I have a set of blue magnecor spark plug wires that I just bought but they don't have the impulse sensor on them, what should I do about this? Is there any way to swap my old one over or should I just go without?
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put your old one on
the impulse sensor allows the ECU to fire the injectors in banks, otherwise it fires all 6 at once. they only real difference it makes is gas mileage, but with gas prices what they are every bit counts. -
As far as I can tell I'm not going to be able to get the boot off the new wires in order to slide the sensor onto the wire, anybody done it before?
"One of my top five favorite, like, cool...nerd cars"
'89 325i-sold
'98 528iComment
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Theres much more of a difference than just shitty fuel milage, notably it will sound as if your motor is about to explode. Not sure if it will actually hurt your engine, but you definately want to swap it over. Scotty and I broke mine off during a tbelt job on my ix, I damn near thought we proper fucked my motor.Back to my roots
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you should be able to get the boot off, although it won't be easy. just go slowly and be careful. when I got my bavauto wires one of the clips that holds the wire to the plug came out and I was forced to take off the boot so I could get it back on. what a PITA!Comment
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Or you could return those wires and pay the extra $$$ for the right part.Yours truly,
Rich
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Originally posted by RigmasterComment
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Extra money? What website do you think you're on?
"One of my top five favorite, like, cool...nerd cars"
'89 325i-sold
'98 528iComment
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I'd say ask Heeter, but . . .Current Cars2014 M235i2009 R56 Cooper S1998 M31997 M3Comment
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New problem, the 8mm wire is too thick to fit through the old sensor, do you think i'd ruin it by drilling it out a little bit?
"One of my top five favorite, like, cool...nerd cars"
'89 325i-sold
'98 528iComment
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I know, I already thought about thatOriginally posted by DaveCN
EDIT: OK, I just went ahead and drilled it with an 21/64 drill bit. It's fits like a glove, we'll see if it still works...Last edited by Purdue89E30; 07-31-2006, 05:19 PM.
"One of my top five favorite, like, cool...nerd cars"
'89 325i-sold
'98 528iComment
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you bought the wrong wires, the 8mm ones are suppose to come with the impuse sensor, unless you ordered the 2.7L ETA ones.
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the wires w/o the ambilical cord are less money.Yours truly,
Rich
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Originally posted by RigmasterComment
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I ordered the only 8mm wires for '89 325i offered by apexperformance.net
"One of my top five favorite, like, cool...nerd cars"
'89 325i-sold
'98 528iComment
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Yes, and also the wrong part. Why do people even work on their cars if they are going to half-ass it?Originally posted by delatlanta1281Comment
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exacry so return them and order the new part. Rigging them is the wrong thing to do man!Yours truly,
Rich
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Originally posted by RigmasterComment
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