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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: r1 on 28 December 2011, 14:49:16
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well its christmas time so its time for a six month service on the mrs corsa
i wasnt going to change the plugs but ive been offered some bosch 4 electrode ones at only 10 pounds for four as the wrapping is damaged.these should sell for about 23 pounds so a bit of a bargin as standard ones are about a tenner.
now i dont expect another 20 bhp buy useing them but are there any advantages with this sort of plug on a normal 1.2 engine
any thoughts?
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In theory, longer time between service intervals
In reality, the opinions are that they will work loose anyway, so no huge benefit!
My advice - for a tenner - go for it :y
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well its christmas time so its time for a six month service on the mrs corsa
i wasnt going to change the plugs but ive been offered some bosch 4 electrode ones at only 10 pounds for four as the wrapping is damaged.these should sell for about 23 pounds so a bit of a bargin as standard ones are about a tenner.
now i dont expect another 20 bhp buy useing them but are there any advantages with this sort of plug on a normal 1.2 engine
any thoughts?
They wont make any difference to performance......but they should last twice as long as the twin ones :)
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Make absolutely sod all difference to performance - if anything actually reduces it, but not noticible. If you notice better performance, thats a sign of how bad your old ones were ;)
For some reason, the GM quads do seem to have a quite high wear rate compared to twins, and are generally shot at 50-60k (and loose anyway at 50k). I personally only use GM twins, and change them around 30k.
But at a tenner, if they are the right thread, temp, depth for your car, can't argue with that :y
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well decided after reading all replies to get them
double checked that they are right so will see how they go
thanks