Spark Plugs and my RX 7
02-20-2011, 11:12 AM
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Spark Plugs and my RX 7
Well changed my plugs for the first time ever.... ( i never done them on any of my other cars ) and it was an experiance. Well i finished and took it for a drive. Then I started to hear a tickin... I thought I moved a wire were it was hitting a belt or something. NOPE get home and its was my T1 plug just hanging there... I guess I didnt push it in all the way. Checked the other plugs for snuggness and carried on.
So here is my prob/question
Should my old plugs look like this?
and question 2
My car is now idling... a little rough. I know the guy messed with the af ratio and timing ... could new plugs make it do this? As in... the old af ratio was good for the old plugs but not new plugs.
So here is my prob/question
Should my old plugs look like this?
and question 2
My car is now idling... a little rough. I know the guy messed with the af ratio and timing ... could new plugs make it do this? As in... the old af ratio was good for the old plugs but not new plugs.
02-20-2011, 11:25 AM
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Re: Spark Plugs and my RX 7
Well changed my plugs for the first time ever.... ( i never done them on any of my other cars ) and it was an experiance. Well i finished and took it for a drive. Then I started to hear a tickin... I thought I moved a wire were it was hitting a belt or something. NOPE get home and its was my T1 plug just hanging there... I guess I didnt push it in all the way. Checked the other plugs for snuggness and carried on.
So here is my prob/question
Should my old plugs look like this?
and question 2
My car is now idling... a little rough. I know the guy messed with the af ratio and timing ... could new plugs make it do this? As in... the old af ratio was good for the old plugs but not new plugs.
So here is my prob/question
Should my old plugs look like this?
and question 2
My car is now idling... a little rough. I know the guy messed with the af ratio and timing ... could new plugs make it do this? As in... the old af ratio was good for the old plugs but not new plugs.
1st off: what plugs/wires are you running and what should you be running?
2nd: did you check the gap on the new plugs?
3rd: google spark plug chart to figure out what your old plugs tell you (normal a/f mixture)
02-20-2011, 11:38 AM
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Re: Spark Plugs and my RX 7
Thanks guys lol... no I just never changed any before. My Z and my Tib never needed them. This... well if you dont count my corolla, is the first car that I am doing the work on myself.
Man... id ont know what to do if my piston rings go out... o lord lolololol I hear they are really hard to find on my car and they cost more than a new engine lololol
The gap is .056
Man... id ont know what to do if my piston rings go out... o lord lolololol I hear they are really hard to find on my car and they cost more than a new engine lololol
The gap is .056
02-20-2011, 11:45 AM
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Re: Spark Plugs and my RX 7
is that next to flux compasitor?
But on a serious not I talked to my buddy and he said they looked normal. So thanks for the help and the laugh guys !
But on a serious not I talked to my buddy and he said they looked normal. So thanks for the help and the laugh guys !
02-20-2011, 12:07 PM
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Re: Spark Plugs and my RX 7
You guys are idiots.... You know it's one of the connecting rods.
It's been a long time since I've laid hands on rotary, but I could have swore the gap needed to be closer to .040. You did get surface gap plugs didn't you? If so they should have already been gapped to spec IF you were givin' the correct plugs.
EDIT: That gap figure was for the non-turbo. The turbos I THINK run a lower gap (.030ish)
It's been a long time since I've laid hands on rotary, but I could have swore the gap needed to be closer to .040. You did get surface gap plugs didn't you? If so they should have already been gapped to spec IF you were givin' the correct plugs.
EDIT: That gap figure was for the non-turbo. The turbos I THINK run a lower gap (.030ish)
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