Nasty spark plugs. Should I worry?

Not a golfer · Jan 31, 2021

Knute said: ↑

Gen 2 V-6, spark plug change interval is 30,000 miles.

Suggest to the OP to go ahead and perform all the maintenance on all items from 5-100 kmiles. This will essentially 0 (zero) the maintenance schedule.

There is a detailed Sticky in the 2nd Gen Forum with everything you'll need.

The units in this list is kmiles:
Eng Oil/Filter 5
Prop Shaft 10
Cabin Filter 15
Fr. Diff 30
Rr. Diff 30
Xfer Case 30
MAF 30
Throttle Body 30
Spark Plug 30
PCV 50
Pwr Steer 50
Brakes 60
Coolant 100
Auto Trans 100
Serp Belt 100
Idler Pulleys 100

There are roughly 4 major maintenance intervlas. <15, 30, 50-60, 100 kmiles.
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Amen my TW Brother.

Give it a bumper to bumper and start fresh with maintenance schedule.

BlueGrassBammer · Jan 31, 2021

Knute said: ↑

Gen 2 V-6, spark plug change interval is 30,000 miles.

Suggest to the OP to go ahead and perform all the maintenance on all items from 5-100 kmiles. This will essentially 0 (zero) the maintenance schedule.

There is a detailed Sticky in the 2nd Gen Forum with everything you'll need.

The units in this list is kmiles:
Eng Oil/Filter 5
Prop Shaft 10
Cabin Filter 15
Fr. Diff 30
Rr. Diff 30
Xfer Case 30
MAF 30
Throttle Body 30
Spark Plug 30
PCV 50
Pwr Steer 50
Brakes 60
Coolant 100
Auto Trans 100
Serp Belt 100
Idler Pulleys 100

There are roughly 4 major maintenance intervlas. <15, 30, 50-60, 100 kmiles.
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this is basically what I’ve done minus serp belt, idler pulleys and prop shaft.

prop shaft? This mean grease all the zerks? Done

Knute · Jan 31, 2021

Grease the U-joints thru the zerks.

Prop shaft = propeller shaft = drive shaft (common term)

Steve_P · Feb 1, 2021

They look fine, as said, other than wear. And OMG what is the gap on those? .090"?

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