Have you read this thread yet?
http://www.driveaccord.net/forums/showthread.php?t=78854&highlight=seize
http://www.driveaccord.net/forums/showthread.php?t=78854&highlight=seize
New NGK Plugs - Anti-seize or no anti-seize?
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My guess would be no. I'm aware that a few members have found #5 to be loose but I don't think I would pull mine out to check whether it's loose. I checked my wife's 03, but about all I did was put a socket on it to feel whether it seemed loose. Since it didn't seem loose I left it alone. If it's not broke don't fix it. (a favorite adage, probably since I'm lazy
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Honda says YES to use anti-seize.
NGK says DO NOT use anti-seize for two reasons:
1) Over-Tighten or Over-Torque:
"Applying anti-seize to the threads of spark plugs that have a metal plating allows the installer to mistakenly over-tighten the spark plug in the cylinder head; This stretches and fatigues the threads of the spark plugs, causing a much higher probability that the plug will break during installation or in some cases upon removal."
2) NGK's are already "anti-seized" ready:
"For spark plugs with special metal plating simply do not use anti-seize on initial Installation; All NGK Spark Plugs are manufactured with a special trivalent Zinc-chromate shell plating that is designed to prevent both corrosion and seizure to the cylinder head; Thus eliminating the need for any thread compounds or lubricants."
SOURCE: http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/pdf/TB-0630111antisieze.pdf
So the questions are:
A) If you are using a torque wrench, will you still over-torque them? I'm guessing "NO" because....you have a torque wrench!
B) Does anti-seize lubricant alter the torque readings in anyway?
C) Even though the plugs already have a plating on them, is that a "one-time" use (so if you remove your plugs and want to put them back in- is that "plating" now gone and therefore you NEED anti-seize?)
D) Does adding anti-seize damage that special NGK plating? In other words, is NGK saying the use of anti-seize is "unnecessary", or simply "un-wise"?aranoid:
I guess what I am leading to here is that if I use a torque wrench and 50 cents worth of anti-seize, am I gonna be OK?
NGK says DO NOT use anti-seize for two reasons:
1) Over-Tighten or Over-Torque:
"Applying anti-seize to the threads of spark plugs that have a metal plating allows the installer to mistakenly over-tighten the spark plug in the cylinder head; This stretches and fatigues the threads of the spark plugs, causing a much higher probability that the plug will break during installation or in some cases upon removal."
2) NGK's are already "anti-seized" ready:
"For spark plugs with special metal plating simply do not use anti-seize on initial Installation; All NGK Spark Plugs are manufactured with a special trivalent Zinc-chromate shell plating that is designed to prevent both corrosion and seizure to the cylinder head; Thus eliminating the need for any thread compounds or lubricants."
SOURCE: http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/pdf/TB-0630111antisieze.pdf
So the questions are:
A) If you are using a torque wrench, will you still over-torque them? I'm guessing "NO" because....you have a torque wrench!
B) Does anti-seize lubricant alter the torque readings in anyway?
C) Even though the plugs already have a plating on them, is that a "one-time" use (so if you remove your plugs and want to put them back in- is that "plating" now gone and therefore you NEED anti-seize?)
D) Does adding anti-seize damage that special NGK plating? In other words, is NGK saying the use of anti-seize is "unnecessary", or simply "un-wise"?
aranoid:I guess what I am leading to here is that if I use a torque wrench and 50 cents worth of anti-seize, am I gonna be OK?
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