plug wires keep popping off while driving
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Le Mans Master
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plug wires keep popping off while driving
i just installed headers and removed the plugs to avoid any chance of breaking them while doing the install. now that the car is done and tuned...the plug wires seem to be popping off intermitently??? anyone had this problem?
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hmmmm. You couldve damaged the wires if they keep coming off. I would make sure they snap when they go on. If you installed your own headers then I'm sure that you are probably putting the wires on the plugs correctly. Maybe there was damage to the wires?
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Spray a little WD-40 in the boots then put them on. Then you'll feel the click of the metal on the plug itself a lot more distinctly. The most likely cause of this is that perhapd you didn't have them on all the way.
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Le Mans Master
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From: ocean springs mississippi
it has happened to a few plug wires...but the front one on the passengers side 4 times now...and i pushed it on there hard to and heard a good click while doing it??
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St. Jude Donor '08
Might be time to buy a set I guess.
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If that's the case, you may have distorted the wires when you took them off. I'd just buy a new set of GM red wires and be done with it.
I'd also put a bead of dielectric grease around the plug wire lip to the coil and plug to get a good seal.
Elmer
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To remove the trapped air, I slide a small tie wrap in the coil boot, seat the boot and then lift up on the tie wrap. That will allow any air to escape. Then just pull the tie wrap out.
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BTW, a set of stock wires will be cheaper and work just fine. I have them on my car and I had the stockers on my 735RWHP Camaro and they work just fine.
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