Re: 405 DL 89 New Sparkplug wires!

Charles R. Lincoln (clincoln@spiritone.com)
Fri, 3 Oct 97 22:24:19 -0700

I'm sending this again, because someone in germany, not a Peugeot list
member, forwarded it back to me wondering what it was about. And I
haven't seen any replies anyway.

There are specs for what the resistance of spark plug wires should be.
I've never replaced wires on any of my cars because they have been within
spec, so I'm wondering if relying on these measurements is good or not?

> Philip Glotfelty <glotfelty@fuse.net> (9/22/97 4:51 AM):

>Meanwhile I decided it was time to get the new sparkplug wires we'd
>discussed on the list and BINGO. The car's idle smoothed out and the
>uphill acceleration is remarkably better. Yea!
>
>So my suggestion to anyone who has over 100,000 miles on the original
>wires is to consider replacing them and let us know how it affects your
>cars performance. The wires run around $80 US.