Strange noise on acceleration

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310

frodo, if you have not done it already tighten each spark plug, the noise it makes when one is loose is the last thing you would expect from a spark plug.

Wow, that's a theory I hadn't expected to hear.

Guess I better start stretchin', limber up those stiff muscles, loosen up those creaky old joints, ready myself for the increasingly challenging role of contortionist, all in prepartion for attacking those plugs...makes me wish I had a '57 Chevy instead of a Box!

[RandallNeighbour]

The only plugs that are a pain are the two most-front ones...

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

The only plugs that are a pain are the two most-front ones...

That's 33% of ALL of them!!! C'mon Randall...you're gettin' to be an old fart like some of the rest of us. Don't you feel my pain, even a little??

[RandallNeighbour]

Originally Posted by Frodo

That's 33% of ALL of them!!! C'mon Randall...you're gettin' to be an old fart like some of the rest of us. Don't you feel my pain, even a little??

Um, no. :ah:

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Um, no. :ah:

Oh, it's that Houston heat that keeps you loose and pain-free. Spend a few winters in grey, dreary, damp, slushy, snow-ridden NE Ohio. THEN you'll know what I'm talking about!

[Ghostrider 310]

Originally Posted by Frodo

Oh, it's that Houston heat that keeps you loose and pain-free. Spend a few winters in grey, dreary, damp, slushy, snow-ridden NE Ohio. THEN you'll know what I'm talking about!

I can sing with you here, We set the snow record almost every year, last year was something stupid like 120". If that isn't enough, they mix salt and syrup derivatives for road salt. It sticks to line sets and everything else, ruins your car within five years. My P car of course was never in it.

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310

I can sing with you here, We set the snow record almost every year, last year was something stupid like 120". If that isn't enough, they mix salt and syrup derivatives for road salt. It sticks to line sets and everything else, ruins your car within five years. My P car of course was never in it.

Oh, I don't even pretend we can compete with you up-state New Yorkers...we can't. You guys, I'd bet, have people makin' a decent living just shoveling and snow-plowing out people's driveways! My back aches just thinkin' about it.

[Ghostrider 310]

Originally Posted by Frodo

Wow, that's a theory I hadn't expected to hear.

Guess I better start stretchin', limber up those stiff muscles, loosen up those creaky old joints, ready myself for the increasingly challenging role of contortionist, all in prepartion for attacking those plugs...makes me wish I had a '57 Chevy instead of a Box!

Frodo, I'll bet you I'm right, don't fret about the plugs, take the rear wheels off and go through the access ports, use an extention and a flex when needed, take your time. Be careful not to over tighten, snapping a plug top off that deep in the head will likely make you invent new cuss words.

Trust me, it's likely this issue, if you search there is a sound file for this I think Scoir (sorry if that's spelled wrong) posted it. To Steve, when Scoir told me about it I thought he was nuts too, that's all I can tell you. I think the high compression contributes to loosening the plugs, I chased the belts, pulley bearings and more, it was the plugs.