Hi there....looking to fit new plugs to my 2001 V70 T5 as i can find no recent history of them being changed...
Can someone recommend a make & suggest a suitable gap to set the sparkplugs at.....
Thanks in advance...
Jon
Hi there....looking to fit new plugs to my 2001 V70 T5 as i can find no recent history of them being changed...
Can someone recommend a make & suggest a suitable gap to set the sparkplugs at.....
Thanks in advance...
Jon
"fastest Volvo in the village..."
I think many guys on here would recommend genuine Volvo plugs, although I've used NGK coppers in most of my cars & they have been fine.
Good site below:
http://www.ngkpartfinder.co.uk/car_c...529&engine=2.3
(although 'gap is preset' is not very helpful)
...and heat range comparison here.
On my cars if I up the boost/power I usually go a grade or two colder and close the gap up a little.
//edit
looking on the net, the gap should be 0.7-0.8 mm standard...can anyone confirm...
Last edited by jamesy12345; Thursday 9th April 2015 at 13:34.
0.7mm sounds right - NGK BKR7EVX will do nicely.
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jamesy12345 (Thursday 9th April 2015),jonboy21t (Friday 10th April 2015)
I've got a set of Volvo plugs (sealed in original packet) surplus to requirements. Was going to put a for sale post up later. PM me if interested. After £35 posted.
2001 V70 T5 (Manual) - The Turnip
1999 9-5 Aero (Manual) - Sven
jonboy21t (Friday 10th April 2015)
Thanks guys, as the car is standard (for now) i'll be sending a PM to Mr Golden Brown.....
"fastest Volvo in the village..."
All plugs for the t5's come pre set, You cannot set the gap you will damage the electrode if you try.
Is that the volvo plugs...I've never bought them...there's a lot of talk on the net (and I admit it is talk) about reducing the gap as the boost goes up. So, rightly or wrongly, I always drop reduce the gap on the NGK coppers I get if the car is modified.
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/docs/te...plications.pdf
Required voltage to form a spark at the gap is directly proportional to pressure. A smaller gap
may be required to avoid misfire or flashover.
http://www.boschsparkplugs.net/learn...i-gap-my-plugs
However, after raising compression and installing a turbo, a smaller Gap is required to ensure ignitability in the denser air/fuel mixture.
I had to have my gap dropped to 22 thou to stop blow out, as soon as boost came on it missed like hell
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jamesy12345 (Friday 10th April 2015)
All Volvo t5 plugs are fine tipped and shouldnt be re-gapped, if you need the next gap down choose the correct plug.
Jamest5r (Friday 10th April 2015),jamesy12345 (Friday 10th April 2015),jonboy21t (Monday 20th April 2015),MoleT-5R (Monday 20th April 2015)
Should of said mine were ngk BKR8EVX.
T35, 556Nm/410lbft & 361BHP/317WHP
merc85 (Friday 10th April 2015)
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
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Me too) maybe comes from the American chaps..http://v70r.com/forums/topic/35071-2...2-spark-plugs/
Just need to reduce the gap & keep an eye on them...& change the coil maybe....I am talking P80 cars though...
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
No just trying to say to the world: make sure ALL of the HT side is in good nick before telling me I MUST buy 50 quid spark plugs ....I'm of the opinion that copper plugs get a bad press due to incorrect gapping and other components being past their best, rather than coppers being unsuitable.
I'm quite happy to run non-volvo plugs, but I do then change them more frequently then, the previous owner to me had major ignition troubles on my olive t-5r and spent a fortune between his local garage in wiltshire and a north london volvo dealership trying to sort the issues and me I've not ever had really ignition troubles until this last years of the 8 that I've owned the car and that I'm sure is really a boost issue, that hopefully will be sorted this week, so I'm ready to go and play with Claymore at the weekend...
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
jamesy12345 (Monday 20th April 2015)
I'm definateley going for Volvo plugs when I next service mine.
Can't remember what I'm running just now but they seem to be doing their job.
I'm running IPD HD coil packs aswell
2001 S60 T5
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