Hi, Had the spark plugs out my old renault. Later on I went to take off the front wheels, while the car was in gear, and turned the engine. Can I just put my new spark plugs in and everything will be fine? Or do I need to adjust anything.
Regards Mark.
No, you dont. Will be fine.
No harm done - just put them back in. What you've done is an accepted way of turning a FWD car's engine when setting tappets etc.
If you do this with a new car that's fitted with electronic ignition you can do damage to the ignition module. The lack of a ~1mm spark gap to earth means the voltage has to build to very high levels before it can jump or track to earth. This creates a high back EMF in the coil which can blow the electronic module's output transistor. If it tracks the path it makes is a weakness from then on.
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Eh? Only if the ignition is on.....
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As long as you didn't apply a pair of scissors to the cambelt, then all should be fine :-)
Peter
whenever I need to turn an engine over, I always remove the plugs it stops the compression building up and the engine turns over nice and easy :)
no [problems with it :)
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