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2014 GT 500 Catastrophic Engine Failure: Next Steps? Thoughts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mulholland Man" data-source="post: 16484180" data-attributes="member: 191905"><p>Wanted to update you all with photos of the plugs that were pulled from the car. They were NGK R 6's. These are advertised as good plugs for "Stock Boost". These are non irridium plugs that cost 24 bucks on AM. As I understand it, the irridium tipped plugs w higher heat rating are recomended and esp. for higher boosted/ modded cars. If you look at the attached photos you can see pretty significant Carbon build up on the plugs. Keep in mind these plugs only had 500-1,000 Miles on them if that. In response to prior poster who commented that I shouldn't pin ALL responsibility on tuner, he's right. I'm not gonna sit here and say I didn't see signs of it. Still pisses me off. I'm not a mechanic or tuner. Guys like me who have limited knowledge about these things have to put our faith (and our very expensive engines) in the care and knowledge of those who do. I expected a lot more from my prior tuner. I brought my car into him telling him how it was struggling and how it was burning smoke out the back end. He just told me it was probably just blow by and to put JLT separators on and drive it for a bit and bring it back for tuning adjustments. He didn't even check the plugs or turn the car on to analyze the situation at all. Just sent me on my way. I made an appointment for him to Help me and I drove 60 miles and lost half of my work day so that he could turn me around and say buy an oil separator? WTF? Then my car car goes boom. Yeah, I should NOT have driven it hard knowing it was running rough. I take responsibilty for that stupidity, but I still feel like I have a right be pissed about the shoddy work he did too.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, plug photos are attached if anyone is interested.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mulholland Man, post: 16484180, member: 191905"] Wanted to update you all with photos of the plugs that were pulled from the car. They were NGK R 6's. These are advertised as good plugs for "Stock Boost". These are non irridium plugs that cost 24 bucks on AM. As I understand it, the irridium tipped plugs w higher heat rating are recomended and esp. for higher boosted/ modded cars. If you look at the attached photos you can see pretty significant Carbon build up on the plugs. Keep in mind these plugs only had 500-1,000 Miles on them if that. In response to prior poster who commented that I shouldn't pin ALL responsibility on tuner, he's right. I'm not gonna sit here and say I didn't see signs of it. Still pisses me off. I'm not a mechanic or tuner. Guys like me who have limited knowledge about these things have to put our faith (and our very expensive engines) in the care and knowledge of those who do. I expected a lot more from my prior tuner. I brought my car into him telling him how it was struggling and how it was burning smoke out the back end. He just told me it was probably just blow by and to put JLT separators on and drive it for a bit and bring it back for tuning adjustments. He didn't even check the plugs or turn the car on to analyze the situation at all. Just sent me on my way. I made an appointment for him to Help me and I drove 60 miles and lost half of my work day so that he could turn me around and say buy an oil separator? WTF? Then my car car goes boom. Yeah, I should NOT have driven it hard knowing it was running rough. I take responsibilty for that stupidity, but I still feel like I have a right be pissed about the shoddy work he did too. Anyway, plug photos are attached if anyone is interested. [/QUOTE]
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