Coilpack gone - do you NEED/HAVE to change your spark plugs??

[Pabs]

Hey all...

posting on behalf of a mate as he is net-less at the moment....


A coilpack went on his car the other day. He drove for about a MAX of 15mins with the problem.

Do you HAVE to change ALL of your spark plugs because of this? If so, i assume its because of some kind of soot/deposits build-up, but surely this can be cleaned off?

He has been told this by RAC (i think)

Cheers

 

[m0rk]

wouldn't think so - few minutes of normal use will see it clear

 

[Pabs]

thats what i thought..... i think the RAC man is talking utter pap?

 

[dan__smith]

I have a real distaste for the RAC so on a biased note, I'd say he was talking s**t!

 

[Mitchy]

Nope you dont.

I had 1 go a couple of weeks ago and i pulled out the spark plug directly under the coil pack for inspection and it was fine.

Popped it back in with new coil pack and all is well

 

[leon7284]

Nope you dont.

I had 1 go a couple of weeks ago and i pulled out the spark plug directly under the coil pack for inspection and it was fine.

Popped it back in with new coil pack and all is well

Exactly the same as you mate, dropped third cylinder at the weekend £20 part changed it myself piece of p*ss