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justin
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5/09/2004
00:57:31
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I went to my autoparts store and I asked for some autolites for my truck she asked what kinda truck i had i said a 98 3.9l dakota and she brought it up on the computer and gave me the 5224 autolite so I went ahead and put them in my truck and it runs good but I didnt gap them were these plugs already gaped for my kinda truck cuz she said these plugs were for the 98 3.9l dak
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kelly
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5/09/2004
01:13:18
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Hey Justin, when ever you buy plugs from any auto parts store the plugs are usually not gapped, when she looked them up on the computer she was probably just finding the right plug for the 3.9l engine, i bought a set of plugs for my 2000 quad and they did the same thing to me at my parts store too, the truck will run okay but you will get crappy mileage and harder starting at least that is what i found anyhow.
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justin
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5/09/2004
01:17:58
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would it affect my 0 to 60 time, and my truck seems to run the same as the old plugs and starts the same
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kelly
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5/09/2004
02:19:00
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Having your plugs not gapped will probably in the long run, decrease your fuel mileage and your overall performance, i would check with your parts store, places like walmart would not gap the plugs but if you went to a good place they might have already done it, i would find out where you bought them from if they were gapped already or not.
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justin
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5/09/2004
02:26:47
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i bought them at the orielly auto parts store i found out that the 5224 plugs is the same as the stock plugs but i dont know if they were already gapped them, my truck seems to run fine ive gottin up to 80 mph and i dont notice any difference in the way it drives. and kelly were are you from because i know someone by the name of kelly he lives in my neighborhood
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kelly
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5/09/2004
02:43:18
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Sorry man unless you from Edmonton alberta Canada then maybe but i doubt it, i actually talked to a buddy of mine and he say's you are goining to get nothing but problems in the long run if those plugs were not gapped, he say's that your vehicle might back fire, stall, screw up your timing but not by much, get crappy fuel economy and burn out the life quickly from those plugs but like i said before, you might have lucked out and got ones that were gapped already, but who knows.
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justin
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5/09/2004
03:29:54
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ok i just went to the autolite web site and yes the 5224 plugs are already gapped to .040 which are the same as the stock plugs but i have another question does it matter how tight the plugs half to be because i just tightened them in there. i just turned 16 a couple of mounthes ago and got my license so i dont know much about cars
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kelly
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5/09/2004
04:39:17
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Well for starters if you attempted to change the plugs yourself you are on the right track already! when you intall spark plugs you are supposed to tighten them with a spark plug socket wrench, not to tight that you can't get them out, because if you tighten them to tight and you can't get them out, you will have to have them drilled out wich is what you don't want, but tight enough and then a quarter turn back i hope you can understand what i mean, but hey, age has nothing to do with it, it's good to see that you are trying
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