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Old 1st June 2016, 08:19 PM
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Interesting Adrian. One of mine (no 6) was not tight and showed signs of "passing" judging by the discolouration around the entire length of thread. There was no other indication of lack of compression when driving or whatever.
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Old 1st June 2016, 10:55 PM
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Got the set of Bosch plugs from ECP. The only issue is that i was unable to select "normal" free delivery and the only option was DHL at £5.95! However, at £50.27 for eight it was hard to argue. All fitted now Next job, oil and filter change.
That was cheap for postage I ordered a full set as well and had to pay £11.50. Just as well the spark plugs are cheap
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