Omg help now!

[xBMWx]

ok. I just replaced the spark plugs in my 93 325is. I put bosch plat +4 in it. i did them 1 at a time so i wouldn't mix the wire's up. I got them all in and everything, and now wen i start the car up it smoke's. it's really weird. i dunno what the hell could be causing it to do this. what in god's name?.

another thing. number 6 thru 2. the old spark plugs that where screwed in the head where sitting in a puddle of oil. the plug wires where drenched in oil. i clean em all off b4 i put em back in. anyone know what the heck is going on here???? HELP PLZ QUICKLY

[sidewayz328is]

sounds like the oil that was sitting on the plugs got into the cylinder when you removed them. You definitely need a valve cover gasket.

[neptronix]

bad valve cover gasket, dude. When a valve cover gasket is bad,
oil drip out the upper part of the motor, and also oil will get into the spark plug tubes.
It is not difficult to replace the valve cover gasket by the way.

bet the oil dripped onto your cylinders and your car burned it like it was fuel. hence the black smoke.

BTW, 4 prong spark plugs are the worst things you can put in any car. They crap out quick and don't do their job well from the start.

[xBMWx]

ok oil did go in the spark plug hole's, but the smoke aint black, lol.. it's stopped smoking as much now. it's just a very weird smell coming out the exaust now. so you all think that's what it is? the oil went into 5 of the cylinders. you all 100% positive it's that? i'm like freaking out here. the car don't run any different at all really. it seem's to run ALOT better really.

[Sniper911]

BTW, 4 prong spark plugs are the worst things you can put in any car. They crap out quick and don't do their job well from the start.

So what do you recommend? what would be the best performance plug to put in it?

[xBMWx]

ok all smoke gone. now exaust just stink's, lol. it runs 10x better then it did b4 tho. so I'm saying oil in cylinders to. thanks guy's. i had a panic attack for real!

[ducky328i]

So what do you recommend? what would be the best performance plug to put in it?

ngk brk6e

and +1 to the bosche 4 prong being garbage... i can't tell you how many times i've seen where those prongs fall off...they are the worst, most overpriced, shit on the market IMHO.

[xBMWx]

Ya'll some thread hi jackers!!!! lol..

[jmo69]

^^^^+1 BTW oil smoke is blue, not black.

[ducky328i]

Ya'll some thread hi jackers!!!! lol.. your question has been answered, sir. change your valve cover gasket. oil dripped into your cylinders...what do you think happens when it burns? omg...it smokes!! and fyi oil smoke is blue not black.

[absentmathis]

ok all smoke gone. now exaust just stink's, lol. it runs 10x better then it did b4 tho. so I'm saying oil in cylinders to. thanks guy's. i had a panic attack for real!

You realize you still need to change the valve cover gasket right? The oil that had built up in the spark plug holes drained out probably eliminating misfires -temporarily. As you drive oil will fill back up in those holes and it will start to miss and run like crap again. Have you checked your oil level now?

[apocalypse01]

ngk brk6e

and +1 to the bosche 4 prong being garbage... i can't tell you how many times i've seen where those prongs fall off...they are the worst, most overpriced, shit on the market IMHO.


+1 to the NGK BRK6E..... Thats the only plug i'll run in my car

[amcink]

+1 on the NGK's

[ponchiz318]

I have Bosch 4 prongs on my 318....:shifty
Then again, it is a M42.....:shifty No problems with my car at all.

[neptronix]

ngk brk6e

and +1 to the bosche 4 prong being garbage... i can't tell you how many times i've seen where those prongs fall off...they are the worst, most overpriced, shit on the market IMHO.

omg, you've seen them fall off? that's horrible. I thought they just start firing on one or two prongs and that's as bad as they get. I can't believe they still sell them.

back when i was young, stupid and had a chevy cavalier.. i put those in my car. the engine was acting funny after 2,000 miles.

+6 to NGK single prong'ers. They work great on everything i've owned.

BTW changing your valve cover is kind of cool as a newb.. you get to see the inside of your engine without the risk of screwing things up.. :)

[WTFGERMAN]

ngk brk6e

and +1 to the bosche 4 prong being garbage... I can't tell you how many times i've seen where those prongs fall off...they are the worst, most overpriced, shit on the market imho.+1000

[97black328is]

BTW changing your valve cover is kind of cool as a newb.. you get to see the inside of your engine without the risk of screwing things up.. :)

+1 I enjoyed it lol

[Sniper911]

All of these are BKR6E referenced, not BRK6E - there is also a BKR6EIX reference. Which one of these is it that you think is best:

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?N=9718+1580+4294965613+5613+958&V=9718+1580+4294965613&Vh=1997%20BMW%20328i

PS, I also used the +4 back when I was young and dumb - I learned the hard way.....

[atlantisvip]

wow.

[xBMWx]

Well everything is fine now. i actually like the plat 4s, and I don't drive my car like it's a drag car. Thanks for the advice from everyone. next time I wanna waste 40 on spark plugs I'll make sure to get NGK.

Also my valve cover is new. I must have placed the plug hole sealers in wrong. So today I'll take it back off and do it right. I just love doing same crap 2 time's.

[ducky328i]

Well everything is fine now. i actually like the plat 4s, and I don't drive my car like it's a drag car. Thanks for the advice from everyone. next time I wanna waste 40 on spark plugs I'll make sure to get NGK.

...those bosche platinum +4s are more expensive than any NGK i've ever bought. when i got them i spent like 70 bucks on them. biggest waste of money ever.



Also my valve cover is new. I must have placed the plug hole sealers in wrong. So today I'll take it back off and do it right. I just love doing same crap 2 time's.

everyone's gotta learn somehow.



All of these are BKR6E referenced, not BRK6E - there is also a BKR6EIX reference. Which one of these is it that you think is best:

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?N=9718+1580+4294965613+5613+958&V=9718+1580+4294965613&Vh=1997%20BMW%20328i

PS, I also used the +4 back when I was young and dumb - I learned the hard way.....

bkr, brk, whatever...the point is, you understood what we meant and found your way to the product.

[neptronix]

Well everything is fine now. i actually like the plat 4s, and I don't drive my car like it's a drag car. Thanks for the advice from everyone. next time I wanna waste 40 on spark plugs I'll make sure to get NGK.

Also my valve cover is new. I must have placed the plug hole sealers in wrong. So today I'll take it back off and do it right. I just love doing same crap 2 time's.

been there :)

[m2pc]

LOL @ this thread.

I've used Bosch Platinum 4x4's -- those were awful
Then I switched to 2x2's -- those were terrible

Finally I wised up and got some NGK's at $1.87 apiece and they're awesome! :buttrock