New Spark Plug solves the problem of lack of power on uphill driving???

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by mmdir2005, Nov 11, 2005.

  1. mmdir2005

    mmdir2005 Guest

    89 fuel-injection Civil has a hard time climbing uphilll. I had this
    problem for past
    4 yr. Coud not find what the problems are. I was going to replace all
    the sensor like MAP, altitude sensor. Well I replaced all spark plug
    before I changed any sensor. To my surprise, new spark plugs seem give
    me more firepower on uphill driving. My car is not struggling
    anymore on uphill climbing. Still I'm not 100% sure if the spark
    splugs solved the problem.
    Were old spark splug bad enough to cause lack of firepower which led to
    stalling and
    struggling on uphill driving?
     
    mmdir2005, Nov 11, 2005
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  2. mmdir2005

    TeGGeR® Guest

    wrote in

    What did the old ones look like?
     
    TeGGeR®, Nov 11, 2005
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  3. mmdir2005

    robm Guest

    funny, how old were the old ones ? hopefully not '89 plugs
     
    robm, Nov 11, 2005
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  4. mmdir2005

    mmdir2005 Guest

    Look not 100% perfect. Two of them are soaked with oil. All 4 plug
    tip are black
    and so looked burnt out. So possiblely 2 soaked spark plug caused
    stalling and lack of power.
     
    mmdir2005, Nov 11, 2005
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  5. mmdir2005

    SoCalMike Guest

    which end? the tip? or the white ceramic part?

    All 4 plug
    running rich.
     
    SoCalMike, Nov 12, 2005
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  6. mmdir2005

    mmdir2005 Guest

    The metal tip were soaked with hugh oil. I did not check that for
    2 yr.
    I guess I solved the problem of lack of power on uphill driving.
    I definitely feel I got more power out of it.
     
    mmdir2005, Nov 13, 2005
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