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| Iridium plugs do anything for metros? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 12 2012, 01:25 PM (510 Views) | |
| heckling7 | Nov 12 2012, 01:25 PM Post #1 |
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I read an article about iridium plugs and they are suppose to be superior to platinum including a tad cheaper. Would it matter in our metros? The article also said its not good to use anti-seize on plugs with aluminum engines as folks can overtighten plugs and go too far . I thought about putting NGK iridium in next time as they claim about 100k mileage in life.
Edited by heckling7, Nov 12 2012, 01:26 PM.
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| Coche Blanco | Nov 12 2012, 01:36 PM Post #2 |
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The Metro's plugs are too easy to change to risk it running poorly using special plugs. Use plane Jane copper ones and change them every 30k miles or so. Cheap insurance imho. |
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| wizard 03 | Nov 12 2012, 02:49 PM Post #3 |
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I used them in a neon, dunno how far it went, but I never changed them in about 8 months, driveing anywhere from 90-175 miles everyday without a day off.....They actually outlived the neon as the water pump locked up on the damn thing. XD |
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| Woodie | Nov 13 2012, 05:51 AM Post #4 |
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The only thing Iridium (or platinum) plugs do for ANY engine is last longer. No spark plug is going to give you better mileage or fuel economy unless it is replacing a worn out plug, and a brand new cheepo plug would have made the same difference. |
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| mwebb | Nov 13 2012, 11:57 PM Post #5 |
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use anti sneeze and use a torque wrench iridium plugs will probably not work as well as standard plugs and for sure they will not work any better for this it is better to follow the engineers recommendation use a torque wrench if you think you are better than me at guessing torque by feel you are wrong and i use a torque wrench on every spark plug i replace . Texas has enough signatures to get serious about seceding .... the time for talk is coming to an end . we are already at war , we just have not begun to fight back yet Edited by mwebb, Nov 14 2012, 12:00 AM.
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