Found the Culprit!
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Found the Culprit!
I've been noticing a significant loss of power lately and was too busy to look into it. And for those of you who saw my video, my truck seems to accelerate more slowly than others. Anyways, I had some free time yesterday and while I was pondering the power loss, I remembered I hadn't changed the plugs in over a year and around 18K miles!
So I bought some new ones, Bosch Platinum 2's. Record install time of 30 min flat.
All of my power seems to have been regained! And now Im making a rule for myself....change plugs every 6 months
take a look at the damage
So I bought some new ones, Bosch Platinum 2's. Record install time of 30 min flat.
All of my power seems to have been regained! And now Im making a rule for myself....change plugs every 6 months
take a look at the damage
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ummmmm you do realize that you can run plugs up to around 60,000 miles without having to change them, well if you get Motorcraft.........
if you are running Bosch, then yes you will have to change them every 6 months.......my truck had almost 9 years and 85,000 miles on the orgional plugs......
do a search and you will find out that Bosch plugs are junk.......
if you are running Bosch, then yes you will have to change them every 6 months.......my truck had almost 9 years and 85,000 miles on the orgional plugs......
do a search and you will find out that Bosch plugs are junk.......
#6
Originally Posted by lifted97ranger
ummmmm you do realize that you can run plugs up to around 60,000 miles without having to change them, well if you get Motorcraft.........
if you are running Bosch, then yes you will have to change them every 6 months.......my truck had almost 9 years and 85,000 miles on the orgional plugs......
do a search and you will find out that Bosch plugs are junk.......
if you are running Bosch, then yes you will have to change them every 6 months.......my truck had almost 9 years and 85,000 miles on the orgional plugs......
do a search and you will find out that Bosch plugs are junk.......
#8
Originally Posted by Werty
Yes, I know stock Motorcraft plugs will last longer, but I prefer the Bosch. And its not like they weren't completely useless...Im sure they would last much longer. But I prefer to keep things fresh.
o well....i guess you will help keep Bosch in business...
#18
Originally Posted by 0RangerEdge2
Ok, so since you changed the plugs do you have a new acceleration video? Because I remember you posting 1/4 mile times and them being slow as well for all your modifications.
I will make a new video this coming weekend probably...or maybe today if i have time
#20
Originally Posted by RentonRanger
Isn't Autolite made by Motorcraft?
yeah I actually ran the originals in my 2000 up to 83k ish miles before i changed them and they didnt look too bad and I didnt really notice a gain, i dunno. But you have different plugs than stock so who knows, maybe those need to be changed more often in the 3.0L. Get some new vids up though!
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