Misfire= No Gap!
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Safety Car
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Misfire= No Gap!
Trying to track down a misfire. I replaced the original cap and rotor and plug wires with no luck. Today I bought some spark plugs. I didn't think they were bad as they don't have many miles on them. Turns out plug number 2 and number 4 had little to no gap!!!
Strange huh?
The only explanation I have is revving hard and rod stretch causing piston to kiss the plug?
Strange huh?
The only explanation I have is revving hard and rod stretch causing piston to kiss the plug?
Burning Brakes
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From: Davie Florida
Sounds like you may have hit the plug b-4 putting it in & not relizing you did it.. Doubt the piston hit it, I think if the piston hit the plug you would not be driving the car.. I could be wrong, just a thought...
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I put them in the engine before I dropped the engine in the car so no I don't think I damaged them before. Also, only recently did my misfire start to occur. Around a month ago. I was due for a new cap and rotor and new wires anyway, so I'm not sad about replacing those. I do wonder if I should replace the dwell chip in the distributor though. Any thoughts?
