pads, plugs and oil

[BobbyV]

Front rear pads, spark plugs and engine oil wanted before I go and buy some from eurocarparts

[mikeyskona]

Be Very careful with your spark plugs Bobby.. I had awful problems when i put some cheap ones in.

I'm using Denso R's (almost £40 a set of 4).
Before that i bought some champion EON1's fron halfrauds for £20 and it caused massive problems. Got my money back tho <G>

In fact the halfauds guy during lookin up the part to see if he had something else (even after me telling him i already bought good ones) looked up and said "petrol?"... "errr. i'm buying spark plugs?"... "yeah. Petrol?"
Oh dear :\

Volvo genuine, NGK R's or Denso R's are about all i can say will work correctly... Dont be tempted to skimp on the plugs, they do make a massive difference

[DWM]

Originally Posted by mikeyskona

In fact the halfauds guy during lookin up the part to see if he had something else (even after me telling him i already bought good ones) looked up and said "petrol?"... "errr. i'm buying spark plugs?"... "yeah. Petrol?"
Oh dear :\

Hilarious. (To be very charitable I suppose you could say maybe he was thinking LPG or something... unlikely though.)

[andy_d]

Originally Posted by BobbyV

Front rear pads, spark plugs and engine oil wanted before I go and buy some from eurocarparts

before you go there,,
find a member on here called "RUFE"
he works at FRF swansea, in there parts dept , and FRF have kindly given VOC forum user a discount off retail when you go via "rufe" (simon)

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=57125
and
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/member.php?u=10417

also dont forget ebay, you can get a set of Gen plugs for a s/v40 (non turbo non GDI) for about £15 posted, you can also get oil filter/plugs/sump washer for about £18posted...
oils, best bet is local , unless someone has a free shipping deal , as the weight/shipping will hike the £

and,,,as it happens,,

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=99519



Really dont fit "non gen" spark plugs, that way a world of cruddy running lies.
similarly with the oil filters, they seem to just not behave as good as a gen one.
oil,, a Decent one will be a lot better imho than "cheapo supermarket" type , castrol magnatex 10w40 being my "fix" of choice there,
hope that helps

[BobbyV]

Originally Posted by andy_d

before you go there,,
find a member on here called "RUFE"
he works at FRF swansea, in there parts dept , and FRF have kindly given VOC forum user a discount off retail when you go via "rufe" (simon)

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=57125
and
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/member.php?u=10417

also dont forget ebay, you can get a set of Gen plugs for a s/v40 (non turbo non GDI) for about £15 posted, you can also get oil filter/plugs/sump washer for about £18posted...
oils, best bet is local , unless someone has a free shipping deal , as the weight/shipping will hike the £

and,,,as it happens,,

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=99519



Really dont fit "non gen" spark plugs, that way a world of cruddy running lies.
similarly with the oil filters, they seem to just not behave as good as a gen one.
oil,, a Decent one will be a lot better imho than "cheapo supermarket" type , castrol magnatex 10w40 being my "fix" of choice there,
hope that helps

I'm looking at bosch plugs. Any opinions. Hoping to get mintex pads or pagid. Are they different on the t4 compared to other models. Oils im waiting to find goid offer. doing bit of ageneral service