"shpuker" (shpuker)
08/20/2013 at 15:35 • Filed to: Subalopnik
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"shpuker" (shpuker)
08/20/2013 at 15:35 • Filed to: Subalopnik | 0
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If the spark plugs are tightened all the way...
Yea the genius that had my car before me put in new spark plugs, and had two of them hand tight.... Well one hand tight and one a full turn loose....
Sidenote: Still losing boost once she gets hot, fixing the downpipe leak today, swapping the oil out for fresh stuff, and putting the heat shield back on. Hopefully that helps, could easily be heat soak causing the problem. If not I'm gonna say it's the factory boost control saying "fuck you I don't wanna run 15psi!"
f86sabre
> shpuker
08/20/2013 at 15:37 |
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I had one back out on my Evo a year or so ago. I know that thing was torqued properly.
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shpuker
> f86sabre
08/20/2013 at 15:39 |
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Shitty. I dunno, the fact that these things still looked fresh otherwise (aside from the fact that 2 were burnt to shit) I'm gonna say they were done less than 20k miles ago, which would've been right in line with when this kid got it.
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> shpuker
08/20/2013 at 15:41 |
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I was checking my coil pack to see how old it was, get the part number, etc. Pressed down on each one. The rear two clicked in place. I was like...really.
Got a new coil pack for $28 bucks. Whatttt!?
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> shpuker
08/20/2013 at 16:04 |
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That is a hell of a thing to learn on a Subaru. Should have picked something easier like a Jeep with the 4.0L. Spark plugs take 10 minutes on those because the front one is behind a bracket a little bit so that one takes about 4 minutes.
AW46M3
> shpuker
08/20/2013 at 18:43 |
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True story! I just had the exhaust replaced on my truck (was rusted out in a few places). After the new exhaust it was quiet enough to hear a strange engine noise. Upon lifting the hood I see a plug wire, and spark plug vibrating like crazy, and hear the air pulsing out of it. After tightening it back up it runs like a new car. It was essentially down a cylinder.
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shpuker
> AW46M3
08/20/2013 at 20:12 |
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Sounds about right. It felt like my car was running on 3.5 cylinders. Luckily the flat 4 is a pretty low compression engine or it'd probably have backed all the way out.