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Spark plug gap help - '98 V70 NA

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MrAl
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dynamaniac wrote: 20 Mar 2023, 12:48 Thanks everyone. Weirdly, MrAl's post didn't easily show up when I searched for this earlier. It was confusing to see all the videos claiming that most plugs come pre-gapped; order plugs that claimed to be 0.028 (which, yes, I had first looked up in my owner's manual); and then discover that all 5 plugs were so far off what they should've been. I've never handled spark plugs before, this was vaguely crazy-making. Appreciate the reality checks, I'll pull them and re-gap them.
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Yeah ya know, i should have realized something was up because i could not buy a set of 5 i had to buy 6 and yet it said these fit my car. I should have went to iPD i bet they know better. Next time.
I’ve been driving a Volvo long before anyone ever paid me to drive one.
That's probably because I've been driving one since 2015 and nobody has offered to pay me yet.
1998 v70, non turbo, FWD, base model, on the road from April 2nd, 2015 to July 26, 2023.

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Back decades ago spark plugs came in packages of 10. I think it was to make you buy more.
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