Loose spark plugs!?
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Originally Posted by FLgargoyle
It felt like the metal gasket had never been compressed, so I'm guessing whoever changed plugs last somehow missed those two.
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Originally Posted by Bart99GT
Perhaps it was just an error on your part, but 2.3L engines don't use gasketed spark plugs. If they did happen to have gaskets for some odd reason, then its time to swap the plugs out for the proper tapered seat ones.
Funny that someone mentioned a torque wrench as a Christmas gift. I got my 3/8 drive torque wrench one Christmas, and my 1/2 drive torque wrench the next. Now if I could get a 1/4 drive inch/pound torker...
Last edited by ColonyPark; Dec 13, 2005 at 06:07 AM.
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: Travelers Rest SC
I never actually took the loose plugs out- I just assumed they had gaskets, as I had to tighten them up a bit after they were finger tight. The whole point of this truck is that I only paid $500 for it almost 3 years ago, and the only repair money I've put into it was a $35 junkyard transmission. It would be sacrilege to buy parts to replace a part that was still functioning. (I made an exception on the brakes- I went through the whole system). When there's evidence that a plug is not firing, then I'll replace it, but only the bad one, of course!
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