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Rolyh (Rolyh)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 08:52 pm: | 
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Hi All,
Does anyone know why the spark plugs on my 1996 3.9L V8 D1 are called up in the workshop manual as Champion RN12YC, yet the LR dealer recommends (and uses) the NGK Heat range equivalent? I overheard someone suggesting the Champion was poor quality but that was the only reason. Has anyone tried both? The champion plug also *appears* to penetrate the cylinder further, I could be very wrong here but would that make it easier to fire?
Roly |
Brad_N
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 10:27 pm: |
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I use Bosh Platinum 2 plugs with magencore wires. Work great. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 10:47 pm: |
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use champion or autolite and change them more often.
platinum is a waste of money in a disco, they just dont run clean enough to get the miles out of them |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 09:47 am: |
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Champion 322 is as close as you can find to the factory plug, but it's missing a copper core in the side terminal. Champion 3322 has the copper core; it's a platinum plug, but it's cheap compared to most of 'em, so treat it like a normal plug IMHO....
FWIW..
-L |
Paul T. Schram (Paulschram)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 10:54 am: |
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I use the Autolite #65 and have had great success with them. I find them to be in pretty good shape, even after the 25K mile scheduled maintenance interval.
And, you just can't beat the price. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 11:07 am: |
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I am running the autolites as well and at 91 cents a piece they are hard to beat, I have changed mine 4 times in the 45k I have put on my truck and i dont think I would reccomend running them much farther then that just because they take 15min to change all 8. when your waiting for the oil to finnish draining you can change them.
dont forget the anti seize!
thom |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 11:12 am: |
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FWIW, the 3322 plugs are ~1.50 apiece.... not a lot more, to get the double copper core (and like I said, who cares if it is platinum or not at that price, just change 'em....)...
-L |
Greg French (Gregfrench)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 01:53 pm: |
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I use the autolites as well.
I have tried Bosch platinums, and they don't work for me. Every time I put them in, my check engine light comes on for cill. misfires. |
Peter Matusov (Pmatusov)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 07:14 pm: |
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damn i'm in trouble now... i don't even know what spark plugs are on my disco! if they were replaced at 52kmi service, then they are 71kmi old... and still going strong!
peter |
honu
| | Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 09:19 pm: |
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i have a disco one and have used the bosch +2 spark plugs for a few years now and for thousands of miles and they work great! never had any problems no check engine light. |
GregH
| | Posted on Friday, January 17, 2003 - 12:24 am: |
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I just use Bosch copper cores at about a buck apiece and change them often. There's no excuse not to since they are easy to replace and cheap. I have to admit though, the autolites are the best deal for the money...
My 2 cents-
GregH |
danno
| | Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 02:09 am: |
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Bosch +4's for 80k+ miles and no problems. |
Garret Curtis (Garret13)
| | Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 05:19 pm: |
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I have Bosch +4's and works great! |
Keith Kreutzer (Revor)
| | Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 09:40 pm: |
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Autolite #65's Work great in everything I own taht uses spark plugs... Mallory/Jacobs couldn't be wrong could they? |
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