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Offline boneybradley

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Re: Spark plugs again!!
« Reply #10 on: 13 April 2012, 16:27 »
ngk's should be PZFR6J-11 and the gap is pre-set (to 1.1)

If thats what ecp sold you then you have other major issues
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Re: Spark plugs again!!
« Reply #11 on: 14 April 2012, 09:39 »
i believe the oil loss to be due to the wrong plugs that euro prats gave me, also as a result i now have a faulty coil pack  :cry: which ill be changing tomorrow

What colour was the smoke and what did the plugs look like when you whipped them out?

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Re: Spark plugs again!!
« Reply #12 on: 14 April 2012, 14:42 »
i believe the oil loss to be due to the wrong plugs that euro prats gave me, also as a result i now have a faulty coil pack  :cry: which ill be changing tomorrow

What colour was the smoke and what did the plugs look like when you whipped them out?

plugs had only been in a week and were black sooty kinda, plug 1 (far left looked a bit greasy)

smoke was a light grey bluey colour

what u recon?
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Re: Spark plugs again!!
« Reply #13 on: 15 April 2012, 01:52 »
Sounds like piston rings (probably on cylinder 1).

I'd see about getting a compression/leak down test done.
« Last Edit: 15 April 2012, 02:05 by xxChrisxx »