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Old 06-28-2005, 05:34 AM
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Default How often should you change spark plugs?

I bought the car with 58k and now hit 80k and have never changed the spark plugs. How often should this be done?
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every 20k- 25k miles
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Default I thought scheduled maintenance says every 40,000miles? This may be different depending on.........

mods and which plugs you're using.

Where did you hear every 20-25K?
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40K is what Audi's scheduled maintenance says
Old 06-28-2005, 05:48 AM
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Default that's like the tb change every 100k miles.. per audi

and the oil change @ 10k ...and so on.
i change my plugs every 25k. i had them done at 30k , i changed them myself at 55k .. next is @ 80k.
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Default I tend to agree with that. If you are stock, 40k is probably alright, but modded cars should have

the plugs changed more frequently. ~$75 worth of plugs every 20k miles isn't really that much.

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Default I dont know if my plugs have EVER been changed.

I'd hope the previous owner had them done at 40k, but he wasn't what I would call a car person.

Should I take it to audi, or is any place good?
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Default that is your call , i would get the plugs and do it myself.

or go to a good shop that works with euro cars mostly.
what area are you from, maybe someone here can recomend a good place.
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agreed, its not hard to do.
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What kind of spark plugs do you recommend


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