# 4-cyl. V-tek engine knock 1994 HONDA

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/4-cyl-v-tek-engine-knock-1994-honda/71332>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** accord, honda\
**Created:** [March 7, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/4-cyl-v-tek-engine-knock-1994-honda/71332 "2012-03-07T21:29:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/4-cyl-v-tek-engine-knock-1994-honda/71332/21 "2012-03-11T00:13:17Z")

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Before you try anything like loctite, why don’t you just install the new plugs and see if they hold. I would suggest that you use a torque wrench on the plugs. If you don’t have one, they aren’t too expensive to get at AutoZone or one of the car parts places, about $20 or so. Don’t bother with Craftsman, they aren’t worth the money.

Save the loctite in case the new plugs don’t hold when properly torqued. I believe the proper torque is somewhere between 11 and 20 ft lbs.

If you use anti-seize, and you should unless the plugs are plated, be sure to use the stuff made for spark plugs, the zinc oxide based product. Do not use copper anti-seize, they will back out then. The aluminum, being the more active metal when next to copper will erode. You want all erosion to be in the anti-seize, not in the aluminum threads.

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