THEMOJOMAN
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How many miles before a tune up PLUGS & WIRES etc etc
1995 Mark
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jamies98lsc
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they were said to be able to hit 100k before your first scheduled tune up.
With plugs and wires, you can be reactive rather than proactive. Emphasis on 'can'...not 'should'.
In other words, you can wait until something fails...at which time you'll get a miss or stumbling.
Wires should actually wait until failure...no sense in changing a functioning part.
As for plugs, if you want to save money but still be proactive (and get better gas mileage), you can just pull one out and take a look at it. If you don't know what to look for, take a pic of the plug and post it up here. You'll get a couple expert responses within a day.
In other words, you can wait until something fails...at which time you'll get a miss or stumbling.
Wires should actually wait until failure...no sense in changing a functioning part.
As for plugs, if you want to save money but still be proactive (and get better gas mileage), you can just pull one out and take a look at it. If you don't know what to look for, take a pic of the plug and post it up here. You'll get a couple expert responses within a day.
BadSax
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My 94 had almost 150K on the original plugs and wires...
They were changed at my first Carlisle
The car magically ran better after the new plugs and wires...
-J
BadSax
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My car ran awful before the swap... but there were plugs that had no electrodes or whatever the little hook things is called left on them...
-J
My car ran awful before the swap... but there were plugs that had no electrodes or whatever the little hook things is called left on them...
The little hook things are called side electrodes.
I think my black and white cars have original plugs still. The wires look horrible on the black car and it does miss at idle a bit when it rains. It still gets the best gas mileage of any of my 1st gen Marks though.
I'll be changing them all this summer.
Unless you want your car to run good.
Silly J...taking me out of context...
My presupposition was that the owner was trying to save money (short term). But yes, long term you save gas money by replacing aged wires. Another thing is that wires don't fail suddenyl and leave you stranded. The car will start 'complaining' about bad wires..