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10 Aug 2022 15:26 #244489 by slickfonzy
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Hi all, I have a 2013 Jimny with only 27k miles on the clock. Although it's low mileage, the service history is patchy, so I've been giving it a long overdue service. Had the plugs out today, all look OK apart from a deposit on the ground electrodes opposite the centre electrodes. Is that normal for iridium plugs? Have these got some more miles left in them, or should I be sticking some new ones in there? I would assume these are the original plugs.
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10 Aug 2022 17:42 #244490 by Lambert
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Those look fine to me.

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10 Aug 2022 17:44 #244491 by DrRobin
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The plugs look okay to me, nothing amiss. There is some burn marks on the insulator which might be just age or could indicate running a little hot, but could also indicate a leak or wear on the integrity of the plugs.

There are similar to the plugs I took out of my 2011 with 65k miles, I cleaned them, checked the gap and put them back in, my Jimny ran better, but I checked the price on replacements and they weren’t expensive so went for a new set about 2 weeks later. The old plugs I had cleaned came out good aswhen they went back in, so there was probably nothing wrong wit hem once cleaned.

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11 Aug 2022 09:26 #244496 by slickfonzy
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Thanks both, much appreciated!

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13 Aug 2022 08:37 - 13 Aug 2022 08:38 #244522 by grumyoldjoe
Replied by grumyoldjoe on topic Spark plug wear
Just checked my notes and my plugs have been in since I bought the car brand new in 2013. Just approaching 70,000 miles

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