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NoStart to Remember
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:56:42 -0700
...a WeakCoil ~ It was getting a consistent Spark to All4 but apparently not a a GoodEnough Spark to Fire the Fuel ~ So that is...
What about New Bosche Plus 4 Plugs?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 23:25:30 EST
...This does NOT mean that you are getting 4 sparks at one time (which is what advertisers would like you to think) but that...
Re: EV Problems/cost - Any sugestions?
Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:26:53 -0400
...So I advise lots of bitching...no way should spark plug wires fail after 39,000 miles/2 years. My only electric problem now...
new ignition install but still no spark.
Historical mailing list - philip key
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:04:56 -0700
...I installed a new ignition coil but I still have no spark. Everything else seems to be in place and I can't figure...
Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 6 Dec 2010 17:21:49 -0800
...Under normal circumstances there aren't >>> any sparks available in the engine room, unless of course the >>> sparking inside the distributor or from the...
Re: after the fridge is lit..
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:40:07 -0700
...or course it is the last 1/2 inch of the air pump that sparks the piezzo.... I don't know what could be...
Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:55:32 -0700
...removed the dometic again, and discovered no spark. Turns out the spark wire had been wedged between the left size and the van and...
Re: No Spark '90 2.1 UPDATE
Historical mailing list - John C...
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:42:00 +0000
...No Spark '90 2.1 UPDATE >I wanted tot hank everyone who responded to me on this issue - I now have > spark. > > I triple...
Re: 85 GL No Spark-No Start
Historical mailing list - Dave C
Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:45:46 -0400
...Swap them and see if you have spark. If you so then get a new relay. Also, remove your plugs and see if they...
Re: Hi humidity--won't start
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:38:40 -0500
...Typically these problems are associated with ignition/spark malfunction. Look at the spark plug wires in the dark to see if they are arching...
Re: Running rich and low mpg
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:24:30 -0400
What is the condition of your spark plug wires? Steven 91 Westy On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 12:37 PM Dan N <dn92610...
Re: spark, stumble, and misses...
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Tue, 17 Oct 1995 09:22:00 -0700 (PDT)
>You said that you saw the spark advance >when you rev the engine but double check the weights inside the >distributor for movement. Spray...
Re: SPARK PLUG WIRE PLACEMENT?
Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
Thu, 2 May 2002 16:01:10 -0700
...Vanagon GL Westy On 5/2/02 3:55 PM, "Chris Winesette" <Chriswinesette@AOL.COM> wrote: > which spark plug wire goes to which cylinder.
Re: No voltage at injectors
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:09:10 -0500
...Did you check for spark? No spark=no pump or injection. Dennis, And I still can't type on this Windows 8 Phone! ________________________________ From...
Re: Spark plug gap-Tire air!
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:07:03 -0500
Hell why not helium for lower rolling resistance? Or hydrogen, even lighter. This is my Vanagon, I've named it Hindenberg... George/ATL
Re: Loss of Power after carwash
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:08:10 -0500
Mystery solved. Bad spark plug wires. Running sweetly again. Thanks for advice from all. Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle
Re: Spark plug torque
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Sun, 26 May 2002 12:27:01 -0500
Be sure to use plenty of anti seize to keep the gas passing--- E-mail message So tight enough to not pass gas. Sorry...
Re: Low Compression after Spark Plug Incident
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Tue, 1 Feb 2005 23:28:03 -0500
...The van was >running fine before the spark plug incident. So, strangely to me, it seems >that the spark plug incident on the #2...
Re: LOOSER,ZOINKS! Itsy bitsy Spark Plug pieces dancing in my e
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Fri, 3 Jul 1998 03:14:11 EDT
...and so I went with the kraut spark again of course. Old habits are hard to break and if you figure statistics, I'm...
Re: Cause of weak spark?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:06:59 -0400
...Yrs, d At 08:12 PM 9/19/2015, Angus Gordon wrote: >'86 syncro > >I'm looking to solve a weak spark problem. Battery...
Pulstar Plugs, was Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:00:16 -0500
...In one of their "reviews, someone Whee! Ok, their claim is that by putting a capacitor into the spark plug itself, they make available...
Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:43:29 -1000
if you are wondering about your spark plug wires, there are several low tech, quite effective, 'back yard' ways to test them. On 10...
Re: Alternatives to the 009 distributor
Historical mailing list
Wed, 12 Apr 1995 20:54:22 +0600
...ya >know, like the 022 and 050 models. > >THanks, >Thom I have heard that the 050 doesn't retard the spark on the #3...
Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:49:11 -0400
...New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect "Let the piston meltdowns and broken rings begin." Even I, a registered Vanagon ninnyhammer, would not want to melt my...
Re: refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:36:13 -0600
...A greater distance > will create a slow spark causing the light to > blink. A lesser distance will create a fast spark > that may not...
Re: The details of Motronic (long)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 1 Oct 2003 12:25:48 -0700
...Motronic (long) Individual spark timing: The ECU controls spark timing and calculates this for each plug individually making for very precise ignition timing. Minor...
Re: FW: looking for technical assistance in Wisconsin or Michigan/UP
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:06:06 -0400
...unless the mechanic just now replaced the spark plugs, they aren't new anymore, because they have been operating on a malfubctioning engine. dan...
Re: aligning distributor
Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:37:41 -0500
...valves are closed and the fuel is in the cylinder waiting for a spark to ignite it. It is possible to insert the distributor...
Re: 88 GL Failure to start - the Saga Continues
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:51:19 -0400
...The new coil put out a vigorous blue-white spark. The old coil put out a not so vigorous orange-yellow spark. I drove...
Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Sun, 30 Oct 1994 17:20:00 -0800 (PST)
...Has anybody used these spark plugs in the Vanagons? My '90 >Syncro Westfalia just chews through the stock Bosch Supers (w7cc0). VW This probably...
Re: What Sparkplugs
Historical mailing list - robot .
Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:30:31 -0800
>on 1/17/2001 10:37 AM, Chad at groch@WORLDCHAT.COM wrote: > > > I'm about to replace the sparkplugs on my '85GL. Any...
Re: Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:10:21 -0700
"spark plug" tools have a "T" shaped appendage that can leverage the electrode to widen or diminish the gap, and almost always have a...
Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list - Jerome Perkins
Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:27:27 EST
...87 spark plugs with a single earth electrode are being installed in place of the three electrode� plugs, this is in conjunction with a...
Re: CV Joint Swapping
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Thu, 20 Apr 2000 16:00:39 -0400
David Beierl wrote: > <snip> felt smug until some bright spark Thanks David, -Larry > on the list demonstrated with marks on a pencil that nothing...
Re: Best Vanagon reEngineering Solution Ever!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Sat, 30 Sep 2000 23:50:05 EDT
Hey, you can merge the block heater thread with this one. Put a sparkplug wire on the plug used for the oil drainplug. BenT
will not start
Historical mailing list - Darrel
Fri, 27 Dec 2002 12:29:20 -0500
Digifant system have power at injector conector have fuel pressure have air have spark have no fuel in cylinders Darrel Combs 1988 Vanagon With...
Re: Spark plug wire order
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 16 May 2013 12:34:18 -0700
...Bought new spark plugs at a local supplier, it turned out they did not fit snugly in the boots of the spark plug wires...
Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:27:08 -0400
...After some trouble shooting (also finding no spark) I put in my spare ECU and it fired right up. After the trip I swapped...
Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:26:32 -0700
...Why does the fuel pump cycle twice? If the FI fire everytime a spark fires, and there are four plugs sparking at different times...
Re: Failure to Start - 91 Carat
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:10:42 -0400
...Failure to Start - 91 Carat re..................If losing spark look wiring or an ECU problem. or Hall sender in Distributor .............not 'that' uncommon. ----- Original...
Re: The sad ending of a spark plug life
Historical mailing list - Benoit
Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:52:59 -0500
...The sad ending of a spark plug life > > > > >>One day, it was one of the most crucial part of an engine.... working >>hard.... a...
Re: No injector spray pattern
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:25:33 -0700
...No injector spray pattern > You don't even have to remove the dizzy to turn it by hand and check > hall generation of spark...
Re: The details of Motronic (long)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:04:02 -0700
...Motronic (long) Individual spark timing: The ECU controls spark timing and calculates this for each plug individually making for very precise ignition timing. Minor...
Re: Aluminum in the threads
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 25 May 2002 16:13:01 -0500
Mike; That lost or fouled spark plug thing will keep you restless for a long time. With Air Cooled; the threads that come out...
Finding TDC revisited
Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
Sun, 29 May 2005 01:31:38 -0400
...Anyway, get your pencil (or whatver), stick it in #1 spark plug hole, then crank the engine slowly until the pencil starts to move...
Re: Starting problem
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 2 May 2004 23:53:04 EDT
...Carry a spare spark plug and the next time your van is reluctant to start, connect the spark plug to the primary lead from...
Re: acceleration flat spot
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 11 May 95 20:39:46 CDT
On Thu, 11 May 95 19:32:31 CDT <POLLISMJ@ccit.arizona.edu> said: >How do I recognize possible "arcing of spark plug wires...
Re: occasionally won't start.
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:34:49 -0400
...I've seen several of these still spark, but will not run the vanagon. Orange color spark is bad, believe it or not. Eric...
Got worse, now doesn't run..
Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:03:59 -0700
...I think the spark is OK, though it didn't send me across the parking lot when it got me : ), it sure made me...
Re: Fire (update)
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:14:02 -0700
...removal or reinstallation of > the fridge), allowing for a spark to occur between the spark wire, and > other metal in the vicinity. This then...
Re: Help:'90 Carat Vanagon won't start
Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
Sun, 19 Apr 1998 15:14:13 EDT
Could be that your spark plugs are fouled. Check them first and let me know what you find. Ken Wilford John 3:16
[F] Funny item found on eBay: 1984-1989 Toyota Vanagon NEW spark plug wires
Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:59:10 -0500
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&tc=ps&item=167318375 eBayISAPI.dll [text/html]
Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
Fri, 12 May 2000 21:38:36 -0600
Some links http://cartalk.cars.com/Columns/CC/CC6932TXT.html http://www.miata.net/miata/products/pmisc/boschplugs.html http://brickboard.com/ARCHIVES/1998SEP...
spark plug wires...sort of long
Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:57:23 -0500
...So when she started to complain (wife not van) that the van was lacking power I decided to put in those spark plug wires...
Re: no spark no gas no start
Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:52:29 -0700
...After messing around a bit it had no > spark and I decided the coil was bad. I put a new coil in and had...
Re: No spark, what to do
Historical mailing list - thewestyman
Sun, 3 Feb 2019 22:32:26 -0800
...No spark, what to do in order to know more about your problem... please tell us... - year, engine, transmission (manual or auto)? - what did...
Re: Touchy Topics
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:08:01 -0800
...Does anyone have any suggestions on what tires, oil, > filters, tranny fluid, air cleaner, coolant or spark plugs I should be > using? Or should...
Re: Found a timesert in the spark plug hole
Historical mailing list - Roland
Mon, 3 May 2010 21:06:01 -0700
...The one I bought simply said to screw it on the spark plug, and then put the combination into the hole and torque to...
Re: Fridge questions...
Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
Fri, 9 Sep 2005 21:54:13 -0400
...I > would assume that by holding down B, I am allowing propane into the > chamber which should be lit when I spark A. > > What...
Re: Touchy Topics
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:45:27 -0600
...I'll also be putting in new spark plugs. This is to get ready to take the van in for new tires. Does anyone...