Spark Plug Gap!

[atomicpulse]

Alrighty so now I am a little confusing as to what my spark plug gap should be. I have a 98 Chevy S10 V6 Vortex. Anyways, in the little owners manual that comes with the truck the Specs say the gap should be set to 0.045, but in the Haynes manual is says for 1996+ the gap should be 0.060. Both manual list the name plug number 41-932. What one am I suppose to believe, and how come there are to different gap sizes?!???

[hunter01]

My 02 s-10 has a Vortec 4300 V6 vin W. It uses the same plugs 41932 and my book says to gap them at .060
Check the emmissions sticker on the fan shroud.

[atomicpulse]

My fan shroud has nothing on it

[hotwheelsgt]

i would say go with wut the factory book that came with the truck said

[atomicpulse]

thats what I have them gapped to now but I can not under stand why two books give two different gaps

[BlazerLT]

Do you have a Vin X or a Vin W engine in your truck?

[atomicpulse]

Vin X

[BlazerLT]

Yes, your factory fan shroud will have the gap on it and it will be 0.060 for the 41-932 AC Delco Platinums.

How old are the plugs you are replacing?

[atomicpulse]

lol i dont have the factory fan shroud :s

they are new like a month or two and i'm not replacing them, just looking in the haynes manual and noticed it said 0.060 and my 98 S-10 Owners manual said 0.045 for Vin X. Even people at the Chev dealer ship here said either 0.060 or 0.045 but no straight answer.. So its confusing :s

[BlazerLT]

For that year.

0.060 for the Ac Delco 41-932
0.045 for the AC Delco Rapidfires

You will need 0.060.

[Fireplug]

Yes go with .060 for the 41-932 AC Delco Platinums.
Dont use the rapidfires I have seen to many drivabilty problems with them

[atomicpulse]

I guess what I am most confused about is why the owners manuals list 0.045 for the 41-932 ac delco platinums?

[BlazerLT]

I use them and I love them. Smooth idle, better acceleration and better fuel economy.

If you want problems, install Bosch plats in a 4.3L.

Spit and sputtering mess with those.

[Fireplug]

That would not be the first time we have seen the owners manual show 1 thing and the GM repair Manuals show something different.
What sometimes happens is when the owners manual wsa printed the gap was .045 then Gm changed it to .060 for what ever reason but they are not about to sent out every change to every owners manual. That would be impossible to keep up with.
Heck you should see how many times a year the repair manuals are updated or changed.
Fireplug

[atomicpulse]

alright well right now I have new ac delco 41-932 platinums gapped to 0.045 as the book said, my truck runs perfect, do you suggest i pull them out and re gap them to 0.060??