My car has about 61,000 km on it and i figure its about time i do the fuel filter and spark plugs.

I was wondering what spark plugs you guys recommend i get for it. Also since i would like to do this myself because its so easy to do, do they need to be gapped or are they good as they come? i dont have the gapping tool at home

 

I asked the same questions about a week ago and The consensus was the NGK's were the best but there were a few that kept on saying Autolite were the best. I personally haven't had anything but bad luck with Autolite plugs in the past.

 

My Autolites ran wonderfully on my turbo setup.

I just put in NGK to see what the hype was about... Cost about $3 more per every 4...

Im not sure about gaping on the NON-Forced Inducted models.

 

If you're stock the Gap should be about .040

 

so i need to find someone with a gapping tool then lol

 

Buy one at an auto parts store for like a buck...

 

Alright, will do, and are you sure our gap for the 2.4 is .040?

 

yep if you're pretty much stock .040 should be good

 

alright, thanks, is there any particular ngk or autolite type plug i should be getting?

 

NGK makes the trees go by fast

 

I got Denso Iridium plugs (ITV16)

they have a smaller tip than NGK
In fact they have the smallest tip out of all plugs (patented)
0.4mm

they require less voltage and create a sharper spark
= more performance (minimal though...) and less fuel consumption


Our stock plugs are NGK anyway.................. if you look on your stock AC Delco plugs, they have the NGK part number on them.


They should come gapped properly as you buy them

 

FAIL!!! I guarantee you if you took say 10 spark plugs and checked the gap on all of them you would come up with atleast 8 different measurements. This comes from them being bumped around and shifting during shipment. It takes 10 seconds to check the gap and set it properly! Don't be lazy!

 

I have had nothing but good luck out of NGK, I have NGK plugs in everything I own..lol..
S10
cobalt
Saturn (work car)
ATV
I even tried to put one in my G/F's butthole but it was the wrong treads...lol...

I say use NGK irdium!!..FTW

 

you're right
but I checked all 4 of my plugs before installing them and they were fine

 

OK then if I'm right and you know I'm right then why tell someone that they should be right straight out of the box and they don't need to check them?

 

Common sense says to just check the gap on a new plug to make sure they are correct before installing them...bouncing around in transit can alter the gap...

 

Tell that to Pat. He thinks they are perfect straight out of the box...

 

Doing some reading with the ngk iridium plugs, it says u cant use a spark plug gapper to game them, but like needle nose plyers...If the auto parts store doesnt have those, will regular NGK's do?

 

Out of curiousity I looked in the factory service manual to see if there was anything specific about the adjustment. All it says is the gap is 1.06 mm (0.042"). Since the factory plugs are Iridium I would think if there was something special needed it would state it. Even in the list of engine tools there is no spark plug gapper shown.

BTW it does say NOT to use antisieze compound on the spark plug threads!!! There is a notice in the factory service manual.

 

[QUOTE=Chuck;3923924]
I even tried to put one in my G/F's butthole but it was the wrong treads...lol...



HAHAHAHAHA

 

[QUOTE=jonxxxedge1;3947621]Aaaaahhhh to be 17 and fooooolish again...

 

Yes they will work. Just make sure you have the right ones for your application. FYI When I checked the websites for Pep Boys and Advance Auto Parts they only had the Platinum ones listed....

 

here is where i read about the gapping for them

http://www.modernperformance.com/iri...er-p-1144.html

 

I can see that being the case because the tip is so thin but you still need a gapping tool to read what the gap is. Just don't use it to actually gap the plugs...Make any sense?

 

You are wasting your money putting plugs in at 61,000kms. Those plugs are supposed to be good for 160,000kms. Now I've personally never seen a set last that long without causing misfires.

I'd wait and change them at 100,000kms. The fuel filter is something I'd certainly change now though.