Cap & Rotor Change

Posted by: dezurtrat

Cap & Rotor Change - 26/11/03 12:24 PM

What mileage are you all changing your cap & rotor? I have 24k and was thinking of changing it!
I don't always like to wait until the manual says it's time for a particular maintenance.
Posted by: Bogatyr

Re: Cap & Rotor Change - 26/11/03 12:55 PM

dezurtrat,
While I usually change them out around 30k on the other vehicles, when I inspected the cap and rotor on the Xterra at 35k, I noticed a little scoring, but not enough to warrant a replacement. I'll prolly keep checking every 5k miles or so to see what they look like and swap out when the scoring gets noticible.
Bogatyr
Posted by: OffroadX

Re: Cap & Rotor Change - 26/11/03 01:03 PM

Finally got around to changing mine around 70K. No problem before, and didn't notice any improvement afterwards, so I assume my old ones were still OK.
Only use Nissan parts here, those that have used aftermarket parts report poor results.
Posted by: dezurtrat

Re: Cap & Rotor Change - 30/11/03 12:47 PM

Thanks! I bought the part's from NISSAN. I'll just wait to change the cap & rotor. Probably when I change the plugs. I was thinking of changing the plugs at 30k. I read in a post here somewhere that if you leave the plugs in past 30k they're a bitch to get out. Any thoughts???

[Smoking]
Posted by: ChuckH

Re: Cap & Rotor Change - 30/11/03 01:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by dezurtrat:
Thanks! I bought the part's from NISSAN. I'll just wait to change the cap & rotor. Probably when I change the plugs. I was thinking of changing the plugs at 30k. I read in a post here somewhere that if you leave the plugs in past 30k they're a bitch to get out. Any thoughts???

[Smoking]
Yeah, my thought is let the dealer do the friggen plugs! Mine came out easy after 60K, but the work involved to get to them was not worth it IMO, and I did end up at the dealer to have the back one replaced. Hell, it took my a couple hours just to get the plug wire off that one and I broke my brake line brackets in the process! mad

Oh yeah, I did my cap and rotor at about 50K and it was fine so I kept it as a spare set. The second one looked worse after 30K than the first one did at 50K, so I put the old one back in for about 10K miles and then replaced it again with a new one. I also replaced my plugs around 60K and the wires around 85K.
Posted by: OffroadX

Re: Cap & Rotor Change - 30/11/03 02:04 PM

No problem at all doing my plugs, other than that pesky #6 at the back.
30K is really way too early to change the platinum plugs though. They're supposed to be good for 100K (twin-tip plugs) and I'd go at least half that long before even thinking about pulling 'em. At $9 each, it's expensive!

Brent
Posted by: DaveDatsun

Re: Cap & Rotor Change - 30/11/03 04:59 PM

I have not considered the the wire/rotor/cap on my X yet. It sees less than 5,000 a year. With my rustfinder, you could tell when the w/r/c was due for replacement on damp mornings - the engine would missfire til the heat drove off the moisture. So that's when they got replaced and not a mile sooner.

dave and xtoy - no use replacing good parts