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 MR930
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| posted on April 20th, 2015 at 06:46 PM |
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Spark plugs, long or short
Just changed the plugs in my beetle and it had long reach plugs in it. The new ones I bought are short reach. Is this going to cause problems?
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| posted on April 20th, 2015 at 07:23 PM |
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depends if it was meant to have long reach?
if short - the spark can be shrouded and not cause the right burn / explosion pattern
If they were too long in the first place i would have thought they would get banged up
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| posted on April 20th, 2015 at 07:44 PM |
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They looked ok when I pulled them out, they are worn with a large gap thou.
The motor was a new crate motor bought from mick motors about 50,000km ago. This is the 2nd time I have changed plugs, thou last time one of the other
mechanics at work did it and I would imagine just replaced what was in it.
Guess I better buy the same plugs to replace them.
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| posted on April 20th, 2015 at 07:51 PM |
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Here is an example
bitten by the bug..........several times
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| posted on April 20th, 2015 at 09:42 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by MR930
The motor was a new crate motor bought from mick motors about 50,000km ago.
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That is why they are long reach.
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| posted on April 20th, 2015 at 10:05 PM |
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oh mick motors :/
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| posted on April 21st, 2015 at 06:11 AM |
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Thanks everyone. Off to get some long reach plugs today.
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