[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Absolutly. Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by SWEDECAR [Email] (#112) [Profile/Gallery] (more from SWEDECAR) on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:19:23 In Reply to: can those be used in an Aero? NM, alpine951, Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:29:17 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I don't know why Saab started to use the Platinum in the Aero first but their reasoning might be that an Aero owner drive the car a lot harder and that will wear the plugs quicker.
But they also extended the change interval to 40K in 2002 for the Aero instead of 30K as it is for all the other models.

Standard copper plugs will in most cases (driving styles) last 30K miles without having to regap them but they are worn at the end of the life span and some performance are lost.

A lot of poster here on the board are in tune with their car and wants the best at all times and since it is easy enough to extract the plugs and regap or replace them, they do that. But the owners that leave everything to the shop to handle don't really loose much either.

After what I understand, the dealers are now installing the Platinum plugs in all newer Saabs when they get serviced.

After all, many other modern cars have plugs that last 75-100K before the first replacement, but those cars also don't have the sensitive Trionic ignition module with all its built in features.

Anders

SWEDECAR

• How easy is it to replace the DIC?, Grackle, Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:16:26
  • Re: How easy is it to replace the DIC?, LesH, Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:33:48
    • Thanks Les-- a follow-up question, Grackle, Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:00:37
      • Dealer just said I have to leave it for a day for DIC?, alpine951, Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:28:47
        • Re: Dealer just said I have to leave it for a day for D, SWEDECAR , Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:06:06
      • Call me obsessive, but I change the plugs every...., MI-Roger , Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:13:33
        • Re: Call me obsessive, but I change the plugs every...., dtech, Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:36:15
          • Sometimes this board incites paranoia, Noel, Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:13:59
        • Where do you find NGK's for $7/set?, Alpine951, Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:48:53
          • Yes, I use the copper NGK's for around $7/set....., MI-Roger , Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:39:39
          • Re: Where do you find NGK's for $7/set?, NIVO, Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:54:15
          • More like $7 each for an Aero - at eEuroparts, Jack T., Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:51:09
          • eEuroparts, Ian Glenday , Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:00:28
            • Re: eEuroparts, 8AA2YM, Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:28:10
              • can those be used in an Aero? NM, alpine951, Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:29:17
                • Absolutly., SWEDECAR , Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:19:23 <-- Viewing This Message
                  • Thanks Anders. New plugs for my new Aero. nm, alpine951, Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:09:37
      • Re: Thanks Les-- a follow-up question, LesH, Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:09:52

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