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r31 nismoid: u say trust the blokes with the bad choice in plugs but after 4 days they were stumped and had no idea what the problem was...

gtst25: i didnt keep driving it much, only a little bit when i thought it was bad fuel and had drained the tank and refilled and thought it had to run through. apart from that i was saving money to get it back to the damn mechanics. and i used to be on here for hours each night reading tech stuff but ihave had bugger all time these days to get on here.

wAZR32GTST: yeah this was my first service owning the car so i hadnt got to know anyone to know my car inside out. I asked around a few blokes with strong skylines and they pointed me there. Yeah $600 included the barrel service plugs and labour because some people keep bringing up that it was 600 for the lock. and is it really that easy to get the door trim off when its already shut and locked?

sinistagtst: mate that exactly what i did do this bloke is sposed to be one of the best in newy. well i suppose he still is if it was my f**kup.

skylinecouple. thanks for your 'helpful' advice. firstly i had no idea it was the AFM in the first place. i asked on here earlier and i got a list amount 20 long, from afm, coils, plugs, pipes popping off, boost controller, bad fuel, heaps of stuff. And i know theres 50 pages on plugs but how would i know they are the problem when a damn qualified mechanic, one of the best in newcastle, put them in!

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