Do my spark plugs look okay?

[overst33r]

While I was doing my valve cover gasket and CAS o ring, I wanted to see how my spark plugs looked that I installed about 6 months ago. They are NGK plugs from Pep Boys. I did not check the gap on them, just put them straight in out of the box.

Here are pictures.

Cylinder 4: http://img339.imageshack.us/im.../3817/cylinder4yr5.jpg

Cylinder 3: http://img339.imageshack.us/im...2924/cylinder33bf3.jpg

Cylinder 2: http://img339.imageshack.us/im.../743/cylinder21qx2.jpg

Cylinder 1: http://img174.imageshack.us/im...9786/cylinder11ai0.jpg

Some will say that you can't read plugs, but I just want to hear some opinions. I've read/heard they are supposed to be light brownish, which mine do not look like. I'm concerned that my car is running too lean...

 

[AnnonUSA]

They look fine.

 

[Howard]

http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/engine/plugs.html

 

[The Stigenator]

they look fine.. its not hot.. though your cylinder 1 and 3 have soot in them.. check your valves.

 

[overst33r]

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
they look fine.. its not hot.. though your cylinder 1 and 3 have soot in them.. check your valves.

Well i've had a leaky valve cover gasket which I replaced today...

 

[jagec]

They're running a tiny bit on the hot side, but not so hot that you need to change the heat range.

 

[Billb2]

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
they look fine.. its not hot.. though your cylinder 1 and 3 have soot in them.. check your valves.

Well i've had a leaky valve cover gasket which I replaced today...

LOL.........

 

[PandaBear]

looks perfect, still has a lot of life left in them. NGK V power usually wear well down to when the V grove starts disappearing, at around 30k miles to 35k miles.

 

[c3p0]

I agree with TheGoodGuy. Cylinders 1 & 3 have a little carbon build up probably due to either leaky valve stem seals or the oil control ring on your pistons. Cylinders 2 & 4 look pretty good. Maybe a tiny bit on the hot side. I work in an engine dynamometer test laboratory and I look at spark plugs a couple of times a week. I've seen a lot worse than yours.

c3p0
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