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I put a new set of plugs in last weekend and ever since then i have noticed a gas smell....i only notice it when i am stopped at a light or when i am warming the car up.....if i didnt gap the plugs right would that cause them to not burn all the incoming fuel when the cylinder fires??....any possible causes you guys can think of are welcome

 
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Did you use a platnium type plug and was it a NGK (PZFR6F-11) or Denzo (PKJ20CR-M11) ? Also you sholdn't have to replace the plugs for a least 110,000 miles.

 
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Looks like I may have not used the right plugs...I got a platinum plug but none of the ones you mentioned.....im only at 50000 miles so I'll throw the originals back in and see what happens.

 
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check underneath the car for any plastic bags or other crap that may be caught and are burning.

I had one caught just below the engine, on a downpipe. smelled like gas too.

 
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Holy Crap!!

 
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Yeah wow 50K on that he doesn't let his civic sit much. Mine has 12,500 miles on it and I bought it back in July of 01 hehe. Yeah you don't need new plugs till like 100K, but tell us how it comes out

Nick

 
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Yeah, i know....the dealer said the same thing.....when i brought for my first oil change about a month after i drove her home they looked at me like i was nuts....doing 80 miles a day for work for a year and a half will really make that odomoter spin like crazy.

 
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Yah but your car will run for at least another 150,000 miles with good maintance.