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Old 05-21-2011, 05:27 PM   #5
deliriousga
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Originally Posted by pothole
Quick question on related subject - read somewhere that official torque settings for plugs refer to dry torquing. If one uses anti seize, should one adjust the torque setting.

Also, what are the implications ere grounding of using anti-seize?

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The torque values for the plugs are for dry installation. I'm not sure what the values are with anti-seize.

I haven't had any problems with grounding when using anti-seize. I won't be using it this time, but will change the plugs every 30K miles to keep this problem from happening again.
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