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Car Forum / Chrysler Cars / October 200494 Intrepid 3.5L spark plugs - aarghhh
A couple silicone rubber boots stuck to the plugs when I pulled the plug wires out. What a pain to dig them out. Now there are 2 connections that do not have these silicone boots that fit directly over the plugs. The protective boots on top of the plug hole are still intact. Will there be a problem if I use the 2 wires that no longer have the silicone boots? Thanks. > A couple silicone rubber boots stuck to the plugs when I pulled the plug > wires out. What a pain to dig them out. Now there are 2 connections > that do not have these silicone boots that fit directly over the plugs. > The protective boots on top of the plug hole are still intact. Will > there be a problem if I use the 2 wires that no longer have the silicone > boots? Yes; the first time you drive on a wet day, your engine is very likely to start misfiring on those cylinders. Go ahead and replace the plug wires; they're probably overdue by now. > > A couple silicone rubber boots stuck to the plugs when I pulled the plug > > wires out. What a pain to dig them out. Now there are 2 connections [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > start misfiring on those cylinders. Go ahead and replace the plug wires; > they're probably overdue by now. Would you recommend spraying some silicone on the plug or the rubber boot to prevent sticking to the spark plug? > Would you recommend spraying some silicone on the plug or the rubber > boot to prevent sticking to the spark plug? Yeah, that or -- better -- some dielectric silicone grease. >> Would you recommend spraying some silicone on the plug or the rubber >> boot to prevent sticking to the spark plug? > > Yeah, that or -- better -- some dielectric silicone grease. Just twisting and pulling instead of just pulling often saves the day. I learned this the hard way on my Cruiser. Richard. > >> Would you recommend spraying some silicone on the plug or the rubber > >> boot to prevent sticking to the spark plug? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Richard. I twisted and pulled. 2 of the rubber boots stuck to the plug. Thanks for your idea anyway. >>"Daniel J. Stern" <dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote in message >>>Yeah, that or -- better -- some dielectric silicone grease. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I twisted and pulled. 2 of the rubber boots stuck to the plug. Thanks for > your idea anyway. The silicone grease will prevent that problem in the future. Should be standard practice when replacing the igniton cables. Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x') > A couple silicone rubber boots stuck to the plugs when I pulled the plug > wires out. What a pain to dig them out. Now there are 2 connections that > do not have these silicone boots that fit directly over the plugs. The > protective boots on top of the plug hole are still intact. Will there be a > problem if I use the 2 wires that no longer have the silicone boots? > Thanks. It'll probably arc from the bare wire to the metal tube that the plug sits in, causing a misfire. Get new plug wires. |
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