[E-Type] Spark Plugs - Ray

Les_Halls · June 10, 2009, 8:51pm

Yo Ray…back in feb 05 you recommended using NGK BP5ES plugs. Still feel the same way?

Les Halls
Atlanta Ga
'68 S1.5 2+2______________________________________________________
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Ray_Livingston · June 10, 2009, 9:03pm

In reply to a message from Les Halls sent Wed 10 Jun 2009:

Les,

I’mnot fussy about plugs. I’ve used the NGKs in the past, and they
worked just fine. I’ve had the same set of Champions in the car
for probably 5 years now, and they work just fine as well. Despite
what some people seem to think, plugs is plugs. They pretty much
either work, or they don’t.–
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Yo Ray…back in feb 05 you recommended using NGK BP5ES plugs. Still feel the same way?
Les Halls

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vrooomie · June 10, 2009, 9:13pm

In reply to a message from Ray Livingston sent Wed 10 Jun 2009:

I second that. One codecil: I’ve had a string of bad Bosch
Platinums and have stopped using them, reverting back to NGKs.

Just remember, no matter the brand, use anti-seize on the threads.
Buy what’s on sale, and DO NOT fall for the ‘‘Spitfire’’ plug hoohaw.–
The original message included these comments:

I’mnot fussy about plugs. I’ve used the NGKs in the past, and they
worked just fine. I’ve had the same set of Champions in the car
for probably 5 years now, and they work just fine as well. Despite
what some people seem to think, plugs is plugs. They pretty much
either work, or they don’t.

–
Paul Wigton, steward to a '60 DKW 1000 SP, Tweety, '63 FHC!
Keenesburg, CO, United States
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Les_Halls · June 10, 2009, 9:54pm

Thanks…just replacing mine that have been on the engine for a few years and wondered if your thoughts were as they were way back when.
I’ve actually just purchased a set of standard BP5ES plugs from NAPA at 2.09 a piece…decent price I thought.
Then I found the NGK Wholesale site who has them for $1.78 a piece…plus shipping of course.
But then I saw they had Iridium plugs for about $7.00 a piece so I bought a set of those too. We’ll see if there’s any real difference on my rich Weber motor, or I just wasted my $$.

Les Halls
Atlanta Ga
'68 S1.5 2+2----------------------------------------

To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: Re: [E-Type] Spark Plugs - Ray
From: jagboy@pacbell.net
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:03:46 -0700

In reply to a message from Les Halls sent Wed 10 Jun 2009:

Les,

I’mnot fussy about plugs. I’ve used the NGKs in the past, and they
worked just fine. I’ve had the same set of Champions in the car
for probably 5 years now, and they work just fine as well. Despite
what some people seem to think, plugs is plugs. They pretty much
either work, or they don’t.

The original message included these comments:

Yo Ray…back in feb 05 you recommended using NGK BP5ES plugs. Still feel the same way?
Les Halls

–
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Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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shammy · June 10, 2009, 10:25pm

In reply to a message from Les Halls sent Wed 10 Jun 2009:

On this subject, I’m using NGK BP5Es’s and have no real
complaint with them other than the following; If I start
the car and move it out of the garage to just outside and
sometime later move it back inside, so never getting the
engine up to temp, then the following day, the engine will
miss fire running on maybe only 3 cylinders. I pull the
plugs out, give them a clean with a wire brush then a rinse
with metho and away it goes. The plugs when they come out
are covered with a coating of carbon which I guess is acting
as a good insulator.
I know the obvious solution is to get the engine up to temp
but have never had this problem with other engines. Any
thoughts why this is so???

Bill–
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Ray_Livingston · June 10, 2009, 10:38pm

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Bill,

You’re running it too rich.–
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Les_Halls · June 10, 2009, 11:05pm

Well, it does sound like the choke on one or more of the carbs is running very rich and leaves the uber-rich coating, which fouls the plugs next time out.
I have to say though, even this sounds a bit thin…I run my webers pretty much the same way on occasion and have never had this kind of problem, and they do tend to run rich.
As you say, the best solution is probably to let the engine run for a couple of mins to burn off the excess, although I do come back to the over rich choke setting.

Les Halls
Atlanta Ga
'68 S1.5 2+2----------------------------------------

To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: RE: [E-Type] Spark Plugs - Ray
From: shammy@bigpond.net.au
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:25:35 -0700

In reply to a message from Les Halls sent Wed 10 Jun 2009:

On this subject, I’m using NGK BP5Es’s and have no real
complaint with them other than the following; If I start
the car and move it out of the garage to just outside and
sometime later move it back inside, so never getting the
engine up to temp, then the following day, the engine will
miss fire running on maybe only 3 cylinders. I pull the
plugs out, give them a clean with a wire brush then a rinse
with metho and away it goes. The plugs when they come out
are covered with a coating of carbon which I guess is acting
as a good insulator.
I know the obvious solution is to get the engine up to temp
but have never had this problem with other engines. Any
thoughts why this is so???

Bill

Bill Shambrook 67 2+2 1E50678
Brisbane, Australia
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chuck_goolsbee · June 10, 2009, 11:12pm

As you say, the best solution is probably to let the engine run for a
couple of mins to burn off the excess,

Or just go for a good hard DRIVE!

I never move my Jaguar in and out of the garage with a few spirited laps around the county.

–chuck goolsbee
65ots, 1E10715
arlington, wa, usa
http://chuck.goolsbee.orgOn Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:05:22 -0400, Les Halls wrote:

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shammy · June 10, 2009, 11:20pm

In reply to a message from Ray Livingston sent Wed 10 Jun 2009:

Really, that hadn’t occurred to me. I get a backfire
through one of the carbs when I floor it and thought I was
running to lean so have been setting it richer by an 1/8 of
a turn every time I take it for a drive.

Bill–
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Bill,
You’re running it too rich.

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shammy · June 11, 2009, 1:31am

In reply to a message from chuck goolsbee sent Wed 10 Jun 2009:

You’re right Chuck, but the temp is down to 7 degrees this
morning. Now I know you probably think that’s a barmy day
but for us that is cold.

Bill–
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Or just go for a good hard DRIVE!
I never move my Jaguar in and out of the garage with a few spirited laps around the county.

–
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[E-Type] Spark Plugs - Ray

I’mnot fussy about plugs. I’ve used the NGKs in the past, and they worked just fine. I’ve had the same set of Champions in the car for probably 5 years now, and they work just fine as well. Despite what some people seem to think, plugs is plugs. They pretty much either work, or they don’t.

Bill

I’mnot fussy about plugs. I’ve used the NGKs in the past, and they
worked just fine. I’ve had the same set of Champions in the car
for probably 5 years now, and they work just fine as well. Despite
what some people seem to think, plugs is plugs. They pretty much
either work, or they don’t.