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Old 03-25-02, 07:56 PM
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leading trailing spark plugs

Does any body know which spark plug goes where. I'm pretty sure I put the right ones in the right place, but i wnat to make sure. Is there any way to tell. I put NGK spark plugs ing this past weekend and now my car just dies. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Trailing plugs go in the top holes, leading in bottom. The NGKs are marked L and T, and the trailings have 2 little blue stripes at the tip.
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are you sure about the L and T? there is a R and T but i think it wasn't running right b/c they might have been in wrong since the guy before my but i got both R in one rotor houseing and both T in the other. So the R's are above each other and the L are above each other is this wrong????????
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ok never mind i was wrong. There are three R plugs and one L. But one of the R had the Blue strips. Help I'm sure i bought two trailing and two leading I'm confused


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wtf is R plugs, should be 2 L and 2 T
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Its what the guy at the auto part store gave me
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KLEACH18... Can you put one of those R's on your scanner so we can see what a R looks like??? Just curious. Never seen one.
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Is "R" for resistor or rear rotors
Part # would be helpful, ie BUR7EQ, BUR9EQ
Check your vacuum hoses while you're at it.
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ok the part number is BUR9EQ
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I think that the guy messed up or something but man this pisses me off. That would cause my car to stall wouldn't it?
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screw the guy at the parts store. Last time he gave me like 8 plugs and told me I got a 8 cylinder
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these are the spark plugs that you don't have to space. Don't know if thats what you always put in rotary's but that what was in my car and that is what i bought. But my dad said that you can buy them for other cars to.

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help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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you are not exactly being helpful. you got to give more details than that
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Put the two BUR9EQ on top chambers
Put the two BUR7EQ on bottom chambers
The parts# for BUR9EQ is 5483
The parts# for BUR7EQ is 3559

Both are available at your local pep boys for $4.99 ea.

Return everything else if they differ.
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on there are four plugs the two bottom ones are r without blue stripes. there are two top ones with blue stripes but one says R on it and the other says T. So there is one T and the rest are R. So are the letters supposed to be R and T or did they change it recently or did the guy just **** up. the boxes that i got them in were right two say BUR9EQ and the other say BUR7EQ.
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Okay.. You need 2 plugs that are BUR9EQ and 2 that are BUR7EQ. If they dont have an "L" or a "T" on them, you got the wrong ones. The ones that say "L" go on the BOTTOM TWO HOLES. The ones that say "T" go in the TOP HOLES.
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ka8legend thats what they say on the boxes but this is confsing me. So the R's and T's and L's don't matter. Do you think that maybe at the parts store somehow switched the spark plugs in the boxes or something. All i have to look at right now is old plugs and the new boxes. New plugs are in the car but took the wires off and am looking at them. Three R's and one L
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WTF is an R???
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ok thanks i'm going to go to a diff parts store and buy more tom. thanks for all the help guys.

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not sure but they say it. and on the box to on the picture there is a R
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THey dont say R or L anywhere?
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yeah they do, right under the NGK. in between the NGK and the metal where you tighten the plug.

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Three say R and one says L
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First thing tommorrow, turn each of the plug half way, and you should see the BUR lettering. It's prolly facing the ground or side ways where you can't see. You're right, right below NGK is the letter R on the plug itself. And opposite side of this plug should say BUR....

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