First question: do resistor plugs ever loose their resistance? THis
spring (as soon as I took the car out of storage) have radio static
that increases with RPM. I understand that sometimes static is a
function of bad grounds. THis winter I replaced a burned thru head
gasket and removed and reinstalled 2 grounds. I have ohm'ed across to
check for continuity and the grounds appear to be fine. I removed and
reinstalled the same plugs during the head gasket replacement. All 6
plugs function correctly as spark plugs (the plugs only have about 8,000
miles on them, NKG BPR6ES). So, can a plug suddenly loose its ability
to shift the resistance?
I did nothing in the passenger compartment this past winter. I have
hung a condenser (capacitor) off of the + coil terminal as I remember
seeing years ago - this reduced the static by about 2/3. I have seen
ignition noise suppressers for sale at auto parts stores. My radio has
2 power in leads (memory and radio operation). If I were to get one of
these suppressers, would I be correct in splicing it in the radio power
lead (or would I still be getting static thru the memory lead)?
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