Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 100,000 mile spark plugs....

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

Hey Robert: Man, if I had 102K on a set of plugs in my engine, I couldn't sleep 
at night.?As with?all my vehicles, when I change oil @5K, I check, replace or 
service everything I can see. That means plugs, fluids, and filters, etc. That 
way, if anything does go south, I can say that it wasn't my neglect that 
contributed to the problem. Hey, I wasn't sitting on my shriveled old ass while 
I should have been taking care of business. 

Besides, that's just one more reason that I can spend more time with my beloved 
Fazzaz without der Frau yelling at me.?

One of the rather nasty surprises I was faced with when I married der Frau, was 
that she had a car that she had leased on a 5?year-50K mile basis, and the 
lease was up in 2 months. I thought,fine, no problem until I looked at the 
odometer and it read 105K, and she had NEVER changed the oil. At the end of the 
lease, I paid the Lease Co. the book value of the car, had it detailed, tuned, 
flushed the engine, changed the oil with 50 weight non-detergent?and added 2 
cans of that engine fixer stuff. I got $900 for it. (OUCH!)

Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba




-----Original Message-----
From: robert
Subject: [Ferrari] 100,000 mile spark plugs....



As racing season is coming up, I decided to change the spark plugs in my Z06.  
Never done that before.  The car has 102K miles on it, all on the same set of 
plugs.  I've run the car in 24 Open Road Races, so about 2400 of those miles 
were at 140+ mph.  Most of the rest were freeway miles, but I expected some 
significant wear on the electrodes.  I (with much difficulty) pulled them out, 
and, much to my surprise,...they looked pretty much brand new.  Few deposits.  
Little change to the electrodes.  Amazing.

I've attached a picture.  New vs. old plugs.  

Bob
'78 308GTS
'01 Corvette Z06
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