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10-08-2013, 09:56 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 1LT yellow non RS Join Date: May 2011
Location: Louisiana
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How accurate are the service intervals in the manual?
Ok so lately my wife has been getting less MPG in her car (2008 dodge caliber 1.8l). We bought the car new with 6 miles on it back in 08. I always do the maintenance on it. So I decided to take a look at the spark plugs today and man they were shot. The electrodes on all 4 were completely worn down. The gap according to the book is suppose to be .030. When I checked the gap they were at .080 on each plug
 . Could explain the decrease in fuel economy. So this got me thinking. The owners manual on her car says the plugs should be replaced at 102,000 or every 102 months. Well her car is sitting at 81,000 miles. So if the plugs were that bad and still within what the book says, how accurate could the intervals be on our camaro's? I am at 50,000 miles on my camaro and am considering checking/replacing mine.
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10-08-2013, 10:00 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LS 3.6 LLT V6 325 HP Join Date: May 2009
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NGK makes the Delco plugs, your good to go.
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10-08-2013, 10:34 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 1LT yellow non RS Join Date: May 2011
Location: Louisiana
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kinda funny because the plugs I replaced in her car were NGK plugs.
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Staff Sergeant U.S. Army 13B Gun Bunny. 2011 Camaro 1LT A6 Mods: Pypes bomb V8 exhaust, Magnaflow x-pipe, resonator delete, Roto-Fab cold air intake, Vmax Black Ice-olator, Elite Engineering catch can, painted engine cover and fuse box cover, 3dCarbon Front Fender Vents, Street Scene Front Splitter, ZL1 Side Rockers, Anvil Notch Rear Spoiler, interior/engine bay LED lights, two JL Audio W3's 10" and 1000w kenwood amp |
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10-09-2013, 12:41 AM
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Drives: 2017 2SS M6 Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: WNY
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plugs on Camaro say 100,000 but will probably be more like 70,000.
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