I was changing my spark plugs but got lazy and only changed 4 of 6. The other 2 are old and dirty and fouled with bad wires. Can this damage my engine? What does it do to the engine?
Can you damage your engine by only installing 4 of 6 spark plugs?
it defeats the purpose , it still runs sh..ty brake down and buy a couple of plugs
Can you damage your engine by only installing 4 of 6 spark plugs?
It may misfire %26amp; set off the check engine light. But I think lower gas mileage would be the most likely result. Find a good mechanically inclined friend to do it %26amp; buy him/her a few beers in return.
It could seriously damage the engine if these old two were not firing properly. You could end up with fuel pooling in either of the two cylinders and have a catastrophic engine failure if it does fire. Although if they work fine but are just old... just forget it.
yes it will cause it to misfire and use on 4 cyclinder instead of 6. Dont be lazy and fix it
What was the point of doing a half of a job? It won't run as well. It's like changing the oil without installing a new filter.
itll misfire, lower gas mileage, make your engine run rough, and if it stops firing, gas will build up in the cylinder and detonate. possibly destroying your engine. change all 6 lazy a$$. its really not that hard
what your kidding right. well ok lets see if you needed to go 100 miles but your car got lazy at about 60 miles would you break down crying cause you have to walk the rest of the way. that's like you asking me for a ride to the doctor and i tell you yeah but leave your butt half way cause i got lazy. dude your car takes you where ever you want to go when ever you want to go the least you can do is treat it good and keep up with what it needs. i hope you ride a bike and the chain gets lazy and breaks half way into your ride.
while the chances of catastrophic engine damage is low, two misfiring plugs can cause the catalytic converter to fail before its time due to excessive fuel running into it. it can also cause the computer to read a rich mixture, and that will cause the computer to pull fuel out of the mixture, and that can cause detonation problems due to the lean mixture, which can damage an engine.
do yourself a favor and get everything right.
runs bad and overloads the cat convt/good thinking
not really but its kind of like washing your butt and putting on dirty under wear why do half a job
