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Offline The wheel man

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Spark Plug's
« on: March 24, 2009, 06:41:15 pm »
Noticed that morning starts and driving is a little lumps and almost hesitant on part throttle.  Ive also noticed that my MPG has been heading south gradually over the past couple of months.  Looked through my service sechedue and on my last service at 45K they diddnt change the plugs.  Now i think i remember RR saying that you needed to ask for them to be changed..... does this sound right??? 
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2009, 07:02:36 pm »
VW schedule is 60k but I would get yours changed now in view of your milage.
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2009, 12:20:42 pm »
Not a million miles away from 60K....  Any suggestions on good plugs?  Not something i know much about.. :signIWS:
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2009, 01:02:15 pm »
Quote from: The wheel man on March 25, 2009, 12:20:42 pm
Not a million miles away from 60K....  Any suggestions on good plugs?  Not something i know much about.. :signIWS:

I've just dome mine, got them from the dealers (VW part number 101 905 631 H) (Bosch 0 241 245 666). They are the updated version of the 'B' variant  :happy2:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4215045
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2009, 06:06:29 pm »
dealer plugs are completely fine for a remapped engine.  If remapped I would recommend swapping every 20-25k
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2009, 01:20:01 pm »
Thanks guys  :happy2:
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2009, 08:20:40 am »
Quote from: neg on March 25, 2009, 06:06:29 pm

dealer plugs are completely fine for a remapped engine.  If remapped I would recommend swapping every 20-25k


....Exactly what I've been told, both by JKM when I needed to change a plug (they diagnosed the fault) and by my VW dealer's mechanic friend who is also a Revo agent.

I now change mine every 20k miles - Better for a remapped car.

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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2009, 08:17:14 pm »
Also going to change my plugs,came across these...http://www.carsparkplugs.com/ViewPlugs.aspx?id=2266
 not the mentioned part no. though!!
What are peoples thoughts?
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2009, 08:23:08 pm »
Whats the price on plugs, has anybody found a cheap place to buy
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2009, 08:32:28 pm »
4.97 plus vat seems good to me but as long as they are compatible(which according to the mentioned link ,they are...)
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2009, 08:52:43 pm »
^^^^

Quite honestly, guys, why muck about over the price of a spark plug in the context of the 2.0T FSI engine. OEM VW plugs won't break the bank! You need plugs which are designed and guaranteed to work well with what is quite a sophisticated engine.
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2009, 08:53:35 pm »
How much are the VW OEM spark plugs?
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2009, 08:56:01 pm »
I think for the 4 it was around £40 or thereabouts including the dreaded
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2009, 09:01:42 pm »
Not bad for when the car needs a bit of TLC.
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Re: Spark Plug's
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2009, 04:15:55 am »
i ve used the denso iridium plugs before in 1.8 t engines lots of companies recommend them after they ve been mapped but lots also say vw ones are as good as any  :smiley:
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