# Diagnose My Spark Plugs Please **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 11, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diagnose-my-spark-plugs-please/48241 "2008-05-11T09:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diagnose-my-spark-plugs-please/48241/21 "2008-05-13T17:05:53Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > if the head is aluminum, I wouldn’t do it. I made that mistake once… bout a month later I blew a plug out of the head on NFB. I had to take apart the top end of the motor and re-tap 6 of the holes using “time-certs”. > > took around a month or so from start to finish… not fun Yeah I agree steve. I remember when you had to heil coil that motor in your garage. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diagnose-my-spark-plugs-please/48241/22 "2008-05-13T18:01:40Z")
yeah, that was a royal pain in the ass. Didn’t you come over to help out with it? to this day, I wont check/change my plugs unless the motor is cold lol ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diagnose-my-spark-plugs-please/48241/23 "2008-05-14T15:14:02Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > yeah, that was a royal pain in the ass. Didn’t you come over to help out with it? > > to this day, I wont check/change my plugs unless the motor is cold lol Nah, I stood over it and drank beers, and acted like I knew what the hell I was doing… When I did the plugs in my ecotech saturn with an aluminum head, I let it sit overnight, and used a torque wrench. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diagnose-my-spark-plugs-please/48241.md?page=1)