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Review on Bosch 04170 Ignition Rotor by Bryan Gilliam

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even to the point where I tried taking the spray bottle off the bottle and pouring the water directly onto the parts in question (I do this

Bought for a mother in law '98 VW Jetta, which was throwing misfire codes for multiple cylinders. Before investing in an ignition coil, which many forums have cited as a common fault, I took a airbrush and sprayed the coil, cover, wires, and top of the engine to see if I had any Problems had feelings from the running car as it could not continue to function while driving in several downpours Unfortunately I didn't get any boost from the car during this test, even to the point where I tried to remove the sprayer from the bottle and to pour the water directly on the affected parts (I don't recommend this, but I was annoyed that the MIL interrogated me about what I was doing has.) Studies have shown that Bosch is a very common origin supplier of spare parts to VAG and many people reported great success and even found NGK as the original spark plug manufacturer. So I settled on this rotor, a Bosch 03368 distributor cap and a set of NGK G Power spark plugs. Installation was relatively easy considering it takes nimble fingers to get a plus without removing the top manifold. everything, it was successful and the engine codes disappeared.

Pros
  • Manifolds and parts
Cons
  • Legacy model