Recommendation on forced installed non-compatible sparkplugs

[falken]

Somebody should report Rapide to the DTI.

[OTEP]

Madami namang satisfied sa Rapide. Yung mga kakilala kong walang alam sa sasakyan, gustong-gustong nagtatapon ng pera dun. Siyempre established name (madaming branches), professional looking (naka-uniform lahat), and mukhang state of the art equipment. hehe.

Besides, they don't even check what was done to the car. Basta tumatakbo happy na.

[rayban7g]

AC DELCO plugs and oil filter???... mukang walang bumibili nitong brand na 'to kaya siguro fino-force nila ibenta rin...hehehe! tsk tsk tsk!

[afrasay]

take it to a machine shop to rebore a new hole or get a surplus head.

[afrasay]

should be finger tighten first before using a socket to ensure the tread fits right.

[raine]

Nangyari sa akin dati tama ang spark plug peo na cross thread ng mechanic, sagot lahat ng shop ang pa machine shop. Pero in your case nauwi mo na at ilang buwan na ang nakalipas bago mo malaman na mali pala ang ginawa nila sa sasakyan mo, mahirap nang patunayan yan na sila ng ang mali, charge mo na lang sa experience at sa susunod wag kang basta nalang papayag na basta ikakabit nila ang piyesa without you checking it kung compatible ng ito. At ang pinaka mahalaga sa lahat WAG na WAG ka nang babalik sa RAPIDE para magpagawa. baka lalong sirain pa .

[afrasay]

try mo din ibalik sa rapide...who knows...

[rsnald]

nangyari na sa volkswagen ko dati yan.. na cross thread yung spark plug, pumutok palabas yung spark plug dahil sa loose thread na. ang ginawa ng machine shop, engine tap yata tawag nila dun. binaklas yung makina, bore yung spark plug hole para lumaki, tapos, build up-pan nila ng bagong bakal on the enlarged spark plug hole, then make a new thread. at that time, the machine shop labor cost about P1000 or P1500 yata but that was ten years ago .
anyways... dalhin mo na lang sa mekaniko at pa machine shop mo. kaya pa yan.

[janzen05]

have similar prob w/ our revo 99 model, spark plug brand is AC DELCO 43XLS installed by RAPIDE Pavilion Binan Branch last feb 2005,i forgot to replace it on the next change oil last nov 2006 on its 9K km. seldom used ung oto kya mejo tagal ang interval ng change oil and fullysynthetic gamit ko.it happend last may 4,2007, bro ko me dala ng oto, few meters from the parking lot, bigla me lumagatok sa engine room when he checked it one of the rubber cover protecting the spark plug was removed and nakita nya wala na ung half ng spark plug(from the metal part upto the ceramic part) in short wala na pwede kapitan ung wrench pra matanggal sya. so top overhaul ang ginawa pera sa ibang rapide branch ko na dinala. the said spark plug has been used for 12K km before sya maputol, may tendency ba talaga maputol pag ganyan katagal nagamit? appreciate ur advise, coz we plan to file a complaint re the said damage.by the way people frm the other rapide branch said that the said model of AC delco Spark Plug has been phased out since 2006 as there has been several negative feedback on the said plug.

[mangdencio]

thanks sir!!



by the way sir, I forgot to tell that only 2 non-compatible sparkplugs were force installed. The other 2 sparkplugs were compatible and of the same size. So,what would you suggest in that kind of situation sir? Thanks.

nascar, leave the remaining spark plugs in situ as they are. strive to install the original spark plugs on the damaged holes once they're machined.

[Asus700]

nabububwisit ako pag nakakarinig ako ng ganitong istorya. nangyari din kasi sa akin ang ganyang palpak na serbisyo sa rapide din! break problem naman.

nung araw mismo na nandun ako, may sasakyang nagasgas ng motor nila, galit na galit yung may ari, imbis na maayos daw problema nya sasakyan, dinagdagan pa ng rapide.

[janzen05]

hello to all, help pls... MAY TENDENCY BA MAPUTOL SPARK PLUG AFTER MAGAMIT NG 12THOU KMS.? BRAND WAS ACDELCO 43XLS, INSTALLED IN GAS REVO 99 MODEL,7k ENGINE. APPRECIATE UR RESPONSE!TNX

[redorange]

No, sparkplugs don't break at 12 thousand kms, if you know the sparkplug part/model number just Google it for any history of a product recall since it's AC Delco a US brand.

[janzen05]

thanks redorange.am tryin to search the net now but it seems like there has been no posting yet re recall of acdelco 43xls plugs. but the other branch of rapide said that they've stopped using that since 2005 since they've encountered several probs with the same plug.mine was installed feb 2005. most likely the one installed on my car was part of that batch that has product defect.my concern now was that they(Rapide) should have informed their customers who already had the defective product and have it replaced accordingly.

[Asus700]

palitan mo na lang bro, wala kang maasahan dyan sa rapide