Spark Plug change
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I'd say their Motorcrafts, as he was pretty **** about using MC oil. But who knows, maybe something was on sale when he bought them and he was jsut concerned with MC oil. But I'm like you, I might change them just for piece of mind. Can you advise why Ford has the gap at .052-.054??? Why the range? I believe there is a sticker near the radiator shroud that says the above.---DirtySCREW
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Well Bluejay...I guess I am worrying a little too much...but I'm already concerned about my mileage. I know its a TRUCK. But I'd really like to see 15 mpg in the city. I'm at 13mpg. I dunno if changing now would make a difference. I'll probably pull one from each side and make a determination. ---DirtySCREW
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You have a 4x4 with slightly oversized tires, right? If that is correct, you may not get much better than that. I changed my plugs at 65,500 and had absolutely no effect on mileage or how it ran. The plugs coming out looked new on the tips and the teck said they would have easily gone 100,000.
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You are not going to notice one bit of difference whether you gap them to 52 or 54 or 56. I even doubt if whatever gauge you would use can really tell the difference either.
Bluejay said he saw no difference between plugs with 65k on them and new plugs - you have any idea what the gap was on those used plugs? I'm guessing at least 80........
Your stock COP system is powerful enough to darn near ignite water - it's not like the old days of points and condenser that was quite sensitive to plug gap.
Reality says that you will notice a bigger difference experimenting with different brands and grades of fuel than you will by being fussy about spark plug gap.
Bluejay said he saw no difference between plugs with 65k on them and new plugs - you have any idea what the gap was on those used plugs? I'm guessing at least 80........
Your stock COP system is powerful enough to darn near ignite water - it's not like the old days of points and condenser that was quite sensitive to plug gap.
Reality says that you will notice a bigger difference experimenting with different brands and grades of fuel than you will by being fussy about spark plug gap.
Last edited by glc; 10-09-2009 at 12:43 PM.
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