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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 10:09 PM
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How does this plug look to you guys. I know its not the best quality picture but it was tough so close. It has about 30k on it.

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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 11:36 PM
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What does it gap at with a feeler gauge? Thats the determining factor.
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loooks like normal wear and tear to me!!
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That gap is about .062-.061. They were the TR55's gapped at .055 when I bought them.
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 01:19 AM
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holy ****!!! why the **** is that spark plug have oil on the threads???
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 01:37 AM
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come on, I'm being serious, just trying to make sure
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looks just fine to me. I pulled out my original AC delco plugs at 120k miles and they looked just like that, except the tip was a lot smaller, the gap was more like .70.75. Looks normal to me from what i can see.

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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 02:03 AM
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thanks man
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well i dont know about you guys but i had no oil wat so ever on any of my threads on my plugs!! but on this other car we have, it had oil on the threads on the plugs and the car had 160,000 miles we were told it was worn rings!
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i have oil on my threads....
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Looks good to me... check the gap... and thats all I would suggest.
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I think the oil on the threads comes from slight leaks at the valve cover gaskets or from dirt and water that works its wat into the threads.

I also have some oil on my threads usually too.
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guess its normal then!
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 11:46 PM
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original ac delco plugs? my car came stock with densol plugs. which are not cheap by anymeans heh
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Yeah my car is a 98, not sure when denso became stock. The part# on the plugs are 41-931 and are no longer made by ACDelco, they were replaced by the ACDelco iridium plugs, dont have part number off hand sorry.


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original ac delco plugs? my car came stock with densol plugs. which are not cheap by anymeans heh
Those are actually the NGK TR55's. Thanks for everybody's help.
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