Autolites cracking
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Re: Autolites cracking
Uhmm, are the ones cracking on the firewall side or in the front. Are the sparkplugs cracking inside the porcelin or on the spark plugs where the wires connect. How hot is the engine getting. Try and run a different type of wire set. Taylor makes a nice set or MSD'*. I have Nology but for the price of these, it really isnt worth the money.
I have switched to NGK TR-55'*. 3 different plugs have cracked, all on different cylinders, so if it is a coil problem, it is more than one. All coils are the original stockers.
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It sounds like a coil is defective and if the spark plugs that are cracking are on the same DIS coil, I would check the coil. Try swapping to a stock coil if you are using aftermarket coils and see if it helps and also switch spark plug manufactures.
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Are the hills at a high altitude? Were you able to scan the KR while climbing those hills? I really haven't come up with any new ideas other than the heat cracking.
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Uhmm, are the ones cracking on the firewall side or in the front. Are the sparkplugs cracking inside the porcelin or on the spark plugs where the wires connect. How hot is the engine getting. Try and run a different type of wire set. Taylor makes a nice set or MSD'*. I have Nology but for the price of these, it really isnt worth the money.
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It seems like the wires are putting some stress on the sparkplugs if they are cracking below where the wire connects. Are you crimping the wires to the plugs, if so try not too and just click them on. What type of wires are you using and see if any are tight because maybe they need some slack so the wires are not pulling on the spark plugs. 230 your temps should never climb that high if so see whats causing your temps to reach those levels even in traffic.
2 cracked on the firewall side (#2 & #4) and one on the front (#3). The porcelain insulator right below where the wire connects is developing visible cracks and misfiring. The engine at its hottest has gotten into the 230 range, although that is very rare. At this point, I blame the plugs, but if the new NGKs start cracking, I will be going to a different set of wires.
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Uhmm, are the ones cracking on the firewall side or in the front. Are the sparkplugs cracking inside the porcelin or on the spark plugs where the wires connect. How hot is the engine getting. Try and run a different type of wire set. Taylor makes a nice set or MSD'*. I have Nology but for the price of these, it really isnt worth the money.
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Originally Posted by bigbadbonneville
It seems like the wires are putting some stress on the sparkplugs if they are cracking below where the wire connects. Are you crimping the wires to the plugs, if so try not too and just click them on. What type of wires are you using and see if any are tight because maybe they need some slack so the wires are not pulling on the spark plugs. 230 your temps should never climb that high if so see whats causing your temps to reach those levels even in traffic.
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I have a 2000 Bonneville, engine code K. Similar problem. I had a champion copper top spark plug installed. I put in new plugs about a year ago and noticed a misfire on cyclinder #4 (firewall side of engine). Crack was in the upper part of the plug. I replaced all the plugs with the same type. Car drove fine for about 2 months. Now recently it started misfiring again, cyclinder #4 under load with TCC engaged. Removed cyclinder #4 plug and it shows some minor cracks in it which I assume are causing the problem. Did the problem in this thread ever get resolved?
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I have a 2000 Bonneville, engine code K. Similar problem. I had a champion copper top spark plug installed. I put in new plugs about a year ago and noticed a misfire on cyclinder #4 (firewall side of engine). Crack was in the upper part of the plug. I replaced all the plugs with the same type. Car drove fine for about 2 months. Now recently it started misfiring again, cyclinder #4 under load with TCC engaged. Removed cyclinder #4 plug and it shows some minor cracks in it which I assume are causing the problem. Did the problem in this thread ever get resolved?
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