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Offline danny_p

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Re: Best Spark Plugs?
« Reply #40 on: 09 December 2012, 13:59 »
allways use NGK here. the std jobbies are cheep and long lived and never had a problem with them they also take to modifyed engines well.

the better plugs in there range are defantly a lot better than others on the market ive tryed the iridium and raceing compotion  plugs are bloody good.     put a set of iridiums in a mates rally car and you can actualy drive it about round town without it fouling them and quite often on verry modifyed engines running methanol can usally coax a cold start out of them with it running plugs in, that saves a lot of ballache swaping plugs just to get the motors warmed up

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Re: Best Spark Plugs?
« Reply #41 on: 09 December 2012, 20:40 »
old plugs were bosch super. now i have ngk. ill see if there is a difference!

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Re: Best Spark Plugs?
« Reply #42 on: 09 December 2012, 20:53 »
Ive had a full cambelt kit n tensioner done, an oil and filter change, air filter changed, cleared service codes and new NGK BUR6ET put in and havent noticed the slightest difference in the way my car drives? still rattles when i accelerate hard too  :sad:

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Re: Best Spark Plugs?
« Reply #43 on: 09 December 2012, 21:15 »
maybe timing is off???my friend said even if the distributor cap is off by a bit the car can run rough...

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Re: Best Spark Plugs?
« Reply #44 on: 09 December 2012, 22:00 »
Your mate is wrong  :grin:

Cap is fixed and can only go on in one position.

If timing is off it will hit 5000rpm limit and also will idle fine, only sh!t when trying to drive it.

This is from my own experience  :smiley:

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Re: Best Spark Plugs?
« Reply #45 on: 09 December 2012, 22:05 »
Rattle or Miss fire?

Engine mounts?

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Re: Best Spark Plugs?
« Reply #46 on: 10 December 2012, 00:56 »
Ive had a full cambelt kit n tensioner done, an oil and filter change, air filter changed, cleared service codes and new NGK BUR6ET put in and havent noticed the slightest difference in the way my car drives? still rattles when i accelerate hard too  :sad:

probaly a knackerd knock sensor
all the VW's have gone bar 1.

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Re: Best Spark Plugs?
« Reply #47 on: 10 December 2012, 03:14 »
Ive had a full cambelt kit n tensioner done, an oil and filter change, air filter changed, cleared service codes and new NGK BUR6ET put in and havent noticed the slightest difference in the way my car drives? still rattles when i accelerate hard too  :sad:

had similar work done and still had rattles when accelerating - turned out to be the rear bushes, got them sorted and a full wheel allignment again and have no probs since....well think i need aligning again as she is pulling left after having to bounce up a curb at some speed to avoid the fire engine blue lighting it towards me on my side of the road!!  :laugh:



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Offline drc12369

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Re: Best Spark Plugs?
« Reply #48 on: 10 December 2012, 07:34 »
Great so theres like 5 diferent things it could be? Great :sad:

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Re: Best Spark Plugs?
« Reply #49 on: 10 December 2012, 20:09 »
Great so theres like 5 diferent things it could be? Great :sad:

Its when it stops knocking you have a problem