Tune-up with E3 Plugs.. DONT!!! (pics)

[95TahoePA]

So, I did a tune-up on my Tahoe last Friday (7-19-13) and decided to get the E3 plugs to treat her right.. Plus they claim better gas mileage! Well, I am an example of the “more expensive is not better”.
Well, truck ran great….. for 5 mins. Then she started sputtering, misfiring, choking and plainly just didn’t want to idle correctly at all. So, scratching my head I though since the truck had 250K on it, maybe the Fuel pump was going. Tested the fuel pressure.. It was fine.Had the EGR ckecked.. Fine IAC motor cleaned of all carbon and checked.. Perfect.. nothing wrong with the IAC. Fuel Pressure regulator checked out fine as well. Which lead me to believe it was cap and rotor or timing. Changed the cap & Rotor again. Still ran crappy.. Had it timed. Guy charged me $15 because he didn’t have to do anything. It was at 0 deg. Mindboggled, I decided to make sure all plugs were tight once again.. they were. So I pulled #2 cylinder plug out JUST to take a peak to see if the plug was wet, oily etc and got the surprise of my life! See photos.

 

[Goodinblack]

Woah.

 

[guy from norcal]

wow thats bad i have read some reviews on them that they don't work well in newer vehicles. i had a set in my 67 cutlass and it ran good.

 

[Goodinblack]

ACDelco OEM ftw

 

[95TahoePA]

I took them back obviously and got Delcos. never again will I listen to a "they are better" BS story again!

 

[SunlitComet]

I said it once and I will say it again. ACDelco's or Autolites only. Anything else is a gamble with money and reliability.

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Oh by the way they do worse in small gas powered equipment.

 

[95TahoePA]

i am sticking with OEM replacement from now on. But seriously... Who'd of thought this could happen?

 

[SunlitComet]

The people who rigged the design and testing to not actually show real world effects on different vehicles. Instead they did some lab experiments and called it good.

 

[_Dylan_]

who told you those were good?



wanna buy an intake tornado? You'll get 80% better gas mileage and 125 more horsepower!

I've got a bridge I can sell you too.

 

[95TahoePA]

Lmao. NOOO thank you!
Stylintrucks mag has em in there, all kinds of raves about them online... usual places you look stuff up on.