[V8] spark plug pulsing????

Tue Oct 16 19:21:15 PDT 2007

Working for a FLAPS, we see that from time to time.  I generally 
attribute it to the Friday Afternoon Syndrome.  The assembly line 
technician is thinking more about margaritas than about spark plugs...

~Scott S.

Ron Wainwright wrote:

>They are Autolight 103's. BUT DON'T SOUND THE ALARM
>INGO...I have used Autolight 103's for over 2 years
>now W/O a problem.
> What I think is I got a bad box. They come in a box
>of four. Mind you four of them are fine...I'm just
>going to bring all eight of them back for my own piece
>of mind. I will get another set of eight..& will put
>those back in my car!
> 
> I think though that even if it were POS Bosch plugs &
>this happened I would inspect them just as I would the
>Autolights.
>
> Ron Autolights for life :-)
>
>--- Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Ron, that's just not right.  What brand/model were
>>they?
>>
>>On Oct 16, 2007, at 6:27 PM, Ron Wainwright wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>Well I swapped the wires & there still was no
>>>      
>>>
>>change.
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>>
>>>So I pulled the 1st offending plug & found that if
>>>      
>>>
>>you
>>    
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>>>grab the top of the spark plug...& grabed the
>>>      
>>>
>>threaded
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>>>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:
>>>
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>>>
>>>>Ron,
>>>>
>>>>Easy way to check the plugs. Pull and swap the
>>>>        
>>>>
>>front
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>>>>one pass side with the
>>>>2nd one. See if the problem moves. Do the same
>>>>        
>>>>
>>with
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>>>>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>
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>>
>>>>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!
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>>
>>>>>What I mean by pulsing is......using this pic
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>>>>>
>>for
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>>
>>>>>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
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>>>>was
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>supposed to be doing. Mind you just had this
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>whole
>>    
>>
>>>>>motor apart & put it back together with some
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>VERY
>>    
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>>>>>ported & polished heads...yada yada yada....just
>>>>>keeping a close eye on things. When I went to
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>move
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>>
>>>>the
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>#1 spark plug wire into the chanell cause it
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>wasn't in
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>>>>
>>>>>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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