How to correctly gap a spark plug. This is a fast and easy video on how to gap a spark plug and spark plug gap adjustment. All plugs have to be checked and a gap tool is $1. Incorrect plug gap can lead to poor performance and poor fuel economy.
Platinum plugs have a recommended replacement every 50-100k miles depending on your vehicle and use... Copper plugs have a recommended replacement every 30k miles or so.
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14 thoughts on “How to gap a spark plug”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Wennie Sasotona says:

    thank you

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hayden Mercado says:

    Uploaded 11 years ago and still helping out a clueless idiot

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars turbografx16 says:

    i got a NGK G-Power platinum spark plug set in my car with about 20k miles on these, should i gap used spark plugs? (didnt know you had to check the gap it is my first time changing spark plugs for myself)

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Justin Jaruzel says:

    Exactly what i was looking for. First timer changing spark plugs and you made it look a lot easier than i thought it was!

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Joseph V says:

    THANK YOU! I was worried it would be difficult but super easy. Thanks

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jimmy Sapien says:

    What about iridium Spark park plugs

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Trancequility says:

    Great video! I do have a question… does it matter how much it "lines up" in the center of the spark plug? In the first demo, with the correctly gapped plug, it looked like it was in a range of .049 – .052 since the L touched those sections.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars oliver green says:

    Thanks

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Matthew Krulich says:

    You said .05 in the first half of the video, than in the second half of the video during your example.l.. you say it's .5 and good.. which is it and what is the unitt of measurement?

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brandon Hill says:

    Fast, straight forward and exactly what the title says. If only more youtube videos were like this.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars xXBiohazardXx 45 says:

    How do I know what my spark plugs are supposed to be set at? Please help I’m changing mine tomorrow

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Joel Kilgore says:

    I gapped my mom's sparkplug for her car which is 0.044 and now it's bogging out

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DragonRoyZ says:

    Very informative. Thanks!

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars What the says:

    Is .50 to be in the middle of the spark plug or at the leading edge as you go around

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