Greetings and Salutations
So the other night (morning), I'm driving home, on the interstate, when
"Bang!" right in the middle of a lovely tuba solo, the spark plug ejects
itself from the spark plug port. Well, actually, it wasn't till later that
I determined that this, in deed, what had occurred. It just launched the
ceramic portion of the plug - not very far, but out of the rest of the part
- and left me with a badly missing engine. Well, the engine was still
there, but 1/4 the cylinders weren't participating in the process of
delivering power to the drive train. Pollutants to the environment, but no
power. I drove it back to work, and slept at a bud's place (I figure it is
easier to walk 1.5 miles to work, than 65.2. Faster too.), and took it in
for a Professional Opinion. (Which was, "Yep, need to replace the
sparkplug. That will be a hundred dollars. You need to get the engine
tuned too, and your rear tires are starting to get wore down.")
Okay, so the sparkplug failed to hold together under operating
conditions, does any one have any explanation why this plug might have
"gone west" (so to speak) in this fashion?
Oh yes, I'm driving a 1990 Ranger, 2.3 liter EFI, and I "just" had the
plugs replaced during a tune up a year ago.
cheers
pyotr
p.s. Taking a Ford into a Chevy dealership (it was that or nothing, small
town), provides a number of opportunities for humor. "You do realize, that
if I had a Chevy, this wouldn't have happened, and you guys wouldn't be
getting paid for this?"
.. "cool" in a bizarre manner, but very disturbing, especially on the drive
back.
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pyotr filipivich
TV NEWS: Yesterday's newspaper read to the illiterate.
So the other night (morning), I'm driving home, on the interstate, when
"Bang!" right in the middle of a lovely tuba solo, the spark plug ejects
itself from the spark plug port. Well, actually, it wasn't till later that
I determined that this, in deed, what had occurred. It just launched the
ceramic portion of the plug - not very far, but out of the rest of the part
- and left me with a badly missing engine. Well, the engine was still
there, but 1/4 the cylinders weren't participating in the process of
delivering power to the drive train. Pollutants to the environment, but no
power. I drove it back to work, and slept at a bud's place (I figure it is
easier to walk 1.5 miles to work, than 65.2. Faster too.), and took it in
for a Professional Opinion. (Which was, "Yep, need to replace the
sparkplug. That will be a hundred dollars. You need to get the engine
tuned too, and your rear tires are starting to get wore down.")
Okay, so the sparkplug failed to hold together under operating
conditions, does any one have any explanation why this plug might have
"gone west" (so to speak) in this fashion?
Oh yes, I'm driving a 1990 Ranger, 2.3 liter EFI, and I "just" had the
plugs replaced during a tune up a year ago.
cheers
pyotr
p.s. Taking a Ford into a Chevy dealership (it was that or nothing, small
town), provides a number of opportunities for humor. "You do realize, that
if I had a Chevy, this wouldn't have happened, and you guys wouldn't be
getting paid for this?"
.. "cool" in a bizarre manner, but very disturbing, especially on the drive
back.
--
pyotr filipivich
TV NEWS: Yesterday's newspaper read to the illiterate.