Again why did you remove the plugs in the first place. "I just took the turbo apart to see if was working properly."

 

i wanted to do a compressio test to check things out, a few weeks ago i over revved to about 9k shifting from 3rd to second on accident, i wanted to make sure the compression was still good.

 

9k rev....nice...not

 

yea well it was an accident...and im sure im not the only person to do it, but compression was fine and the new plugs went in and the car is driving better than ever. so lets let this thread die already.

 

you're not the only person to do it....just one of a few to admit it. I've over revved by mistake...but not 9k....
...you going to the temevo meet this coming saturday?

 

where and when. i didnt kno anything about it??

 

doesn't even a dynoflashed car have a rev limiter? I would think about 7600RPM. How can you rev to 9000rpm's?

 

Kind of an ill-informed query for an Evolving Member. No electronic rev limiter will prevent a mechanical over-rev from occurring in a misplaced downshift.

 

good to know. Now, I can tell my wife she's right... I really dont' Know-it-All!

Evolving member = Member who has posted countless, useless replies = "Am I thie only one that is pllaster out of there mind roight now?????"

You know what I mean?

Thanks

 

LOL....yeah I know exactly what you mean. <-------- Yet another useless reply

 

Glad to hear you got everything worked out.

If something did drop into the chamber it would likely blow out the valve and get stuck in the hotside scroll or, if small enough, pass through and ruin the turbo or sit permanently in the IC.

You definatly need to bring this to the attention to the mechanic's boss that overtightend the plugs before he ruins somebodys car.

 

+1

Hey man, glad things worked out.... must be a relief.

 

its this saturday @ dolphin mall - 9pm...backside of the parking lot...look for a bunch of wings...lol
...great bunch of peoples...welcome new faces all the time...

 

Update on this topic...

I pulled the plugs out of a IX with 4400 miles today to do a leakdown and compression test because it is dynoing very low for a IX. 3 of the 4 spark plugs were cracked just as described by diiirk. I have very expensive Matco/Mac/Snap-on tools so I doubt thats the problem. I threw a new set in it and we are going to put some miles on it to see if this problem replicates itsself.

 

did you have any warning signs before of the problems.

I got a ix from an viii and notice in the morning when the car warms up the idle stays at about 1k but sounds like it goes up then comes down then goes back up.

I dont remember my 8 doing this so who knows