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Hi, I am 'lumbered' with getting my grandsons AX ready for MOT. What is the correct spark plug gap for a just under 1000cc engine? The BOL says it is at the beginning of the relavent chapter-rubbish and the Citroen manuel says that this an important measurement for the efficient running of the car but does not state what it should be. If all else fails I will set it at 27thou. and hope. Gerry
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the BOL im sure will have the plug gap somewere, have you looked under the ignition section,

i dont have one to hand at the mo but would think 25thou, as that is what most gaps were for that vintage of car,


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Hi, the BOL states that information is given at the begining of the chapter, but it is not there and I can not find it anywhere in the book. Gerry
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Hi, should have said have said thank you for your reply.Most of the older Cits seem to have been 25thou.
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If you or anyone else for that matter want a complete set of genuine Citroen AX manuals let me know as I have them gathering dust at work ATM.
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ok i have now looked up in my BOL page 79 ignition system tech data

plug gap on all modles

0.8mm and or 32thou,


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32thou sounds pretty big, but will try it
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The AX manuals have now found a new home :D
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scratcher wrote:32thou sounds pretty big, but will try it

you think thats a big gap you should see what they gap most modern cars plugs at, drive a double decker bus comes to mind,


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Thanks for all the replies, I am used to older cars which had a 25thou gap and that is just the thickness of my thumbnail, there's a handy thing. Gerry
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