clarkenfoz
Forum Member
- Joined
- Aug 3, 2016
- Messages
- 2
- Location
- Sunshine Coast, Qld
- Car Year
- 2001
- Car Model
- Forester
- Transmission
- Auto
Hi guys and girls,
I've had my sf na for about 4 months now. Since the day I first drove it the only thing I haven't been a fan of was the lack of grunt. Every morning it would just kinda pulsate up to speed and never was game to overtake or anything. Being used to much larger cars I figured it was just my being used to a lot more power.
The check engine light would flicker when taking my foot off the pedal going downhill but flicking through forums I put it down as a common annoyance more than anything else.
About 2 weeks ago I seemed to intermediatedly drop a cylinder - I struggled going uphill at all and it kept getting more frequent but due to moving house I haven't had time to check anything.
Today I decided to check the plugs - not wanting to spend $$$ on platinums if not needed I grabbed a set of NGK BKR6E-11 just in case one was dead and went to work...
I found both rear plugs rooted - #3 I could get a little flash from but #4 nothing at all.
I replaced them all with the NGKs and I swear it's like I've got a different car entirely, it accelerates uphill, it actually now sounds like a flat 4, no cel flickers, it takes off from the lights without hesitating at all all which it never did before - I'm actually wondering if since the day I bought it only 3 cylinders were actually firing and what I noticed recently was the 2nd plug failing? I'm doing a 300km round trip tomorrow and looking forward to seeing what my fuel consumption will be like (averaging 13L/100km up to now)
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Also has anyone had a problem with using standard plugs compared to the fancy metal variety?
Cheers, Josh
I've had my sf na for about 4 months now. Since the day I first drove it the only thing I haven't been a fan of was the lack of grunt. Every morning it would just kinda pulsate up to speed and never was game to overtake or anything. Being used to much larger cars I figured it was just my being used to a lot more power.
The check engine light would flicker when taking my foot off the pedal going downhill but flicking through forums I put it down as a common annoyance more than anything else.
About 2 weeks ago I seemed to intermediatedly drop a cylinder - I struggled going uphill at all and it kept getting more frequent but due to moving house I haven't had time to check anything.
Today I decided to check the plugs - not wanting to spend $$$ on platinums if not needed I grabbed a set of NGK BKR6E-11 just in case one was dead and went to work...
I found both rear plugs rooted - #3 I could get a little flash from but #4 nothing at all.
I replaced them all with the NGKs and I swear it's like I've got a different car entirely, it accelerates uphill, it actually now sounds like a flat 4, no cel flickers, it takes off from the lights without hesitating at all all which it never did before - I'm actually wondering if since the day I bought it only 3 cylinders were actually firing and what I noticed recently was the 2nd plug failing? I'm doing a 300km round trip tomorrow and looking forward to seeing what my fuel consumption will be like (averaging 13L/100km up to now)
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Also has anyone had a problem with using standard plugs compared to the fancy metal variety?
Cheers, Josh