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• Re: Loss of power during acceleration.
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 18:03:33 -0700
  mine has done this in the past when the plug gaps were too large (they open up as the plugs wear). Make sure the...
• Bosch Platinum +4?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:16:36 -0400
  I've used Bosch Platiinum +4 plugs a few years ago with great results. Does anyone have the Bosch part number? I'd like...
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:11:44 -0700
  I always have the best results with stock........... Miguel ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: [WetWesties] Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:30:12 -0700
  ...I detest cigarette lighter plugs for anything even though I use them. About the only thing I can say good about them is that...
• Quick, cheap and easy headlight relay
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 02:02:01 +0800
  ...One connector plugs into pin 57 on the headlight switch, the other connector plugs into the control terminal (pin 85) of the relay. I...
• ZOINKS! Itsy bitsy Spark Plug pieces dancing in my engine?
  Historical mailing list - Don Griffin
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:33:00 EDT
  ...OK! time to pull and check plugs and run a compression check. "Alrighty Then"#3,#4 little dirty but no wear so I'll...
• Re: your mail
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 21:38:27 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The listing for the later Vanagons didn't show > and plugs. However, when I cross referenced with the Porsche > I found that there was...
• Re: '81 #3 cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:08:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...How about swapping spark plugs? I've heard of defects in plugs that only make themselves know under the heat and pressure of the...
• Re: Mystery dash outlet '83.5 GL Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:30:42 +0200
  ...But I'm not lucky with this plugs. I always mounted Banana sockets into my cars to run aux. equipment. Of cause, someone may...
• flushing cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 15 Aug 1997 22:40:50 -0500
  ...2 engine head drain plugs.What is confusing me is in the Bentley after removing the head drain plugs page 19.15 the manual...
• Re: Bosch Quad 4 Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:34:31 -0800
  ...tim in san jose > >Anyone use Bosch Quad 4 plugs in their van? The local stores >(autozone/pep boys) dont carry them but I...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:46:25 -0600
  ...and it too blew out > the first time I drove the van after installation. > > All who get new cats with plugs ... make sure they...
• Re: Scrambling for an answer ~ bear with me didn't search archives... sticky injector issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:26:24 -0500
  ...Also check the spark plugs. A plug can sometimes get carbon fouled (shorted) and not make enough spark to ignite the mixture and keep...
• Robert Lilley CD
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 8 May 2001 22:54:04 -0700
  ...The total original purchase cost to me of the rockers, chrome moly > pushrods, and the platinum plugs was $379 to Robert. I'll be...
• Re: Help strange misfire 45 mi from home
  Historical mailing list - Donna
  Sat, 6 Oct 2012 16:33:05 -0700
  Thx Steve - the shop just replaced spark plugs so I wonder if one is loose? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2012, at...
• Re: How often should one replace sparking plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 13 May 2009 17:08:38 -0700
  > Non-professionals often don't tighten spark plugs tightly enough, in my > expereince - seen lots of loose ones. > > Scott > www.turbovans.com > This I...
• Re: problems with bosch platinum spark plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:05:02 -0400
  ...i understand the platinums tend to run a little richer..what should >i do, go back to regular bosch plugs...adjust the carb? what...
• Re: Queer Diesel Glow Plug Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:34:20 -0500
  ...glow plugs do not come on and the engine is hard to start. > When I let it sit a few the plugs come on...
• Re: Help please?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 15:12:56 -0700
  ...Changed spark plugs, rotor, cap, wires and air filter today... Engine wouldn't start. Put all the old stuff back in, thinking I'd...
• Re: Another compression question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:05:49 -0800
  ...Presumably, you should run the engine for a minute or 2, wait a couple minutes, pull all the plugs, do the test. If the...
• Cap for exhaust hole
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:32:01 -0400
  My exhaust is currently missing the capnut that plugs the bypass hole in the exhaust. Is this something I can replace locally? Eg, at...
• Re: 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - juju34
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 04:34:40 -0500
  check that all glow plugs are warming, after checking that the glow plug relay is sending current to each plug, one glow plug , non...
• FS: Heidelberg am/fm cassette
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 02:26:47 EST
  ...This plugs right in to your Vanagon radio harness. Will fit other VW's. First come first serve. BenT San Francisco
• Dash updates
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:22:25 EDT
  ...Does anybody have the 14 pin connecter out of a late model dash? appaerntly the plugs are different. Brian 83 urabus
• Re: REMOVE THOSE HATCH PLUGS!!
  Historical mailing list - G Challis
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 23:04:32 -0700
  The drain plug removal is no doubt a good idea, but the rust on my hatch is around the rear window rubber - how do...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What about the t...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:03:39 EDT
  ...The likelihood to have a misfire is greatly reduced and increases in power because all the plugs fire. I have already posted this, was...
• Re: '85 GL manual - Draining old coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:59:21 -0500
  ...Right between the pushrod tubes, on each head, > are drain plugs. While you have the tin off you "Might" consider using a > hole saw...
• Re: Gas Mileage Improvements?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:14:42 -0500
  ...When I pulled the plugs > they were way overdue for replacement. With new plugs in (and timing > tweaked) I'm back to what I...
• Re: About those mud flap holes...
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:04:17 -0600
  ...It cost $1.00 for four of the rubber plugs. Plastic plugs of the correct diameter are also available at Ace in the assorted...
• Re: Fast German ruined my dash, now what?
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:42:10 -0800
  ...The tune-up included new plugs, cap, rotor, air filter and general very careful goingover. They did find a leak in one component of...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Test. Generic vs VW.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:16:16 -0700
  ...went to a German Auto salvage and got another > couple of plugs for the sender...they seem common throughout the VW > line...Cut the...
• Re: Removing Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:00:39 EDT
  ...label wire color and position on plastic plugs use small jewlers sized flathead and remove crimped on wire connectors from plastic plugs (bend down...
• help! vanagon booted
  Historical mailing list - Steve Jevne
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:47:49 EDT
  ...My compression is okay now, I am getting spark (new coil, plugs, leads, distributor, cap and rotor), I am smelling fuel on the plugs...
• Re: Bosch Quad 4 Plugs
  Historical mailing list - vw4x4
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:13:18 -0500
  ...Eric David Brodbeck wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Jason Denton wrote: > > > Anyone use Bosch Quad 4 plugs in their van? The local stores...
• Ottawa area parts
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 94 17:40:50 EDT
  ...Got areasonable price on Bosch parts- plugs, sensor and filter Their number is: 741-6245 (613) DC
• Wolfsburg parts FS
  Historical mailing list - J Frank Hammontree
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:40:20 -0500
  ...Condition, good. $350 Square headlights, grill, buckets, plugs, the whole deal. $90 David Hammontree Atlanta, Ga 404-252-7782
• Dieing on hill still
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Loftis
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 00:38:18 -0200
  Please help 85 vanagon dies on hills .......I have replaced fuel pump,filter and plugs and wires,with mimimal results. Is there an internal...
• Re: Strange hole in dash
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:47:01 EST
  ...There is a guy on E-bay inthe UK who sells the plugs for your socket steve...
• AGAIN - heidelberg radio connectors wanted
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:28:56 -0400
  ...Anybody have the two connector plugs and about a foot of connecting wire? I'll pay $20.00.
• Re: Rotor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:35:53 -0500
  But of course! It's for those spark plugs that the diesel doesn't have. Don't you know anything? :) On Jan 10, 2005...
• Vanagon trivia - name THAT part!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:08:33 -0400
  ...what function does the device have that it plugs into? Hmmmmm???? -- Chris S. "Beware the Subie Vultures"
• Re: And now for something REALLY important
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:50:08 -0700
  ...I need to put a few more miles on the new plugs to make sure that the fix "took." Reason 2. I was so...
• two wire connectors...Proper polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:17:54 -0700
  ...I have now done some wiring in various systems we use, with those plugs as part of the deal....A Battery Tender to keep...
• Re: Injectors, Plugs, and Performance (Long)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:59:14 -0400
  ...And I replaced all > the plugs so that they matched, this time with the > triple electrode Bosch > plugs. > Well, I've driven about 50...
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 06:14:11 -0400
  ...2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm > > Problem solved!! Spark plugs were causing my bucking problem at 3200-3400 rpm. I changed the plugs...
• Re: good news, I think
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:51:35 -0330
  new distributor cap, cleaned the spark plugs, and I'm not sure what else. The bill is all full of cryptic abbreviations! It says...
• looking for part (but don't know the name for it!)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:30:04 -0500
  looking for the "plugs" to attach interior panels to the body. As I have no clue what they are called, I can't search...
• Re: f/ Re: spark plugs and fuel economy ???
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:50:17 CST6CDT
  Scott writes: > According to Piaget linear concrete thinking stops being a problem at > about age 5 or 6 when we learn to use abstract...
• Re: Please help, installed new quad spark plugs now it will not start.
  Historical mailing list - sanford schulwolf
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 15:09:24 -0700
  Problem fixed. Thanks everyone for your help. I had the passenger side wires mixed up. Sanford __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live...
• Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:52:39 -0500
  Well, at least I'm not asking about tires... Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler / Read Again
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:35:09 -0500
  ...Flooding? Pulled the plugs - they > > are BLACK. Changed the plugs, rotor & cap (overdue anyway) > > 2) Engine starts. Runs rough. Exhaust smells like fuel. > > 3...
• Re: Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:47:10 -0500
  ...Broken spark plug tips and loose plugs are both indicative of an engine pinging itself to death. The W7DTC plugs are too long. They...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:23:40 -0800
  ...all the plugs that go to the back look like VW specific plugs) Neil. On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Mark...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:07:11 -0700
  ...Stephen --- On Thu, 4/4/13, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote: - fuel pump - coil - dist cap and rotor - spark plugs wire set - spark...
• Re: Do waterboxers have core plugs (freeze plugs)?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:22:22 -0800
  That block heater. I read that it puts out 250w - anyone have an estimate or actually measure how much temperature rise this would create...
• Re: Lighter Receptacle '88
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:34:58 -0500
  ...it bends when you push and pull plugs in and out.). The trickiest part was actually soldering a lead to the real cigarette lighter...
• New member
  Historical mailing list - wayne withers
  Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:07:32 -0700
  ...The plugs, cap, rotor, are new as per previous owner. the plugs were covered in a black soot. The van was in storage for...
• Needed: Headlight plugs/wires for 7" rounds
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:14:13 -0700
  ...Now I believe all that's left to get to do the install is a set of the round headlight plugs, with the terminals...
• Re: Denso Iridium Power Spark Lub (5306)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 18:23:09 -0700
  ...aspx?zpid=9408 they're very good and I like them better than Bosh or any other single prong plugs.... your taste may varies....
• Re: Spark Plugs and Milage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:36:56 -0700
  On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote: > Did you use dielectric grease on the wire ends...