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Old Jun 11, 2012 | 03:32 AM
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bosch platinum gap question

before every one starts telling me how much they suck. i already know.... but i already bought them and cant return them..

my question is do these come pre-gaped? the heads were covered with a cardboard cylinder and they were all gapped at about 0.48 but the box says to gap them at 0.44. i dont really know if my gap gauge is off or not (got it from wallmart) i tried closing the gap to the 0.44 like the box said but it was pretty hard. so i just put them in at the 0.48.

Has any1 got these before? or any1 know about this?
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Old Jun 11, 2012 | 05:13 PM
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Re: bosch platinum gap question

As far as I know all platinum plugs are pregapped and should not be "re"gapped. I thought it was because the platinum is breakable but someone else might chime in to explain or correct me if I am wrong.
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 02:37 PM
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Re: bosch platinum gap question

I'm running them in my '82, I did not re-gap them, and they also measured around 0.47.

They've been working fine so far, better than the stock AC-Delco's I pulled out with only 4200 miles on them.
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Old Jun 13, 2012 | 02:11 AM
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Re: bosch platinum gap question

ok good to know cause i just pluged them in aswell, i tried to gap them but they wouldnt budge. MPG's stayed the same if not worse.... im only getting about 10 mpg city.
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 11:33 AM
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Re: bosch platinum gap question

Originally Posted by thatoneguy5x
ok good to know cause i just pluged them in aswell, i tried to gap them but they wouldnt budge. MPG's stayed the same if not worse.... im only getting about 10 mpg city.
I run AC Delco platinum setup, I never had an issue
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