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1330 Spark plugs
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Xyzzy
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I can't answer your question.
However, I have a habit of checking my spark plugs on all of my vehicles about every 25,000 miles. I do so because I don't want the spark plug to seize in the head. By removing the plug it helps prevent this. Since I have the plugs out anyways, I may as well replace them. Some people use anti-seize on the spark plug threads but I just clean the threads real good and put the new plugs in.
Interesting spark plug info: www.ngksparkplugs.com/pdf/dyk_5points.pdf
YMMV
However, I have a habit of checking my spark plugs on all of my vehicles about every 25,000 miles. I do so because I don't want the spark plug to seize in the head. By removing the plug it helps prevent this. Since I have the plugs out anyways, I may as well replace them. Some people use anti-seize on the spark plug threads but I just clean the threads real good and put the new plugs in.
Interesting spark plug info: www.ngksparkplugs.com/pdf/dyk_5points.pdf
YMMV
trikermutha
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in the manual it stated to use heat sink compound to the spark plug threads.. You may want to check your plugs and or replace since you are in there anyway..
trikermutha
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on my 1330 manual it does with a paste part number..:dontknow:
SpyderAnn01
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I bought plugs at 28,000 miles but didn't get around to changing them until 56,000 miles. Two of the plugs are fairly easy to get to but the third is a bitch. And I do remember we bought some special kind of compound for them. While we were at it I replaced the air filter with a K&N from BajaRon.
Chupaca
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depends
Are you doing all your own work on this service.?? Though I have the twin I did change the plugs to the iridiums and the plug wires as well. BajaRon offeres them. Having manufactured plugs (Bosch) and distributed NGK's and Champion they are good for 50,000 + miles. Newer fuels and fuel systems have helped exten the life of modern plugs. Still a choice and if I were tearing into it with trans filter change etc I would upgrade to the iridium plugs. Don't use never sieze it is not recomended on these machines...hear sink is the way to go..torque to specs...:thumbup:
Are you doing all your own work on this service.?? Though I have the twin I did change the plugs to the iridiums and the plug wires as well. BajaRon offeres them. Having manufactured plugs (Bosch) and distributed NGK's and Champion they are good for 50,000 + miles. Newer fuels and fuel systems have helped exten the life of modern plugs. Still a choice and if I were tearing into it with trans filter change etc I would upgrade to the iridium plugs. Don't use never sieze it is not recomended on these machines...hear sink is the way to go..torque to specs...:thumbup:
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
I will follow at this thread with interest. Just passed 20K and next season will be the magic number. For me, this will have to be a dealer perform service. :bowdown:
ulflyer
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If an Iridium comes in the 1330 as original equip then it should
easily go to 50-60K. Probably even more.
Here is a page from the 1330 RT manual. Sorry it's not more clear but you can make out the heat paste part number and that it must be applied to all but the first two threads. In the photo of the plug, the two arrows labeled "1" define the area that is to have the heat paste. In case you can't read it clearly, the details are: Heat Paste P/N 420897196 as stated earlier in this thread. Torque to 119 lbf-in. NGK MR7BI-8 plugs (Iridium).
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SpyderAnn01
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You can order them online from a few different sources, try Ebay and look for Midwest Manuals.
SpyderAnn01
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When we changed the plugs in my 14 RT at 56,000 miles the color was good but the electrodes were warn and the gap was too big. I did notice a marked improvement in performance after changing them but I also changed to a K&N air filter at the same time. So I would say that 28,000 miles is probably too soon but don't wait until 56,000 miles to change them.
PW2013STL
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Thanks Ann!
I only have 32,000 on ours, but been thinking about the plugs since the manual calls out 28,000.
I plan on changing them over the winter when the roads are covered in snow and ice. If you remember what that is living in Los Wages :roflblack:
Xyzzy
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The PDF service manuals are on BOSSWeb (It took me a while to find them.)
I wonder if this guy is just selling copies of those? The fact that he lists them as including the "flat rate" section, which did not come with my paper copy, leads me to believe they are copies. (The BOSSWeb versions have the "flat rate" section.)
Also, he lists them as keyword-searchable, which means they are not scans of paper manuals.
I paid $120 for my paper copy from BRP. Unfortunately, several parts of the manual have been made obsolete with updates that only appear in the online version. I know for a fact that BRP doesn't sell PDF service manuals because I tried real hard to buy one through the OEM channel.
Selling "free" manuals for $30 each sounds like a pretty good scam.
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