MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: The wheel man on March 24, 2009, 06:41:15 pm
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Noticed that morning starts and driving is a little lumps and almost hesitant on part throttle. Ive also noticed that my MPG has been heading south gradually over the past couple of months. Looked through my service sechedue and on my last service at 45K they diddnt change the plugs. Now i think i remember RR saying that you needed to ask for them to be changed..... does this sound right???
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VW schedule is 60k but I would get yours changed now in view of your milage.
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Not a million miles away from 60K.... Any suggestions on good plugs? Not something i know much about.. :signIWS:
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Not a million miles away from 60K.... Any suggestions on good plugs? Not something i know much about.. :signIWS:
I've just dome mine, got them from the dealers (VW part number 101 905 631 H) (Bosch 0 241 245 666). They are the updated version of the 'B' variant :happy2:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4215045
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dealer plugs are completely fine for a remapped engine. If remapped I would recommend swapping every 20-25k
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Thanks guys :happy2:
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dealer plugs are completely fine for a remapped engine. If remapped I would recommend swapping every 20-25k
....Exactly what I've been told, both by JKM when I needed to change a plug (they diagnosed the fault) and by my VW dealer's mechanic friend who is also a Revo agent.
I now change mine every 20k miles - Better for a remapped car.
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Also going to change my plugs,came across these...http://www.carsparkplugs.com/ViewPlugs.aspx?id=2266
not the mentioned part no. though!!
What are peoples thoughts?
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Whats the price on plugs, has anybody found a cheap place to buy
billy
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4.97 plus vat seems good to me but as long as they are compatible(which according to the mentioned link ,they are...)
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Quite honestly, guys, why muck about over the price of a spark plug in the context of the 2.0T FSI engine. OEM VW plugs won't break the bank! You need plugs which are designed and guaranteed to work well with what is quite a sophisticated engine.
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How much are the VW OEM spark plugs?
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I think for the 4 it was around £40 or thereabouts including the dreaded
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Not bad for when the car needs a bit of TLC.
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i ve used the denso iridium plugs before in 1.8 t engines lots of companies recommend them after they ve been mapped but lots also say vw ones are as good as any :smiley:
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i ve used the denso iridium plugs before in 1.8 t engines lots of companies recommend them after they ve been mapped but lots also say vw ones are as good as any :smiley:
....ALL the various guys who look after my car say that VW ones don't need replacing for another brand.
But we are forgetting that yellow plugs are the fastest :evilgrin:
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Yellow? Is that a figure of speech or a particular brand?
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Yellow? Is that a figure of speech or a particular brand?
....I'll let candy turbo answer that - He's an expert on them.
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mine got changed at the 40k service (car's done 37k miles tho)
got told the original air filter doesn't need changing till 60k tho! :surprised: :surprised:
i was shocked by that. the nice chick on reception (one reason i still go back to my dealer for servicing lol) offered to have it done if i wanted to tho.
maybe it needs cleaning to get me those extra ponies revo promised!
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the nice chick on reception (one reason i still go back to my dealer for servicing lol) offered to have it done if i wanted to tho.
maybe it needs cleaning to get me those extra ponies revo promised!
....She wasn't referring to your filter (you wish!) :evilgrin:
My VW mechanic friend told me that customers often ask why their car feels as if it goes better after a service and he told me it's always when they've fitted a new air filter.
I have mine inspected every 10k miles as part of my oil change. Spark plugs (VW) changed every 20k miles.
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ok i'll have a new one put in pronto!!!