Plug wires

plowhand · Jan 12, 2022

My boy in College has a Hyundai sonata and 2 plug wire ends are bad I can get at em easy to tape or what ever works good what would be a temporary fix till summer they want 800.00 to replace em.The intake manifold has to come off and more.

kcm.MN · Jan 12, 2022

Without knowing exactly what you're looking at, I would recommend using hot melt glue to seal the ends.

plowhand · Jan 12, 2022

plowhand · Jan 12, 2022

I just got taping the end on picture.

kcm.MN · Jan 12, 2022

Ah....SPARK plug wires. *lol*

Yup, don't think hot melt would work very well. Best thing is to replace with new wires.

Janicholson · Jan 12, 2022

Clear silicon RTV applied on a Solvent clean plug wire (roughed up a bit with 60 grit) then taped with vinyl tape to hold while it cures will be heat resistant, and a good insulator. jim

used red MN · Jan 12, 2022

Is this a preventative measure or is the spark making its way out to a shorter ground path? If it is sparking through there is a possibility that the carbon core is burning away. Once the gap of burnt out carbon gets to wide the spark is going to find another path to ground. Also that will make the coil gain saturation and possibly damage some other component. Of course all this means nothing if your tape is NOT trying to stop a spark that is making its way out of the side of the plug wire.

Sprint 6 · Jan 12, 2022

Wire was the initial failure, high resistance, but now the coil is shot. If you pull that wire off, the coil tower will come off. See it all the time on Hyundai/Kia.

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