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Topic Did my plugs at 60K - shop pronounced them badly worn at 75K |
Error codes - Help please marty - Sunday, 10 April, 2011, at 5:02:28 pm |
Re: Error codes - Help please *NM* marty - Sunday, 10 April, 2011, at 5:04:30 pm |
Bad plugs, coils, wiring mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Sunday, 10 April, 2011, at 7:35:19 pm |
Re: Bad plugs, coils, wiring marty - Monday, 11 April, 2011, at 5:07:15 am |
If the engine is still running poorly then I'd not continue to drive it. Sometimes misfires are ... MarcW - Monday, 11 April, 2011, at 2:24:08 pm |
Re: If the engine is still running poorly then I'd not continue to drive it. Sometimes misfires are ... marty - Monday, 11 April, 2011, at 3:17:40 pm |
But for all failures to be on one side mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Monday, 11 April, 2011, at 4:40:45 pm |
If (if) it is the coils that they are all on one side sort of makes sense.... MarcW - Monday, 11 April, 2011, at 6:07:40 pm |
Did my plugs at 60K - shop pronounced them badly worn at 75K TheFarmer - Monday, 11 April, 2011, at 8:47:40 pm |
Wrong heat range? *NM* Laz - Monday, 11 April, 2011, at 10:15:37 pm |
Re: Did my plugs at 60K - shop pronounced them badly worn at 75K MarcW - Tuesday, 12 April, 2011, at 12:09:57 am |
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TheFarmer
Om my '05 987 I replaced the plugs about a year ago (with a post at ppbb) and it was a simple job. Recently, I had the car into the dealer for a warning light on the coolant and I had a hard time starting the car on the day I took it in. The tech said that the plugs were badly worn and the coils were cracked. So I got 60K out of the original plugs, but only 15 out of the replacements - I suspect that the coils were getting bad when I did the plugs, but I did not notice, and so they have run with poor coils and gotten themselves into bad shape.
Does that make any sense? or should I look for another explanation for the plug wear.
Alfa, and I'm sure Porsche, specs different plugs for various driving characteristics. *NM* Laz - Tuesday, 12 April, 2011, at 12:30:51 am |
Alfas I don't know but nothing I've found in any of my Porsche docs indicates Porsche specs... MarcW - Tuesday, 12 April, 2011, at 2:15:59 pm |
Ah, maybe I'm thinking of older years; much older (pre-digital control,) or for racing applications. Laz - Tuesday, 12 April, 2011, at 2:29:03 pm |
Could be. Early on in my motorhead life I was a plug fiend. Everyone was. Everyone had a best.. MarcW - Tuesday, 12 April, 2011, at 4:42:07 pm |
Beru good answer, Marc! *NM* Laz - Tuesday, 12 April, 2011, at 6:58:16 pm |
it might be just crap/water or some matter in the petrol/gas...i've had this issue with a Mazda 121. Merlin33 - Wednesday, 13 April, 2011, at 2:48:04 am |
Sorry, but I don't know. I've never added anything to my cars' gas tanks to deal with any bad gas... MarcW - Wednesday, 13 April, 2011, at 2:29:03 pm |
I got the plugs from the dealer TheFarmer - Wednesday, 13 April, 2011, at 5:10:53 am |
The parts department managers I talk too tell me to always use the VIN of your car to order... MarcW - Wednesday, 13 April, 2011, at 2:23:27 pm |