curtk69

holy those plugs look terrible. even despite the fact they all broke, they look like they were pretty burned up, how well did or didnt it run?

kozal01

iTrader: (2)

Im sure they didnt look that bad before he pushed the electrode through with the lisle tool.

Chrisminer01

It ran alright. The reason they look so bad I believe is due to the removal process which pushes the porcelain all the way down almost through the tip. However, it misfired nearly every time I would give it gas going up hill. The first thing I did after changing them was hit a big hill near my house and it was very smooth.

Chrisminer01

Lol. Exactly!

kozal01

iTrader: (2)

I was surprised how worn mine were at 75K when I changed them, I bet yours were a but worse even. I think the original 100K interval was a stretch even without the plug breaking issue. I will likely change mine every 50K to 75K from now on.

Chrisminer01

I bought my truck at 118 but didn't notice any plug symptoms until I started feeling the uphill shudder. I did some research and was intimidated by the plug change but now that I did it I wish I had done it earlier especially since my change was nearly worse case scenario and I was still able to get it done in a day. Too bad though I love seeing passengers' reaction when I'm hitting the gas up hill with the old plugs... The consensus was usually something like "I think your transmission is going to fall out of the truck"

digitaltrucker

Anyone with a 2008 and the Brown boots, running into any issues?

08screwCA

Nope 0 broken plugs on my 08

digitaltrucker

Did you do any of the prep or just go after it?

08screwCA

Used seafoam deep creep sit for about an hour after i cracked the threads then just worked them out. The seafoam is 100% petroleum based penetrant and the guy at napa swore by the stuff