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Old May 6, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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Help Do you have to gap a Denso Iridium IK20 spark Plug?

Do you have to gap a Denso Iridium IK20 spark Plug?
The gap out of the box is 1.1mm or 0.44in.
The Subaru factory service manual recommends 0.7-0.8mm or 0.028-0.031
But I was also told that you do not need to gap iridium plugs.

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Old May 6, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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Yes, you should gap them, but do not touch the irdium center electrode with the gapper... they break off. I would at least get it down to .034 or so... just be careful.

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Old May 7, 2005 | 04:50 PM
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tools to gap iridium plugs

Originally Posted by HellaDumb
Yes, you should gap them, but do not touch the irdium center electrode with the gapper... they break off. I would at least get it down to .034 or so... just be careful.
What tools can you use to gap the plugs? I was told by someone to bend the top piece down with a pair of needle nose plyers w/o touching the iridium tip.
Old May 7, 2005 | 05:11 PM
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that would work, just use a piece of rubber too so as not to scratch up the plug
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