Spark plug pics - intermittent post burn /very small misfire

tomoshea

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Interested in perspectives here...

Photos of plugs from banks 1-4 and 5-8.... if you can decipher my hyrogliphics in blue pen...

Cam cover was off when in main dealer on 5-8 bank.

800 miles on clock since then.

Anyone see anything that could be indicative of a plug issue or bad burn.

In my opinion 5-6-7 threads look quite oily..... wondering if there is a very slow oil leak into plug from the replacement cam gasket....possibly causing the slight post burn small misfire...

Have a spare left and right coil just in case one is on the way out...

Suspect these are original plugs as car has 18.8k miles on it.

Plug Tips look ok to me, no shine or gloss on plug leading edges to indicate oil burn in cylinders, no carbon build up either on tips in my eyes...

Replacing with the iridium Denso while I am at it....

Opinions valued...cheers!
 

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tomoshea

Junior Member
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Replaced all plugs... was still there by process of elimination replaced coils on 7 and 5 .... problem sorted.... guess they were just getting too old....they were originals just like the spark plugs...
 

BennyD

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My coils are now 13 years old with 71k on them and are still working perfectly. I, unlike some on here, swear by Denso Iridiums and have been running them for 35-40k miles. Anyhoo, glad you sorted it and have r,eturned your beast to rude health!
 

Gp79

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Fitted Denso Iridiums a while back as well, didn't notice any performance gains.

Why some negative reviews of them?