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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 09:34 PM
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Check your spark plug torque.

I ran a torque wrench over my plugs tonight there were 2 loose. I tightened them back to 14ft lbs It has been about 15k miles after the tune up.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 10:16 PM
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Did you use anti-sieze on the threads?
 
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 06:26 AM
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I checked mine about 2 weeks ago and they where all nice and tight 10K after I changed them. I didn't use anything on them but I made sure that the holes were clean before I installed the new plugs. The ones I removed were also tight after 66K and looked good enough to go to 100K.

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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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I used just a little anit sieze. I never had a problem with it in the past.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 04:06 PM
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I didn't mean you would have a problem with it if you did. I asked because WITH the anti-seize, you usually get a good torque-down.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 08:18 PM
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Ah I see. You had me thinking for second.
 
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 05:48 PM
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I checked mine last week.
Sure enough, after 20 000kms I has one loose one.
#4. One of the worst ones to get to!
 
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 07:09 AM
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I just checked mine last night, and after two years and 20k miles ALL were tight!!. I used anti seize when installing them.
 
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