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My original Fiat battery is completely done.
What replacement battery can you recommend for a 2014 twinair 4x4?
What replacement battery can you recommend for a 2014 twinair 4x4?
Garage found glitch causing engine to flood and promptly fixed
.... hmm, might need more details about that! Very unusual for a modern engine to flood, unless there is no spark and it's cranked for a while. Might the 'glitch' have been associated with spark plugs or coil packs do you know?
Should have said the garage said engine repeatedly flooded and smelt of fuel. Thoroughly checked the electrics and also found broken clip on engine air pipe.
Starting still rough, so they also replaced spark plugs. Engine fired right up and is now running great.
Hi.
30k on the plugs is far too long. With a low battery it's doubtful if they'd properly fire. For longer life fit platinum ones. Normally they are good for 60k miles but I've heard it's advisable to replace them at 45k miles. @
But better than cooking the board in the ECU
It's more likely to cause a flashover on the high voltage winding in the coil pack rather than fry the ECU, which has protection diodes in the drive circuit to the coil.
Hi.
30k on the plugs is far too long. With a low battery it's doubtful if they'd properly fire. For longer life fit platinum ones. Normally they are good for 60k miles but I've heard it's advisable to replace them at 45k miles. @
Hi Trevor
Do you have the number of NGK Platinum plugs, please?
Hi Trevor
Do you have the number of NGK Platinum plugs, please?
Hi.
Indeed the twin air uses an iridium NGK plug, I didn't realise they were iridium so should last comfortably for 45,000 miles unless they are under a lot of strain in the TA. In fact the Denso's in my cross were the same ones that were in my previous lounge as I swapped them with its previous standard plugs before trading it in. They now have done around 28,000 miles and when I removed one at around 25,000 miles there was no perceptible wear.