Hi,
OnI have used NGK in various Japanese cars over the years.. mostly Mazdas,
many were older cars with carbs not fuel injected, including a couple of
rotary engines, and they were fine. Had some problems with Champions in
those cars.
We used to have a '95 Ford Escort, not a high tech car, you'd think it
would be fine with whatever brand. First tune-up I did, I put in Bosch
Platinums. I was trying to cure an intermittent miss, the new plugs didn't
help. Then I changed the spark plug wires, no luck there. I was about to
start putting money into fuel injection work, but sent it to the dealer for
another diagnosis first. They swapped out the Bosch plugs for Ford
Motorcraft plugs, and the problem went away, and stayed away for another
60,000 miles or more.
Ian Mothersill
Vancouver, BC, Canada
93 VW Eurovan Weekender Westphalia 5sp
84 Peugeot 505 GL 5sp
08 Pontiac Vibe 5sp
From: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Ben Pender
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:25 AM
To: Peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Peugeot-L] American plugs in a Japanese car
Guys,
Personally, and professionally, I don't put 'Murican
plugs into anything! NGK or Denso (Japanese) are the
only things I install, except, of course, Lodge plugs
for the Italian cars I service (and even there, NGKs
work well). Bosch used to be good, but I believe that
their quality has taken a nosedive over the past 5
years, so I don't even bother with those anymore.
Regards,
Ben Pender
Klassic Autos
Older & Vintage Euro auto service, repair, and parts
Madison, AL
256-489-9560
- "Nunez, George" <George.Nunez@ <mailto:George.Nunez%40bsci.com>
bsci.com> wrote:
> AND you shouldn't put American plugs in an Italian
> car , and no American
> plugs in a French car and no american plugs in a
> German car, BUT you
> can put Japanese plugs in any car and German plugs
> in any car
> As far as I know (someone correct me) there are no
> american off the
> shelf like a LODGE for Alfas, or Equiem (for MI16),
> or a Bosch for the
> 505 Turbo BUT Jap NGK have all styles except an
> exact copy of the LODGE.
>
> Maybe Champion makes some specialty plugs but good
> luck finding them.
> George Nunez
> 89 505 Turbo
> 92 SW8
> 80 505 SD
> 66 Alfa Giulia
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: peugeot-L@yahoogrou <mailto:peugeot-L%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com
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> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:54 PM
> To: peugeot-L@yahoogrou <mailto:peugeot-L%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] American plugs in a Japanese
> car
>
>
>
> I am having a debate with a coworker. She insists
> that you shouldn't put
> American spark plugs in a Japanese car. She claims
> to have had many
> experiences that verify that absolute truth.
>
> She has a Chevy Prizm. It started running very
> heavily this past Monday
> when we had a day filled with rain, sleet, snow,
> temperatures into the
> 20s, and she ran through a deep puddle and almost
> didn't get through.
>
> Her mechanic changed distributor cap, rotor and
> spark plug wires. They
> found (surprise) water in the plug wells. But worst
> of all, they found
> that three of her four plugs were AMERICAN!!!!
>
> I'm telling her this is sheer nonsense. I think it
> obviously resulted
> from the big puddle and freezing temperatures (she
> has no garage).
>
> Has anyone heard this nonsense. She says you can't
> put American plugs in
> Japanese cars (Prizm is a Toyota, of course), but
> you can probably put
> Japanese plugs in an American car.
>
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Regards,
Ben Pender
Klassic Autos
Vintage European Automotive service, repair, and parts
121A Castle Drive
Madison, AL
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