Re: Your Bosch Connection

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

	it's not about Who My Friends Are or anything like that,
	i'm just helping y'all get information.  i have absolutely
	no recomendations for spark plugs except that i only will
	use ngk's on my two stroke bikes ;)

	anyway, i'll pass on your comments to my pal (we used to 
	restore vespa scooters together at the end of the 80's,
	whee!) and we'll see what he says.  as far as "real dirt"
	goes, i don't have any...

	actually, he lives in chicago now...

On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, William P. Magliocco wrote:

:|Ok, "Mr. Caliban" it is real nice to know you have friends at Robert Bosch.
:|
:|Maybe you can let us in on the real dirt with Bosch plugs and why some
:|won't work worth a darn on our prized motorcars.
:|
:|The opinions I have heard about the "chain store platinum" is that it is
:|verboten at the V-A-G dealers, and the Porsche people have also put out
:|directives on the product (i.e. "don't blame us if the 9xx runs like crap,
:|etc.).
:|
:|I have a friend who is a V-A-G tech.  I was experiencing emissions troubles
:|with one of my VW cars, even though I had installed a new cat and new oxy
:|sender within 5 mos of the test.  IMMEDIATELY he asked me about plugs-when
:|I said Bosch platinum, he then asked where I bought them-"chain store" I
:|replied.  His edict was to go get the triple electrode Supers.
:|
:|I then explained that I had put the plugs in only the year before (right
:|before the test), and the same car had passed emissions with room to spare,
:|with the OE cat and OE oxy sensor...and that I was confused as to why the
:|plugs were his top suspects this time around...said that they could be ok
:|when new, but that recessed center electrode was no good in the long term.
:|
:|HTH
:|
:|William P. Magliocco, B.S.E.E.
:|P.O. Box 66276
:|Chicago, IL 60666
:|(847) 292-7557
:|E-mail:  magliocc@execpc.com
:|Home Page:  http://www.execpc.com/~magliocc
:|


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