{"id":17485,"date":"2013-08-01T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T01:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=17485"},"modified":"2013-08-01T21:46:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T01:46:08","slug":"new-spark-plugs-after-166358-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/01\/new-spark-plugs-after-166358-miles\/","title":{"rendered":"New Spark Plugs after 166358 Miles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/random_stuff\/IMG_7514.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Old spark plugs from the 2006 Honda Civic EX after 166358 miles.\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/d\/104421-2\/IMG_7514.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My 2006 Honda Civic EX was probably a bit overdue for new spark plugs. I&#8217;d neglected this maintenance item for a while, but at 166358 miles it was long overdue. This evening I picked up four Autolite plugs on the way home and swapped them out. This was considerably easier than I expected.<\/p>\n<p>I only ran into one small problem, when the rubber-lined spark plug socket would remain stuck to the plug deep inside the engine, popping off the extension as I tried to remove all of it. After unsuccessfully attempting to shim the extension in the socket I wrapped one turn of <a title=\"Gaffer\u2019s Tape for Emergency Bike Repairs\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/29\/gaffers-tape-for-emergency-bike-repairs\/\">Gaffer&#8217;s tape<\/a> around the assembly (<a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/random_stuff\/IMG_7515.jpg.html\">photo<\/a>) and this problem resolved. All plugs are installed, torqued to spec, with threads coated with copper-based anti-seize. It may have just been coincidental, but the car seemed to start quicker after replacing the plugs. Maybe it&#8217;ll run a bit better now, and if I&#8217;m lucky maybe I&#8217;ll get better mileage&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My 2006 Honda Civic EX was probably a bit overdue for new spark plugs. I&#8217;d neglected this maintenance item for a while, but at 166358&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/01\/new-spark-plugs-after-166358-miles\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Spark Plugs after 166358 Miles<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17486,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17485\/revisions\/17486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}