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Does anybody know the life expectancy of the Bosch Dizzy cap on a 1.8 16Valver?

 

I do recall replacing my current one about 5 years ago. I was very pleasently surprised with the performace and running of the car after it was fitted.

 

I must have put at least 40K miles on her since. I do have good leads and plugs and was considering spending a few quid before the worst of the weather.

 

She runs OK, but I have some money to spend on her, kind of a preventative purchase :roll:

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I replaced the complete unit, rotor arm and all.

 

The arm was well worn and if I remember rightly lots of flakes of metal fell out when I opened it up.

 

Perhaps a cheap and quick fix would be to look at the arm and only replace that if it's needed.

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They're not too expensive, might be worth changing it anyway, and like Chris the Mountain says, change the rotor arm too. :D

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Yeah.. they don't cost a lot even from the stealer. Might as well do the lot whilst you're at it :)

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I'd change the dizzy cap, rotor, spark plugs & spark plug leads.

 

I change the whole lot on mine every year - just to be on the safe side.

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