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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: benny_boy on 10 February 2003, 13:36

Title: plug gap
Post by: benny_boy on 10 February 2003, 13:36

whats the best gap for a mk1 golf 1.8 gti? i dont have an owners man and was wondering a. whats the gap ment to be b. has anyone found a diffent gap to be better? Cheers

Title: Re: plug gap
Post by: richandhazel on 10 February 2003, 15:36

Off the top of my head, I'm fairly certain its meant to be 0.025" although these days I tend to use the triple electrode plugs that don't need gapping.

Title: Re: plug gap
Post by: benny_boy on 10 February 2003, 16:17

thanks for the reply what  is that in metric do you know?
only got metric guages
cheers

Title: Re: plug gap
Post by: richandhazel on 11 February 2003, 16:15

0.025" should equate to 0.635mm

Title: Re: plug gap
Post by: benny_boy on 11 February 2003, 23:44

I emailed ngk and the gap is actually ment to be 0.8mm which is what they come gapped as apparently but thanks for the reply
cheers ;)

Title: Re: plug gap
Post by: richandhazel on 12 February 2003, 11:38

That equates to 0.031".....seems a little large to me but there you go :-/, without my manuals to hand I'm not going to argue with NGK ;)

Title: Re: plug gap
Post by: richandhazel on 12 February 2003, 12:21

I just did a quick search here:-

http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/apps/cars_trucks_suvs/

They recommend a spark plug gap of 0.028" for a 1984 1.8 GTI Rabbit (Golf)

If I get time later I'll see what it says in my manual.