> I was changing the oil and air filter last night, and decided to have a look
> at the plugs. They are the OEM Bosch and have somewhere around 20+K miles on
> them.
> They are dry but have caked on deposits. They always look this way btw.
> The center electrode is a little rounded toward the ground electrode - as
> expected from a used plug but more than I would have expected for a plug
> that is supposed to last 100K miles.
> Normally I don't bother checking the gap because I figure the electronic
> ignition does not care too much about small gap differences. The spec is
> .032 and I guess they were around .040. I re-gapped to a tight .035 -
> because that is the closest size I have available and now I see very
> noticable improvement is both smoothness and power.
> I am just wondering if anyone else has seen this much sensitivity to plug
> gap?
> I am going to start checking it more often.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
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