hesitation at WOT

[Brandon Rogers]

I agree - many many people swear by the F5DPOR.  The guys at 034 say they
all use the F6DTC - so I tried 'em.  Honestly - I could not tell a
difference.  My understanding is they just don't last as long.  

So a follow up plug question would be - what is the typical life span of the
F5DPOR plugs? What gap should they be at? - and should they / could they be
re-gapped?

Thanks again-

Brandon 


-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Rose [mailto:pjrose at frontiernet.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:15 AM
To: brogers at terrix.com
Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject: Re: hesitation at WOT


At 2:36 AM +0000 4/27/11, brogers at terrix.com wrote:
>Guys-
>My motor is hesitatin' at WOT. Not always, I don't think - but
>enough. Motor is stock save for RS2 turbo, EM, and software. Running 
>about 24 psi.
>It's been about 35,000 miles, 7 years since I did a cap and rotor. 
>How long do those last? Could it make sense to replace the cap but 
>not rotor? Plugs are F6DTC - not F5DPOR - they have at most 5000 
>miles on them. I cannot remember if I've ever done the plug wires...
>
>Thoughts?

Brandon,
Over the years --time and time again----issues of non-optimum running 
with the 3B engine have been found to be caused by the wrong plug 
type being used. You said:

"Plugs are F6DTC - not F5DPOR".

I'm not aware whether or not the F6DTC plugs have earned a record of 
performing as well or better than the recommended F5DPOR, but if you 
don't have a really good reason to use them, I'd consider going back 
to F5DPOR plugs before worrying about other factors. I'd think it's 
doubtful that the cap and rotor would be an issue at only 35K miles.

Phil


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Phil Rose.....Rochester, NY USA
'06 A3q 3.2 V6 (20K, silver)
'91 200q	(165K, Lago blue)
Gone to Audi Valhalla:
'91 200q   (Tornado red)
'89 100 (Bamboo gold)