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Re: spark plug life - my experiences
Posted by t Randell (more from t Randell) on Tue, 28 Oct 2003 07:43:32
In Reply to: spark plug life, Ed Dixon, Tue, 28 Oct 2003 02:55:14
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As others have indicated Saab's Trionic system uses sparkplugs in a more complex manner then most ECU systems. As I understand it they are used as "sensors" to detect engine knock by some means of measuring ionization voltage. I do not know any details about this, perhaps others do. In any respect, my experience is that the system is very sensitive to the sparkplug condition. My 1999 9-3 had the T5 Trionic system and I had to change plugs about every 12,000 km to keep the boost up. Whenever I changed the plugs the performance increase was obvious.
My 2002 9-5 linear has the T7 system and it is clearly not as sensitve as tht T5 system but I did change my plugs at 12,000 km's and I detected an improvement in drivability with smoother and slightly stronger acceleration. My car is nearing the 24,000 km mark and I will replace them again soon. I use BCPR6ES11 gapped to 0.039".
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Posts in this Thread:
- spark plug life, Ed Dixon, Tue, 28 Oct 2003 02:55:14
- Re: spark plug life, TG, Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:40:35
- Re: spark plug life - my experiences, t Randell, Tue, 28 Oct 2003 07:43:32 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: spark plug life, Dean, Tue, 28 Oct 2003 06:59:18
- Re: spark plug life, compaqted, Tue, 28 Oct 2003 05:38:34
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