HarleyLTD

Hello Everyone

This is just a warning for those who are not happy with the motorcraft/autolile plugs and feel the champions are a gamble also. I purchased these through JEGS and they are the E3.70 plugs for the engines built before 10/2007. I missed this chane by a week!! Basically, the pictures that I will post - after I search how to upload them will show how dissapointed and poor the quality of these plugs are. Please do not flame me for this, but I am posting this based on my own experience.

Basically, as shipped, I noticed the MADE IN CHINA on the box. Just after I picked these up from FedEx I opened them quickly to make sure they were the right ones. well turns out the porclin in two of them is cracked. All of them have a poor weld and clean up on the ground strap and most are not centered or even. If you look at all 8 plugs, they are all different in some way and none have the same issue. Basically, I took some pictures and boxed them up.

In JEGS defense, they have not carried this brand for very long, and they sent a return tag for me to get a full refund.

So it looks like I'll be using the Champions instead. At least these are one peice also, and have worked for 30000 km in my relatives 4.6 3V explorer, which all 8 plugs broke upon changing them.

I will try to get the pictures up ASAP.

HarleyLTD

These are the pictures I have, but basically one is showing the broken insulator, the bent ground strap, the offcenter electrode and the poor weld. The wels is really hard to see, but basically they leave a clump on the inside and its small enough that it WILL cause a hot spot and you FORSURE WILL HAVE PING/SPARK knock issues.

diamonbird

Thanks for telling us!

Turtle2004

And I was going to order a set thanks for The warning

bogeyrider63

good to know. i was strongly considering these for when i do my plugs cause i wanted a one piece.

Mod (Ret.)

I would suggest you post this along with the pics, in the spark plug sticky at he top of this forum.

jamesyarbrough

wow, looks like they could be nice if they wernt pos plugs lol.

i dont know why folks dont just run the motorcraft, they last 100k

Turtle2004

i dont know why folks dont just run the motorcraft, they last 100k[/QUOTE

Simple I don't want The same problems on my next tune up I plan on running this truck till about 250k mikes

BBS_Jeff

You mean the 100k plugs I'm changing 40k early, because I have multiple misdirected issues? Huh, don't know why.

AFSOCSGT

I put E3 in my Toy T100, they only lasted 3 months, they are garbage.