sleejay

my plugs are only lasting like 5k miles, is that usual?
they look fine, just they are rounded around the terminal (loss of power, etc, fixed with new plugs)

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Icemark

5K is a little early without a CDI... what are you using for an air filter???

sleejay

some cheap steel mesh cone that came with the car

Syonyk

Sounds about right to me. Possibly a bit early, but a lot of people like to replace their plugs every 2nd oil change, which is generally 4k-6k miles.

What kind of driving do you do? Mostly city driving will turn the engine a whole lot more in 5k miles than pure highway driving.

-=Russ=-

Icemark

well things that increase plug wear are :
1. The amount of dirt getting into the engine (in otherwords cheapo air filters)
2. detonation
3. high voltage
4. wrong temp plug for the conditions driven

RETed

That's normal.


-Ted

sleejay

i thought it was around normal. got 8mm racing beat wires too, so i figured maybe a little earlier demise to the plugs.

im like 50/50 city/highway too

just wondering thanks guys

RETed

Spark plug wires have nothing to do with spark plug life or performance.


-Ted