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I know it's probably a stupid question, but for some stupid reason I cannot
find any information on how tight to tighten a Range Rover v8's spark plugs.
there must be some torque value or information somewhere. I have never
had an alloy head engine before so have no idea how tight is right ;-)
I had a weird ticking sound the other day, it only occured when I took my
foot off the throttle. Sounded just like a loose spark plug. But as I
have only just had the thing serviced, how could a loose plug be possible??
Well the plug was about half way out of the head!!!!! I suspect it has
done some damage to the aluminium head threads as they look a little worn.
So the question is how tight should these plugs be tightened. And the
second question is how hard should I kick the arse of the mechanic who
installed them..... Bit peeved about the last service done on it, lots of
irritating things, like a sump plug done up so tight I had to use a
hydralic jack and a 2ft breaker bar to undo, The car lifted about 12 inches
before the sump plug moved. After that I decided to do all the servicing
myself...
Stuart
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