Distributor change intervals - VW Golf

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Wed 18 Feb 2004 13:20
Distributor change intervals - VW Golf - Peterco
Hi,

I\'m about to service my car, and I was just wondering 2 things about the distributor and rotor arm.

Firstly, what are the change intervals of the distributor & rotor arm? When should they be changed?

Secondly, some people have told me to just clean the contacts with a bit of sand paper, but i think that this may cause arking of the spark. Someone else told me to just rub the rotor arm on the tyre.

Can anyone help?!

Peter.
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Wed 18 Feb 2004 18:53
Distributor change intervals - Dynamic Dave
I'm about to service my car....


And what car would that be? Every car has different service intervals and when relevant service components need changing.
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Wed 18 Feb 2004 19:42
Distributor change intervals - Peterco
A vw Golf 1.6 1986

{Duly added to subject header. DD}
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Thu 19 Feb 2004 16:57
Distributor change intervals - VW Golf - MW
I wouldn't mess about. Europarts do a cap for £4-7, and the distributor arm for £2.75 + vat. Replace both and enjoy 5 years of so trouble from this potentially weak area. Remember this is nearly a 10 year old car. The secret in running old cars is to slightly over maintain them. Especially in 'weak' areas, like electrics and fan belts. Then they are fine. The £10 looks great value when your car breaks down going to that wedding, or on Dartmoor at 3am.
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