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Re: Spark Plugs
[Re: javven]
#554258
01/18/05 11:52 PM
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Joined: Jan 2005
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Body Damage is Cool
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For the Standard Denso spark plug:
stock # 3046 plug # W20EPR-S11
For the Premium Denso spark plug:
stock # 3116 plug # P20PR-S11
For the Iridium Power spark plug:
stock # 5306 plug # IW20
I am at work right now and I just looked in our Denso book for the application under a 1988 G54B Mighty Max...its the same for the Montero/Raider.
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Re: Spark Plugs
[Re: torquemonster]
#554259
01/19/05 01:16 AM
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 464
Mudrunner
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I've always used the standard NGKs in all my vehicles and they work fine. I don't think anyone could tell in a back to back test drive with the standard plugs compared to V power (in a rig with a healthy ignition system). I sure have never noticed any difference.
1994 3.0L 4x4 pickup. 4.62 gears (4.22 stock), 33x10.5 BFG MTs. LSD rear. Five speed trans. 172K Previously owned Mitsubishis: 1986 2.6L 4x4 Mighty Max, 1985 2.6L 4x4 D50 1987 2.6L Raider, 1989 3.0L Raider 1995 Montero SR
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Re: Spark Plugs
[Re: wyleone]
#554260
01/19/05 03:32 AM
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Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,494
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I prefer a spark plug called "Truck Plugs" They must be a hotter plug because they do not foul with oil or rich fuel. I have run them for 150,000 between spark plug changes. Bob Shaw
87 Raizer, 4.3V6, Mod TH700R4,231CHD, detroit rear and LSD front, bouncy seats, 2" lift and 32x15 BFG MT tires.
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Re: Spark Plugs
[Re: BobShaw]
#554261
01/19/05 04:29 AM
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Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,904
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I have run them for 150,000 between spark plug changes. Don't get me wrong, I probably could run my NGKs alot longer, I am just psyco <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> about preventitive maintanance. I change my coolant, trans fluid ,gear oil in my xfercase and diffs once a year. My oil every 3mo (1500mi)w/Mobil 1 synthetic. Pack my wheel bearings every year, bleed my brake fluid every year. You get my point. The changes may not be nessesary, but I don't like surprises. Everything gets checked after a long trip and wheeling. Why do I do it? Because I can, and fluids can tell a story.
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Re: Spark Plugs (update)
[Re: wyleone]
#554262
01/19/05 04:38 AM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 792
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Well, I adjusted the oil level. It seems a bit better now. I might run a bit hotter plug as well. The plugs I took out looked PERFECT. Not cruddy, not too hot, not too cold. This motor has excellent compression, and doesn't use oil at all as far as I can tell.
More time will tell I suppose. I did notice quite a bit of gunk in the (brand new) PCV. I cleaned it out and drove it 40 miles. That's all it'd been driven. It again was clean. I dont know if it was the oil level or what... but... hey now it's better so... I don't care, lol. It's not any worse than my 98 Voyager (yes, I drive a van - and I like it) now.
Change your oil hot and often. 07 Taco V6 4WD 5-Auto
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Re: Spark Plugs
[Re: javven]
#554263
01/19/05 04:46 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 2,413
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Oops. Can overfilling cause this? Darn manuals. I wish they'd agree. One lists SIX QUARTS as the fill requirement. The owners manual says 5.2 quarts. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />
87 Montero, bought new, by me - 88/89 intercooled Starion Turbo engine- with awesome audio.
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Re: Spark Plugs
[Re: dadrab]
#554264
01/19/05 06:39 PM
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Joined: Aug 2003
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Yep. What a revolting predicament.
Change your oil hot and often. 07 Taco V6 4WD 5-Auto
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Re: Spark Plugs
[Re: wyleone]
#554265
01/19/05 07:24 PM
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Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,494
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There are many good plugs on the market. I was just recommending a good non fowling(sp) plug for reliable off road use or in oil burning vehicles. Bob Shaw
87 Raizer, 4.3V6, Mod TH700R4,231CHD, detroit rear and LSD front, bouncy seats, 2" lift and 32x15 BFG MT tires.
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Re: Spark Plugs
[Re: BobShaw]
#554266
01/19/05 08:48 PM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 792
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Rock Warrior
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Non-fouling. Ok, such as? (not trying to be a wisev <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/butwiggle.gif" alt="" /> - I wouldn't ask if I knew already).
Change your oil hot and often. 07 Taco V6 4WD 5-Auto
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Re: Spark Plugs
[Re: javven]
#554267
01/20/05 02:57 AM
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Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,649
Web Wheeler
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Somebody makes and sells a recessed/shrouded electrode plug for SBC's that avoids some oil fouling from sorn guides by shielding the electrode from the drip. Don't work. NGK's are my pick, base plugs, slighter tighter gap than spec.
I used to own a spark plug cleaner (12v glass bead blaster) and would run plugs until the center electrode sank to the porcelin, cleaning and regapping, and got 50k+ out of a set, with no real misfires. Those were Bosch std. plugs, back when Bosch still made a good plug, in a 12.5:1 compression 7500rpm Fiat 1598cc dohc I4.
Not responsible for advice not taken...
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