[V8] spark plug pulsing????

[Ron Wainwright]

Yes....you did mention plugs to me on the phone the
other day.
 Everyone give Allen a BIG HUGE round of
applause............................

 At least for a change you can give back
knowledge..specially after all the tutoring I have
given you. Sorta the student correcting the professor
;-)

 How'd you like DAT for recognition....LOL

 Ron 

--- 32vquattro <allanvega at comcast.net> wrote:

> TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Wainwright" <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Tony and Lillie" <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
> Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 6:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [V8] spark plug pulsing????
> 
> 
> > Well I swapped the wires & there still was no
> change.
> > So I pulled the 1st offending plug & found that if
> you
> > grab the top of the spark plug...& grabed the
> threaded
> > body of the plug...it spun 8-0...it's not supposed
> to
> > do that I said to myself.
> > So I pulled all 8 spark plugs & 4 of the 8 were
> bad.
> > So I boxed them up & pulled the ones from my old
> > heads...cause they were only like 1 thopusand
> miles
> > old....& cleaned them off & checked the gap &
> > installed them & all is as it should be.
> > So I will bring back all 8 of the new plugs I just
> > bought & installed & get a fresh set of 8.
> > I tell you though I WILL check each & everyone of
> > them before I even walk out of the store.
> >
> > Thanx for all who tossed me suggestions.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > --- Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Ron,
> >>
> >> Easy way to check the plugs. Pull and swap the
> front
> >> one pass side with the
> >> 2nd one. See if the problem moves. Do the same
> with
> >> the rest as well.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> Tony Hoffman
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Ron Wainwright" <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> >> To: "Tony and Lillie"
> <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
> >> Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 9:13 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [V8] spark plug pulsing????
> >>
> >>
> >> > No the car feels powerfull!!! Rev's quiet
> freeley!
> >> > What I mean by pulsing is......using this pic
> for
> >> > refrence.....
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/files/audi_pics_900_648.jpg
> >> >
> >> > ....today being the 1st day I really got to
> drive
> >> the
> >> > car like I stole it, I was outside & had the
> hood
> >> > up...just making sure everything was doing what
> it
> >> was
> >> > supposed to be doing. Mind you just had this
> whole
> >> > motor apart & put it back together with some
> VERY
> >> > ported & polished heads...yada yada
> yada....just
> >> > keeping a close eye on things. When I went to
> move
> >> the
> >> > #1 spark plug wire into the chanell cause it
> >> wasn't in
> >> > there good. So I put my hand ontop of the 2nd
> plug
> >> > wire top from the front..it felt like someone
> was
> >> > poking my hand with there finger. So I pressed
> >> down a
> >> > little harder cause I thought maybe the plug
> wire
> >> > wasn't fully pressed in..well thats when I
> could
> >> > actually hear a knocking noise comming from the
> >> cavern
> >> > were the plug is.
> >> >
> >> > I get that from the pass side 2nd & 3rd
> plug/wire.
> >> &
> >> > the last nearest the firewall on the driver
> side.
> >> >
> >> > I talked to someone who said I may have 3 bad
> >> plugs.
> >> > I did remove the 2nd plug wire from the spark
> plug
> >> &
> >> > tried to re-torque it....but it seemed like it
> was
> >> > when I had just torqued them all down.
> >> >
> >> > I'm going to pull the offending plug wires &
> swap
> >> > them with some spairs & see what happens. If it
> >> > doesn't change then I'll pull the 3 plugs & see
> if
> >> the
> >> > porcalean is cracked..or something defective
> with
> >> the
> >> > plug. But I took a look at each & everyone of
> them
> >> > before I put them in to check the gap...& they
> all
> >> > looked fine. I didn't man handle them while
> >> putting
> >> > them in...so I'm sure I got my base covered
> there.
> >> >
> >> > Oh well I'll take a look tomorrow.
> >> >
> >> > Thanx
> >> > Ron
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
>
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