sauceman

Your car starts hesitating like it was switching constantly from full retard to full advance.

The car also felt really, really sluggish. I guess what didn't help was that the air filter was filthy as well, so really a bad mix.

So I got them changed, as per the recommended schedule (18$/plug).

And now the car drives fine and smooth, and feels a lot more hearty.

Time for some track testing. I'll get the numbers down this weekend. Watch out for videos.

sleeper

i think a lot of us aren't even close to replacing spark plugs yet. glad to hear it wasn't something major, though.

jlukja

Sauce, is the mileage up to date in your sig? 175,000km?

ianS

Please post this thread 3yr later.... we won't able to remember that important info....

SodaLuvr

Don't forget to change the wires sauceman!

Michael

Howard911s

isnt it like 100000 miles before we change plug?

CJams

I made it 107,000 miles on my F-150 before I changed the plugs. I hope this car makes it that far. And at my pace I will be there in 3 years.

joerockt

Yup, and I think mansauce ( love it) is well beyond that mark...

dom

Yup. He's around 110,000 miles I think.

jlukja

Another question .... Do you all not plan to touch the plugs till 100K mi. or will you take them out, gap them, and clean them sometime before that? What did you do ManSauce?

ForceSHO

no iridium yet ? if they do make iridium any good/bad on these ? I love these on my old car... so..

JTso

iTrader: (2)

There is no plug wires on the TSX, as each plug has an igntion coil sitting right on top.

JTso

iTrader: (2)

The TSX comes stock with iridium plugs.

ForceSHO

oh it does.. thats nice to know... oh well.. no mods there.. hahah

TinkySD

Are the plugs easy to remove?

When i was running the icebox I noticed that there seemed to be more carbon accumulating on the exhaust tips which makes me wonder if the plugs are a little dirty already.

iTimmy

Its a piece of cake, if it takes you over an hour to change the plugs on a TSX you should NOT be working on your car. Its a very straight forward job, remove nuts that hold cover on, unbolt coil packs, unplug coils(or just be careful when pulling them out and lay them on there side), then remove the plugs and install new ones and reverse the above steps.

TinkySD

I'm thinking about popping them out to take a look at them. The cover in question is the rectangular, darker one on the rear of the block?

sauceman

I think it's part of the suggested maintenance. If it is, then it was done at some point.

BTW, I'm now at 178,500km. Which is 111,500 miles in American language.

TSXtacy

i thought this was gonna be another one of them jeff foxworthy jokes from blue collar TV
gotta stop smokin the reefer