What is the spark plug gap setting for this bike please?

What is the spark plug gap setting for a 1994 toyota tercel?

• I recently bought some autolite brand spark plugs for my 94 toyota tercel. Since I have to describe for what kind of car it is the spark plug was already set to the correct gap. I ...show more

• Answer:

  The spark plug gap shouldn't be your problem with stalling and acceleration. The gap is important but it's also very forgiving, meaning that it can be off quite a bit and the car will still run okay. My dad had an older Buick that he's had for 9 yrs, he never changed the plugs. Car got 30mpg on highway, a big V6 Buick. I changed plugs, found the electrode, the tiny arm that covers the spark emitter post, was almost burned off on all of them. So car was still running quite well with badly malfunctioning spark plugs. If you say you just replaced the plugs, then check to make sure the spark plugs are tight in there. It's really easy to not screw them in tight enough, and then pressure escapes from them, giving you performance trouble. But you can't screw them in as hard as you want because you've got to be able to change them out sometime later. So becareful when you tighten them. You haven't said how long you've had the car. Spark plug WIRES can go bad just like spark plugs. Consider getting them replaced. They really do make a difference. You might also get a regular tune-up, because it also sets the timing, which might be problem also. But since you didn't mention that you had the stalling/accelerating problems BEFORE you changed plugs, it sounds like it happened just after you changed plugs. So that narrows it down. If the gap is around .35, it's okay. Range actually is supposed to be around .32 up to .40, but lower .30's is best. I have a 1991 Corolla, so my gap is around .35 So you can see from the large range, that not having the exact gap doesn't make that much of a problem. It has to be something else. Also sounds like it might be bad gas, which also easily causes stalling and bad acceleration. Go to Walmart and get a $5 bottle of gas additive or "fuel system cleaner". it'll help the gas to burn better, and if it's bad gas, then it'll help to burn it better so you don't stall as easily. It can happen to get a bit of bad gas. I've noticed that certain brands of gas affect my car differently too.