If you find that a bumpy road broke off the end of one of your old spark plugs, you should probably call a tow truck. Just don't try to MacGyver your car like I did. The last time I got my car out of ...

The space, or gap, between the center and side electrodes needs to be an exact distance across; otherwise, your plugs don't fire efficiently. Adjusting the distance between the two electrodesis called ...

Like rotating tires or changing oil, replacing spark plugs is a job that can be easily, and inexpensively, done in the confines of your own home. Although they don’t need maintenance as often as the ...

Q: I got a pretty good shock from one of my Toyota Camry’s spark-plug wires. I didn’t think much about it at the time other than to never touch them again when the engine is running. Later I mentioned ...

On the surface,spark plug wiresare a pretty basic part they carry spark energy from the distributor (or coil) to the spark plugs. But when you actually go to purchase a set, you find out that there ...

Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Everyone dropped their first, or likely fortieth, F-bomb when their dad had them hold the spark plug while he hit the kickstarter on their dirt bike. While it might ...

Older vehicles with distributor-type ignition systems use ignition (or spark plug) wires to send electrical current from the distributor to individual spark plugs, with the timing based on their ...