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Old 05-11-2009, 03:30 PM
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I was running on the highway and after the run, my car started studdering badly. I limped it to a gas station and filled up and checked oil. Added a 1/4 quart. When doing the run, I was low on gas. After the fill up, car stopped most of the studdering but I was worried to rev it. I could feel I was down on power. While they're out, I'll do another compression test. Last one I did 3 months ago were 235-238 all across the board.

Checking my plugs today they seem ok... Should I replace them though?

Mods are HKS Intake, Comptech header, Berk HFC, HKS exhaust.





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close up picture of the tip/ground would be much better than group pictures
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plugs look ok , report back after C/T
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check the gap and for me the electrodes look a tad worn
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Originally Posted by starchland,May 11 2009, 03:55 PM
check the gap and for me the electrodes look a tad worn
yep..since you can't really gap those stock plat plug..looks like you need a new set
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Do you think they're running lean? Rich? After checking sites, they look like normal wear and tear to me. Maybe too hot?
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id say he drives the car very well (well as in hard)
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looks normal to me..not much fouling or abnormal wear
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Well, I just replaced the plugs as they were at 60k miles and I had the planned to replace them before I get tuned next week. It was already ordered and came in today.

As I was looking over the engine bay, I saw the map sensor was a bit off. Adjusted that as well and everything seems fine now!

Now I'll never know what it could've been... I'm leaning more towards the MAP.

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Originally Posted by starchland,May 11 2009, 06:55 PM
check the gap and for me the electrodes look a tad worn


How many miles on those plugs?


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