tune up!!

[toyniss]

Originally Posted by braindead

Any specific reason why? I've used bosch plats in a lot of motorcycles/cars/trucks, japanese, british, american, pretty much you name it. Never had a problem, but I have seen Bosch plugs that cross reference to NGK's but have a slightly different reach (not enough in that case to matter much).

heat range or something and maybe gap. but my longtime buddy-very experienced mechanic says its just not recommended to go bosch platinum in yota's nissans shitsubishi---------------------------- denso all the way.

Originally Posted by braindead

Are you saying you've identified a causal relationship between the bosch plugs and the check engine light? What trouble code did the computer report?

I've run bosch plugs in lots of vehicles, and never had a check engine light come on because of it. Which is why I ask.

but have you ever ran them in a toyota or nissan? dont do it, trust me.

[shaql]

Originally Posted by tweeter34_05

here in about a thousand miles im due for an oil change i was also gonna go ahead and do an tune up cuz i know it hasnt ever been done one the truck. i was wonderin what are hte best spark plugs and wires to get. ive heard the bosch platnium4+ burn too much oil.

The manual says your plugs will last 100,000 miles.

[mudpunisher]

i beleive his truck is an 01 or 02, so that means its about time for one. anyone if the 6th plug is any easier to get to in the 2nd gens?

[pinhead]

Originally Posted by braindead

Are you saying you've identified a causal relationship between the bosch plugs and the check engine light? What trouble code did the computer report?

I've run bosch plugs in lots of vehicles, and never had a check engine light come on because of it. Which is why I ask.

p0300-p0306(muilt mis-fire #1-#6) not always the plug to blame after-market tune-ups sucks. its alway good to use oem parts when it comes to your eng. or brakes,ect.ect

[braindead]

Originally Posted by pinhead

p0300-p0306(muilt mis-fire #1-#6) not always the plug to blame after-market tune-ups sucks. its alway good to use oem parts when it comes to your eng. or brakes,ect.ect

Interesting. Personally I like NGK's anyway, but these issue are curious considering (in theory) that it wouldn't be smart of Bosch to claim a plug is compatable and have it not be so.

I ran Bosch plats in a 1991 Nissan truck (might have been a 90). Ran just fine for 2 years like that.. until it was stolen.

It seems that most of the evidence regarding this issue is anecdotal, there have been some specific possible reasons pointed to but it seems like nobody has done any serious investigation into this.

I agree that after-market tune-ups suck though, the people at a lot of those places (not all) don't know what they are doing. And the data they have can be incorrect. The primary application I develop includes use of the Chek-Chart system (for those that don't know it's a database of service data for all vehicles). Every new release we have to kick it back to Chek-Chart for defect fixes, sometimes several times. So these folks in some cases may be using wrong data. Scary.