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700/900 Series General Forum for the Volvo 740, 760, 780, 940, 960 & S/V90 cars |
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The Valdez is booked in for its MoT on Monday so I decided to give it a quick once over - lights, wipers etc., nothing too complicated.
As part of this exercise I thought it might be a good idea to check the spark plug gaps as they hadn't been done for some time, and that's where it went awry. No.1 plug out and re-gapped from 0.8 to 0.7mm. No.3 plug out and re-gapped from 0.8 to 0.7mm. No.4 plug out and re-gapped from 0.8 to 0.7mm. No.2 plug is, as all you observant 900-series forum people will have noted by now, not on that list. That's because it has decided that it is NOT, under any circumstances whatsoever, leaving its comfy home. As I see it, I have a few options: leave it well alone even though it is probably also gapped to 0.8mm; get a bigger ratchet than the 1/2" one I resorted to; apply some form of lubricant/seal-breaking compound in hopes of freeing it off. Sensible and practical suggestions are welcomed - removing the cylinder head is not, IMO, among them.
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