[alfa] Spark plug replacement schedule

["Dean Mericas" <dmericas@xxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW, I tried the Bosch Platinum +4 plugs in my GTV, and it ran like crap.
Swapped them out for NGKs and the problem was immediately solved.  My parts
guys tells me he gets a lot of returned +4s.
 
Dean Mericas
Ann Arbor, MI
1974 2000 GTV
1965 TR4
 
-----Original Message----- 


	Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:05:27 -0400
	From: "Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@domain.elided>
	Subject: Re: [alfa] Spark plug replacement schedule
	
	The Bosch Platinum +4 plugs have a reputation for physically
breaking down
	and depositing bits and pieces in the cylinders in late model BMW
high
	performance DOHC engines. I would be very hesitant to put them in an
Alfa
	24V V6.
	
	Gwynne Spencer
	
	At 02:22 PM 6/16/2004 -0400, you wrote:
	>On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:56:04 -0700 JGolston <jgolston@domain.elided>
wrote:
	>
	> >   I'm trying
	> > to baby the engine to delay a rebuild -- how often should I
change the
	> spark
	> > plugs?  I'm using NGK's since rumor has it they are less likely
to foul.
	>
	>a lot of people really prefer bosch platinums in this application.
	>
	>i actually like the OE type Golden Lodge quite a lot. the older
Lodge
	>plugs that were available back in 87 (when i bought my Milano) had
	>issues, but the later ones last a long time and work well.
	>
	>a copper NGK is probably good for one year. a lodge or a bosch
	>platinum should go quite a lot longer.
	>
	>richard
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