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Post Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:00 am

any recommendation on what spark plugs to use on a 325 engine?
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:24 am

The owners manual recommends Bosch W8LCR.
I would be looking to find the NGK equivalent
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:51 am

I agree with using NGK... have found that both my original 323i and my present M40 318i hated Bosch plugs! :?
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:18 pm

NGK equivalent dude. Every time.

Bosch make good stuff, just not spark plugs imho
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:56 pm

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... park_Plugs
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2013 6:29 pm

has anyone tried ngk iridium or are they not recommended
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Post Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:07 pm

a fiver each? what advantages do they give?
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Post Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:24 am

NGK BPR6ES, just order 6 off the bay for £10.57 delivered!
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Post Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:33 am

PG325 wrote:NGK BPR6ES, just order 6 off the bay for £10.57 delivered!
That's what I do. Get some feeler gauges and gap them to 0.7mm.
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Post Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:12 pm

Just digging this out from a month back...

I put a set of NKG BPR6ES' in my m20, the nipples on them were too big. So I unscrewed them reveiling the right size underneath.. Is that what everyone else does?
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Post Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:56 pm

G-Bear wrote:Just digging this out from a month back...

I put a set of NKG BPR6ES' in my m20, the nipples on them were too big. So I unscrewed them reveiling the right size underneath.. Is that what everyone else does?
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