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Old Sep 8, 2015 | 01:18 PM
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Installing new plugs/coils and have a question

Why are all the numbers on half the plugs different? Beru 14FR-6LDU (Z116)
 
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Old Sep 8, 2015 | 01:34 PM
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get a wire feeler gauge, or if time/availability is an issue, try to just measure the edge and not across the whole electrode...you are flat spanning a radius'ed electrode
 
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get a wire feeler gauge, or if time/availability is an issue, try to just measure the edge and not across the whole electrode...you are flat spanning a radius'ed electrode

It hit me just as I sitting here looking at them. haha! Thanks for the help. I've deleted that question. Now for the "Why do they have different numbers?" Different lots, perhaps?
 
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lol no worries!


I'm not sure about the printed numbers, but wouldn't be too concerned as long as they are all stamped FR6LDU
 
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^ exactly. agree also. lot numbers, who knows.
 
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Are you running the factory Porsche OEM coils, or a different configuration?
 
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