i believe its normal for check engine to come on ,just leave it alone it will eventually go away

 

Having the CEL come on is not "normal." It indicates a problem.

Your plugs might be fouling because you are buying the wrong plug. The only reason they will foul from too much heat is if they are the wrong heat range for your engine. The OEM plug for B-series VTEC motors is NGK part number PFR6G-13. That's a 6 heat range plug. If you're running a plug with a different heat range, say 5 or something, you're going to foul it.

 

Hey there Fatbooty.... Thanks for the advice. The plugs you mentioned Im going to try later tonight. I'll also report the type of Bosch I have now. Till then, thanks for the advice, time, and all that good stuff you have helped me with.

For those whom dont know. MrFatbooty is the man. He knows his stuff and helped me out greatly. to that end, I thank you MrFatBooty. I appreciate all the help you offered me.

You too civic dude. You helped me too, didnt forget about you either.


Thank you all, I'll report back ASAP

 

No problem.

The BKR6E-11 that I mentioned earlier will work also.

The plug booty mentioned is the stock plug. This plug is actually different than all other bseries motors and is only found on the B18C1 (b18c sir-g) motors. It has a longer gap than the rest. 1.2-1.3mm as opposed to 1.1mm

 

I have the B18C1 engine....

 

Hey Mike?

I checked your hummer thing out. Im down with it. I live in orange county CA and its all rich nobs, soccer moms etc. TONS of SUV large and oversized trucks. which waste gas at 2.69 a gallon here. Anyways..... is that a full size chevy your standing next to? If so, being that the hummer is really a suburban now, and full size trucks and suburbans both use same engine....isnt the hummer thing kinda ironic? And Im not trying to be an a-hole, just curious? You know what I mean? I dont care any which way, but I was curious to know whats up. I still have tons of respect for you regardless.

 

I know, as do I.

 

PFR6G-13 is the stock plug for all B-series VTEC motors. You have to gap them down to 1.0 mm from the preset gap of 1.3 mm. Basically the 6 in the part number is the heat range and the 13 is the gap. You can run an equivalent copper plug with no ill effects aside from having to replace them more often than the stock platinum ones. If you still have the box for your Bosch plugs then you can check to see what heat range they are. If they're not a 6 heat range plug, then you know where your problem is.

Plug wires that have too high a resistance may indeed cause your plugs to foul so that is another possibility. I don't really trust APC products myself. If you switch to stock wires and either the NGK PFR6G-13 (platinum) or BKR6E-11 (copper) plugs you should hopefully not have any more issues. The platinums are usually about 10 bucks a pop and the coppers are about 2 bucks a pop so you may want to go with the coppers as long as you remember to replace them every 15k miles.
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:slap: Check engine lights come on when there is something NOT NORMAL.