My Rangie has eaten my Champions

Druim · Oct 20, 2013

Decided to change spark plugs and leads, no problems engine running sweet so was a bit horrid to see the state of the Champion plugs fitted.
The gab on some of the plugs is as big as all my feeler gauges together

Surely well used, how the engine was running so sweet on them is odd.
New Bosch Platinium plugs fitted with thicker leads, still running sweet

This on a car with full LR service history

Parisien · Oct 20, 2013

Thats why, a week after buying mine, its getting a good going over, regardless of what stamped in a book, its means diddley squat!!!

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martinsimart · Oct 20, 2013

oh dear I've just fitted Champions on mine (might pay me to keep an eye on them!)

StuckAgainSteve · Oct 20, 2013

IMHO NGKs are simply the best plugs. They don't fail and they don't arrive DOA.

gfromleeds · Oct 20, 2013

Been a while since ive ran a petrol but are splitfire still about?

wil2813 · Oct 20, 2013

best place for champions is in the bin, ngkr all the way for a v8 p38

stopover · Oct 20, 2013

NGK r pfR6N 11 Have been very good - recommend.

.............nice clean engine, how many miles?

SmileySteve · Oct 20, 2013

Had same probs with Champion on my bikes for years, basically once a great plug but TBH I wouldnt us them to plug a leaking pipe with, totally ****e.
Now its diesels only so no probs..

StuckAgainSteve · Oct 21, 2013

SmileySteve said:
Had same probs with Champion on my bikes for years, basically once a great plug but TBH I wouldnt us them to plug a leaking pipe with, totally ****e.
Now its diesels only so no probs..

In the late 80s with race mini engines I often had problems with plugs oiling on the over-run with a Weber DCOE carb (common problem with these carbs), cured by switching to NGKs. Similarly the dozens of feisty two stroke bikes I've burned my way through over the years always ran cleaner with NGK plugs. One particular tuned RD I had would kill Champion plugs stone dead in a week, NGKs lasted between services. Just my observations of course - not a scientific study.

Druim · Oct 21, 2013

stopover said:
NGK r pfR6N 11 Have been very good - recommend.

.............nice clean engine, how many miles?

Just run in @ 56K --- will see how the Bosch Platinium plugs are in a while, quite a lot more "body" than the Champions...

belldarr · Oct 21, 2013

Just fitted NGK's to my P38 and was amazed at the difference in pick up and smoothness, the old plugs must have been in there a while (I have only had the car 3 months) and there were 2 different sizes and brands fitted - next thing to replace is leads with some Magnecor ones.

wammers · Oct 21, 2013

So much for the full LR service history. Those plugs have never been out and cleaned and gapped since Adam was a lad. They have not gone like that because they are champion plugs but through poor maintenance. Also you must have a really cheap crappy set of feelers.

wil2813 · Oct 21, 2013

[quote=wammers Also you must have a really cheap crappy set of feelers.

could have gapped them better with a knife out the kitchen draw

wammers · Oct 21, 2013

wil2813 said:
wammers Also you must have a really cheap crappy set of feelers. could have gapped them better with a knife out the kitchen draw:D[/QUOTE said:

Come on Wil you did say the gaps on some were bigger than all your feelers put together. Either a figure of speech which i think is was, or you have the most incomplete set of feelers on the planet.

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My Rangie has eaten my Champions

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