NGK BP6ES

[visionaut]

I believe you can only get 'new' resistor versions of the Champion N9Y now, Steve.  Of course, someone on the Bay might always have some NOS...

 

As mentioned earlier, Bosch quality went down for a while, but the 'killer' for me there was the fact they only pushed (stocked) their newer-style thin-wire platinum/iridium plugs.  Today, Bosch doesn't even offer a 2002 compatible plug in their only 2 remaining non-platimum/iridium plug lines (Copper with Nickel, or their Silver series).

 

And Beru only seems to be widely available in Europe nowadays.

 

NGK has a good rep and high-quality - and they HAD non-resistor copper plugs...so I went to that.  No anymore though.

 

I doubt a spark-plug sitting on the shelf will go bad by itself.  It'd take a LONG time for corrosion to have any effect at all - it's not a 'sensitive electonics' part after all.

 

My opinion is your old N9Y is just as good as an NGK BP6ES. (as are your old Bosch WxxxT30s).  But now we're running out of ALL of these options...

 

Tom-too

[popovm]

Bumping this thread as I didn't realize BP6ES were discontinued and have been trying to buy them. The sellers I bought from that listed BP6ES both sent the wrong plug. Ireland Engineering sent plugs with solid terminals instead of threaded and eBay seller qeautoparts1 sent me BPR6ES. 

 

I have some NOS Bosch in my eBay shopping cart but before I pull the trigger, what modern plugs is everyone buying now? It would be nice to be able to go to a national chain parts store and know what to buy even if they are $9 a plug. 

[Jae]

2 hours ago, popovm said:

Ireland Engineering sent plugs with solid terminals instead of threaded 

 

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For non resistor version, doesn’t the solid terminals screw off to reveal the threaded ends?
 

Also, Champion N9YC are widely available at most car parts stores.

Edited December 3, 2020 by Jae

[popovm]

3 hours ago, Jae said:

For non resistor version, doesn’t the solid terminals screw off to reveal the threaded ends?
 

Also, Champion N9YC are widely available at most car parts stores.

No, there is a separate solid terminal version of the BP6ES where the terminal doesn’t screw off. It’s part number 7334. I actually learned this the hard way by ripping off the terminal by trying to unscrew it. And that’s not even my first mistake since owning this car for less than a month.  ?

 

And that’s awesome, thanks for the clarification on the N9YC. I was going a little crosseyed researching all these plugs and must have missed that they are still around

Edited December 3, 2020 by popovm