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[Valo666]

I dunno what the hell is wrong with this, but it keeps happening to me. I poped my hood the other day 2 add some washer fluid. When i was whiping down every thing, i noticed that my second sparkplug wire from the passanger side was poped out a bit. The other 3 are all seated down properly, then the one is poped up. I also noticed theres a bit of dirt n grime under where its poped up. I can push the wire back down and it seats properly when the engine is cool. When i drive, if i keep the speed down, below 50km/h, its fine. If i go over 60km/h, the wire pops up. These wires are only like 3 months old, and have never had a problem with them b4. Any one have somethin like this happen to them??/ know what the problem could be??

this is what im talking about


and when its cold, u push it down and it stays down


and just for the hell of it, my engine bay.


This post has been edited by Valo666: Nov 8, 2005 - 2:53 PM

[K-ESD]

my only guess would be that ur spark plug isn't sealed right and some of the compression escapes, poping the wire out of place

[Valo666]

pulled the wire, tightned the plug, keeps happening

[presure2]

take a set of needlenose pliers and just give the "ring" that clicks onto the plug a LITTLE squeeze, just to make it a little smaller.
should grab tighter, and stop popping off.

[Valo666]

ill try that tomorrow. Ty for the help manny.

[95CelicaST]

Off topic, but where did you get that strut bar?

[creis]

^ looks like a reactive, they sell em at cartoys or online I think.

very odd, does it still make the connection to the spark plud when its up like that, I hope your not running on 3 cylenders. (i have seen an old vw rabbit run on just 1 out of 4, its was great ) anyway, you said there only 3 months old, are they a cheap brand, maybe there not a perfect fit and when the motor wiggles around wile driving they shake lose, I would maybe try a diff brand cable or something.

PS: woot i got 4 boxes now

This post has been edited by creis: Nov 17, 2005 - 2:27 PM

[nightryder]

This exact thing happened to me about a week b4 my head blew. Only diff is it happened to two of mine . I knew i needed a spark plug change so what I did was changed all the boots, wires and plugs.It took like 30 min and now its fine. Another thing , make sure your nuts underneath the boots and tight, that could be why you have a lil oil up in there (and who knows, maybe its why it was popping). But about the "runnin on three cylinder" thing I was running on two, and Im pretty sure thats why i got the crack in my head (so im told) it was only a small crack but it spread. so id be careful, I hope it works out better for you than it did for me!!! Good Luck bro. let us know how it comes out.

[playr158]

make sure you have the right spark plugs and that the gap is right......

[Agent21]

Are your tube seals ok? Looks like a lot of oil on the top of the seal.

[nightryder]

Are your tube seals ok? Looks like a lot of oil on the top of the seal.

yeah you should prob take a look at those too

[Valo666]

plug and gap is ok(NGK Iridium, dont needa gap), i pinched the wire and it stopped. I actually have no clue of what that is under the wire cap, its not oil or gas, its just dirt and grime. The thing is, its just the sleave of the plug wire thats moving up. the wires i have (crappy bosch) have the sleve attached seperate. Ie the actuall wire just sits there, the sleve is really only used to guard crap from goin down the hole. My cars runnin fine now that i crimped the wire. And yes it is a ractive (neon) strut bar. Cost me $50. works great.