[s-cars] Spark Plugs

[tony.curran@sympatico.ca]

Hey BR,

Is there any discolouration (looks like rust) on the ceramic just above the SS body? If yes, then this is the result of blow thru (plugs leaking).

There has been discussion in the past about aging plugs bring down coils and POS'.

Tony
96 S6

> 
> From: "Robert Rossato" <r0ssat0_987 at att.net>
> Date: 2005/09/13 Tue PM 10:29:43 EST
> To: "'Bill Clancy'" <clancybill at yahoo.com>, 
> 	"'matt ludwig'" <matt.ludwig2 at verizon.net>, 
> 	"'//Scar //Scar list'" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Spark Plugs
> 
> > I'm just sayin...
> > I'm running $3 plugs and the car has run the best that it 
> > ever has for the 
> > last 10,000 miles.   If they fail soon, then that will be a 
> > data point -- $3 
> > plugs burn out.   Does anyone else have a data point?
> 
> Well, so far I've got 57k miles on my OEM F5DP0R.  Car has never skipped
> a beat.  Still runs great.  And for the sake of this discussion I just
> pulled a couple of plugs and compared them to brand new ones I have in
> the bin.  Other than normal soot discoloration, they look great.  Only
> very, very slight wear of center electrode and gap is still in spec.
> The way I look at it, if I only need to spend $50-$60 every 60k miles,
> or more, for OEM plugs that I know will work, why would I bother looking
> for something cheaper.  Just doesn't seem worth it to me.
> 
> BR
> 
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