spark plug change experience

[FSETH]

i-want-in,

Please feel free to grace the guys at the Porsche forums with your presence and abundance of automotive knowledge seeing as you have struck out here many times over. In all seriousness, all you have done in this thread is spread misinformation. Not much of anything you have said is true or makes sense, regardless of how right you think you are.

[m5james]

I literally just laughed in my Captain Morgan eggnog....nice.

[msammy]

Originally Posted by ekimv65

Hi all,

I am changing the plugs and from what I can find is a gap setting of .44. I do not have any verification of this from BMW. Anyone have any insight?

Thanks.

This is the most intelligent post on this entire thread about changing spark plugs, but was never answered. If everyone on this forum is taking the plugs out of the box and installing without properly gapping them, then all this discussion on torque, anti-seize, pictures of Ferrari’s (or whatever), etc. is irrelevant - you're all doing it wrong. Did you check for proper gap settings before installing? If not, all the power and fuel efficiency comments are irrelevant and you're wasting your time and money. What is the proper gap settings for spark plugs for a 3.0Si inline six??? I'm curious since I'll be installing new plugs soon. Anyone know what the proper gap setting is?

[JCL]

Originally Posted by msammy

This is the most intelligent post on this entire thread about changing spark plugs, but was never answered. If everyone on this forum is taking the plugs out of the box and installing without properly gapping them, then all this discussion on torque, anti-seize, pictures of Ferrari’s (or whatever), etc. is irrelevant - you're all doing it wrong. Did you check for proper gap settings before installing? If not, all the power and fuel efficiency comments are irrelevant and you're wasting your time and money. What is the proper gap settings for spark plugs for a 3.0Si inline six??? I'm curious since I'll be installing new plugs soon. Anyone know what the proper gap setting is?

Per NGK and Bosch, the plug gaps on the plugs for the X5 are not adjustable. Take them out of the box and use them. If they have been dropped, then the reduced gap is visible, and you shouldn't use them.

[i-want-in]

Originally Posted by FSETH

i-want-in,

Please feel free to grace the guys at the Porsche forums with your presence and abundance of automotive knowledge seeing as you have struck out here many times over. In all seriousness, all you have done in this thread is spread misinformation. Not much of anything you have said is true or makes sense, regardless of how right you think you are.

The porsche forum is boring.......they dont break that much. Seriously, I dont know why u guys are worried about plugs anyway, it's not the bane of the x5. Its the whole x5....lol. Ok, I'm out-

[FSETH]

Later troll. Come back when you get your facts straight and/or have anything at all to offer here.

[J.Belknap]

Originally Posted by JCL

Per NGK and Bosch, the plug gaps on the plugs for the X5 are not adjustable. Take them out of the box and use them. If they have been dropped, then the reduced gap is visible, and you shouldn't use them.

I was very surprised to see a quad tip.

[E55AMG2]

Originally Posted by msammy

This is the most intelligent post on this entire thread about changing spark plugs, but was never answered. If everyone on this forum is taking the plugs out of the box and installing without properly gapping them, then all this discussion on torque, anti-seize, pictures of Ferrari’s (or whatever), etc. is irrelevant - you're all doing it wrong. Did you check for proper gap settings before installing? If not, all the power and fuel efficiency comments are irrelevant and you're wasting your time and money. What is the proper gap settings for spark plugs for a 3.0Si inline six??? I'm curious since I'll be installing new plugs soon. Anyone know what the proper gap setting is?

The plugs from both NGK and Bosch are non adjustable. To be more clear, they mean they are not to be adjusted and come pre-gapped. Anyone who's touched them would also know that it would be pretty tough to get a gap gauge in there with the quad setup they've got.

[E55AMG2]

Originally Posted by JCL

Per NGK and Bosch, the plug gaps on the plugs for the X5 are not adjustable. Take them out of the box and use them. If they have been dropped, then the reduced gap is visible, and you shouldn't use them.

they even come with cardboard sleeves to keep exactly this from happening

[JCL]

I still look at them when installing them to make sure they haven't been dropped, despite the cardboard or clear plastic protective sleeves.

Msammy is thinking of single electrode plugs, and not even all of those can be gapped by the installer, as the insulator will break on many of them if a feeler gauge is inserted.

I still have my feeler gauges in my roller cabinet though. You never know when you might need to set the points on a classic.