Conversely, back in the Seventies when I was servicing 404s and 504s,
and plugs and points lasted just 12,000 miles, I got talked into
using NGKs one year. I had to replace all of them at around 6,000
miles, and so went back to Champion N9Ys (the Peugeot-recommended
plug) which lasted a whole year. My customers were on a regular
3,000 mile service schedule so it was easy to track the life of the plugs.
Brian Holm
Parts for Peugeots
At 02:54 PM 12/23/2007, Ian & Anne wrote:
>Hi,
>I 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
>
Brian Holm, Parts for Peugeots
at Peugeot Holm, since 1969
2120 Maple Hill
Plainfield, VT, 05667
802-454-7132, fax -1310
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