My car has 130,000 miles and I've been experiencing some low RPM "bucking" so I decided to look into new coils and plugs. Rather than replace the 8 coils which would be quite expensive, I found NGK Coil Boots (the rubber piece and inner spring) for $4.08 each on RockAuto.com.
I've been running Autolite Copper plugs (764) up to this point without any issue, but material broke off the plug right above the thread as I was removing them. Previous torque was set to 18 lbs / ft so it's not like I over-torqued them, and they only had 24,500 miles on them.
Anyways, I used a magnetic wand to grab all of the shrapnel I could before installing new NGK V Power plugs. Just looking at the construction of the NGK vs. Autolite, you can quickly tell the difference in quality that makes the NGK's worth the extra $0.50 per plug ($2.50 each from Pep Boys).
Fortunately, the low RPM bucking was fixed, and I'll be an NGK user for life now. Total spend was $52 excluding tax and shipping (less than the cost of one new OEM Coil on Plug):-D
Old Coil Boot / Spring Removed
Damaged Autolite 764
New NGK Coils and Plugs
I've been running Autolite Copper plugs (764) up to this point without any issue, but material broke off the plug right above the thread as I was removing them. Previous torque was set to 18 lbs / ft so it's not like I over-torqued them, and they only had 24,500 miles on them.
Anyways, I used a magnetic wand to grab all of the shrapnel I could before installing new NGK V Power plugs. Just looking at the construction of the NGK vs. Autolite, you can quickly tell the difference in quality that makes the NGK's worth the extra $0.50 per plug ($2.50 each from Pep Boys).
Fortunately, the low RPM bucking was fixed, and I'll be an NGK user for life now. Total spend was $52 excluding tax and shipping (less than the cost of one new OEM Coil on Plug):-D
Old Coil Boot / Spring Removed
Damaged Autolite 764
New NGK Coils and Plugs
