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Originally Posted by ggggbmw
The BMS tool looks nice, but it only lets you close the gap. You would still have to use another tool to open the gap. Like prongs on a wire gap tool, or a small pliers like the BMS video suggests. And backing the plug in and out of the BMS tool to open it would be tedious.
And even though I am huge tool snob/accumulator, I also find that the older I get, the less tolerance I have for spending money on expensive rarely used tools because "I'll have them the rest of my life".  |
To check gap use feeler gauges. Those wire tools suck.
Ideally with the proper gapping procedure you will never have to open up the gap. Start big go down only if needed, and plugs are prepped to bmw specs so you will never have to go larger than that.