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Posted by Peter Warman on January 11, 2004, 10:26 am, in reply to "Re: Ford Mondeo Zetec NGK spark plugs" |
Hi Tony Many thanks for your observations, you may be onto something Just before Christmas we serviced a 1.4 96 Corsa that was running ok, the plugs were replaced with NGK. When i got back after the holiday it was recovered back in as it would not start The car turned over and was trying to catch but not quite making it, took plugs out and they were wet. I had spark and fuel, dried plugs and put back in and after a few cranks it spluttered into life, so i suspected it was flooding for some reason. The only other reason i could come up with was that we had put 15w40 oil in, and maybe it was having the same problem as the Zetec's, so we drained and put in some 5w30 The customer has now been using it for a week, with no problem Having read your post, maybe there is a problem with the NGK plugs we fitted. We keep a stock of NGK plugs for the fast moving numbers, but normally we use Unipart plugs which are made by Bosch and had no problems. May be time to run the NGK stock down and stick with Bosch Peter PS: Maybe the Mondeo NGk's are not lasting for the recommended mileage change, so they decided to make the gap smaller to start with, so prolonging the life of the plug
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- Ford Mondeo Zetec NGK spark plugs - Peter Warman January 10, 2004, 8:00 pm
- Replies - Tony Sefton. January 10, 2004, 10:57 pm
- Replies - Peter Warman January 11, 2004, 10:26 am
- Replies - mick matthews January 11, 2004, 2:16 pm
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- Replies - Tony Ludford January 11, 2004, 10:44 am
- Replies - Peter Warman January 11, 2004, 10:57 am
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