New NKG's and now hickups

[zero97tsi]

So I fnially remembered to replace the Bosch Platinums that I put in (before I knew anything about my car ) with the NGK BPR6ES's and gapped em' to .28ish (as close as I could with the ramp gapper) and now when it idles it sounds like its missing every so often.

Excuse my use of text "noises" but here goes.

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrburrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Make sure no ones watching you and make that noise and thats what it sounds like.

As I said it's not something that happens constantly, like its missing consecutive times in a row, it just comes and goes, and doesnt do it under throttle (or at least as far as I can hear) and only seems to do it when it starts to get warm. Occasionally it has a slightly more violent hickup but that is few and far between.

Wires havent been changed and probably should, but I dont understand why it would have been fine before and since the switch to NGK have gone bad. It was a period of about 15 minutes.

Things that are not stock:
14b @ ~14 PSI
Fuel pump rewire
vacuum tube removal.

 

[snowborder714]

NGK BPR6ES's and gapped em' to .28ish

It should be .028.

 

[Artago]

Haha, I think he meant 0.028. 0.28 is big enough to fit your finger in the gap.

 

[thekellbeast]

It should be .028.

I'm pretty sure that's what he meant. I'd like to see somebody gap a sparkplug to over a quarter of an inch.

 

[NATAS]

Make sure your plug wires are snug? Maybe throw a little conductive grease in there? Did you do anything else at the same time you changed your plugs? Try your old ones and see if it runs any better. It's rare, but maybe you got a fubarred plug from the factory? Good Luck on it, but it definitely seems simple unless you dropped something in the plug hole while you were swapping out the old ones kekeke.

 

[zero97tsi]

Ummm, no... I meant .28, just like I said. I just used a blade chissle and twisted it alittle and yea, correct gap...

Anyway. Unfortunatly when I got my shiny new NGK's in, I held the bosch's up, chuckled at them, and threw them away one at a time to some Journey song, for ambiance.

Maybe Ill pick up another set from work (it pays to have a side job at Advance when you own a DSM ) tommorow and see what happens.

 

[luv2rallye]

Ummm, no... I meant .28, just like I said.

If you gapped them at .28 that DEFINATELY is your problem. They must be at .028"!

 

[turbodsm18]

Ummm, no... I meant .28, just like I said. I just used a blade chissle and twisted it alittle and yea, correct gap...

Anyway. Unfortunatly when I got my shiny new NGK's in, I held the bosch's up, chuckled at them, and threw them away one at a time to some Journey song, for ambiance.

Maybe Ill pick up another set from work (it pays to have a side job at Advance when you own a DSM ) tommorow and see what happens.

Rofl

 

[Boostin91TSi]

Well if you can re-adjust the spark plug to .028 then do so. If you have to, then just buy new ones and re-gap those. At .28, your spark is not big enough to reach between the electrode (I think that is what it is called), and the other little piece. I can't think of the name of that other piece this early in the morning.

 

[delta448]

gapped em' to .28ish (as close as I could with the ramp gapper)

Ummm, no... I meant .28, just like I said. I just used a blade chissle and twisted it alittle and yea, correct gap...

Sarcasm really needs to be audible to be fully appreciated...
I'd like to see anything idle at all with a gap of .28, that would require an assload of secondary voltage.

Have you checked the wires at night for any arcing? If it's dark enough you should be able to see it with bad wires. If the wires are fine I'd re-check the plugs, did you get the same heat range?

 

[zero97tsi]

Sarcasm really needs to be audible to be fully appreciated...
I'd like to see anything idle at all with a gap of .28, that would require an assload of secondary voltage.

Have you checked the wires at night for any arcing? If it's dark enough you should be able to see it with bad wires. If the wires are fine I'd re-check the plugs, did you get the same heat range?

I thought I made it as audible as possible there

The 6's are the recomended heat range for stock correct? I was under that impression, so thats what I got, unless my engine is running worse that I thought, but I dont think it is.

The only problem I have right now is I believe my fuel pressure solenoid is bad, so even though its not hooked up to any vacuum lines I believe its still haunting me just cause it's still throwing codes out, which, I don't believe it is supposed to do when its stripped of its vacuum duties, none of the other solenoids seem to have any problems.

I'll go watch my car run whilst I douse my lungs in poisons and see if I get a light show.

 

[snowborder714]

The 6's are the recomended heat range for stock correct? I was under that impression, so thats what I got, unless my engine is running worse that I thought, but I dont think it is.

That is correct.

I don't believe it is supposed to do when its stripped of its vacuum duties

That is also correct. It should only throw a code if you've unplugged the solenoid.