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• Re: The case of the missing brake fluid.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 14:36:12 -0700 (MST)
  ...Johnson, "Gone South." If your vanagon is like mine, it is located right under the 50 amp fuse for your glow plugs. Stuart Hutton
• EV spark plug torque spec?
  Historical mailing list - Pelikan
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 07:47:32 -0400
  Hi - Say, anybody know the factory tightening torque spec for spark plugs for the 5 cyl. EuroVan? Thanks - Michael Pelikan '74 Super Sun Bug...
• Re: Tranny "plug removing" tool...
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:36:02 -0400
  >I seem to be having some trouble locating the correct tool to remove my >Tranny plugs (17mm Allen wrench) I found one at Sears...
• Re: 84 waterboxer overheating
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 7 May 2002 20:44:08 -0700
  ...Pull the spark plugs. The plug that's extremely clean is the hole that's leaking.) Sorry... Jim
• Loose brake master cylinder resevoir
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:00:29 -0500
  ...I think when the PO had the master cylinder replaced that the resevoir plugs (Bently 47.2) were reused and not replaced with new...
• Re: No start after temp II replacement - conclusion
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:36:37 -0500
  ...This is why I thought that perhaps the temp sensor was >faulty. > >So low and behold, when I checked the plugs this weekend they...
• Re: Snap On 17mm 21mm trans wrench $1
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:10:16 -0500
  ...some additional flexibility to reach hard to access drain and fill plugs. I use it on my Vanagon, my Rabbit pickup, and my old...
• Idle Stabilizer. How does it work? and Did I fix it?
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 08:58:13 -0700
  ...This connector also has a tiny tube that plugs into the side. Inside the the rubber connector where the tiny tube plugs in, there...
• Re: Does this bus go to my office?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 11:16:54 -0500
  ...If you are fouling plugs that quickly with oil, you may have more serious problems. Is there any possibility you may have overheated the...
• Re: I am stumped
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 May 2001 18:36:31 -0500
  ...Check the Bosch, AC, Champion or other spark plug applications book at the parts house and make sure the plugs are non-resistor plugs...
• Re: subject Re: bURNINGvAN
  Historical mailing list - Tieitup
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:49:41 -0600
  ...It'll run for a bit and burn so rich those plugs > will soot over in a minute. > > tim (don't ask me how...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:16:49 -0800
  ...AM, "Mark Dorm" <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > I thought Bosch plugs were preset to gap no problem... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > >> As to the slow starting, there...
• Rough Idle Help
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 13:18:39 -0700
  ...Major problem is a rough, stumbling idle that smells somewhat rich (although the plugs look normal). Also has a coolant leak (I think one...
• Re: subject Re: bURNINGvAN
  Historical mailing list - Tieitup
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:22:04 -0600
  ...Seems she has a had time starting, the plugs are blacker than black. I caught the loose connection to the distributor, but overall shes...
• Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:07:59 -0800
  ...Fuel Filter Air Filter Oil Filter Cap Rotor Wires Plugs I know that there are standard intervals, but I'm curious as to how...
• Re: What about New Bosche Plus 4 Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 23:50:52 EST
  I saw it at my FLAP for 4.99 each... I dont mind trying it out if the price is right.... sounds like a...
• Re: The tale of the 3 cyl bus
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 13:44:58 -0600
  Chris Smith wrote: > The bus didn't seem to have any power, as if one of the plugs were > fouled. Chris, Sounds like it...
• Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:41:50 -0400
  Hello - Is there a way for me to remove the headlight plugs without cutting the wires? I want to install the round headlights from...
• Re: Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 20:56:13 -0800
  ...Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze > > > > Just after the moderator has explained to a new member how courteous > folks are...
• Re: Splitfire plugs
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 6 Oct 95 16:55:34 EDT
  ...The only place one really sees a gain in power or mileage with such plugs is on older cars with aging ignition systems, his...
• Re: Does the Aussie chip really do anything for the WBX? What Bob did not say...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 5 May 2003 10:59:23 -0700
  ...How about it Robert? Mark Damon Campbell wrote: >So Robert, > >does this validate quad plugs or the aussie chip? You >can't solve any...
• Re: Do waterboxers have core plugs (freeze plugs)?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lee
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 14:47:10 -0800
  ...aqua@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > My 83 diesel I4 has 3 core plugs, one of which I've replaced with a 120v block heater for...
• Re: Compression test results for '84 Vanagon 1.9L with rebuilt right head
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:52:03 -0500
  ...I would be concerned with the fouled spark plugs, especially if more fouled on one side. Are they oil (wet) or dry (soot) fouled...
• low compression in #1
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Fri, 10 May 1996 16:54:46 -0400
  ...Prior to checking the compression, I replaced the spark plugs hoping that this would solve a problem that I had noticed earlier - that is...
• Re: 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:01:24 EDT
  ...It's a new battery, I am > using the choke, the glow plugs are warmed..>> Did you test those glow plugs? Take each one...
• Spark plugs looking pretty carbon-y
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:17:40 -0500
  ...I gotta remove all the plugs to check their condition - as I may have a bad injector..right? I gotta use my digitool, and...
• Re: Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:18:39 -0600
  ...Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze > > > > looses? > > you mean it has been set free? > > or do you mean loses? > > alistair...
• 1.9 flooding
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:25:16 -0700
  ...Changed the; plugs cap and rotor wires oxygen sensor temp II sensor idle switch works Not sure what to look at anymore Best wishes...
• Memory refresh request, trans drain/fill plug size
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 May 2017 08:55:11 -0700
  I can't find my spare to measure, and I'm trying to recall the thread size on the drain fill plugs. It's...
• 90 V'gon bad gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 18:56:28 EDT
  ...cap/rotor, and the plugs/plug wires. What else should I check?
• Re: Uh-oh, cooling system way pressurized
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:25:27 -0700
  A quick and dirty method to see which cylinder is passing coolant is to pull the plugs. The extremely clean one is the one...
• 84 Vanagon missing throughout driving range?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Hosick
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 19:11:01 -0700
  Hey ya'll I changed my spark plugs cap and rotor the other day and now my van is running hotter and seem's...
• Re: Bosch Quad 4 Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 23:11:12 -0800
  I've been running them for about 6,000 miles, runs fine, put them in in the middle of a long trip (3k+ miles...
• Tune up?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:07:04 -0800
  ...It occurred to me that I hadn't changed the plugs or distributor cap and rotor for about 20k miles. How often do you...
• Re: New Info RE: Can't Search Archives: 1.9 stalled at speed, won't restart...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:25:23 -0600
  Dave, The early ECU plugs have a preponerance of shaking loose from the connection point at the ECU. Check that connection, make sure it...
• Re: UPDATE ECU/FI flooding plugs??
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:24:30 +0000
  ...ECU flooding plugs?? > > Good morning all. > > > Thanks for the data, I'm at this point below. > > my hall is semi new, but get this...
• Re: Does this bus go to my office?
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 07:54:43 PST
  Thank you all very much for your suggestions; so far I've pulled the plugs, cleaned them, fouled them again with what appears to...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:55:42 -0800
  ...I leave the plastic plugs in, fill reservoir and keep pumping, > the vise holding it? 50 times?? I just took it out the other...
• STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drexler
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:31:16 -0500
  ...Just completed 1700 trouble free (till now) miles on new fuel injectors, fuel lines, plug wires, plugs, cap and rotor. Fuel filter has about...
• Re: '85 timing question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 23:50:16 -0500
  Yes, that's the timing :) To set it, with ignition off unplug the two plugs into the idle stabilizer (small green or black box...
• Re: Any list members got the Fiberglast videos???
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:26:13 -0600
  If you have trouble finding those videos(I've never heard of them), there's a good book on making kayak plugs and molds...
• ZSticks
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Sun, 23 May 1999 12:43:04 -0700
  Seems that FastGerman Auto is selling anodes that replace the drain plugs. Does anyone have comments on if these might work or not? (Note...
• wet spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:33:13 -0500
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2755??PS=">Wonder if the...
• gas mileage dropped to 17 from 19/20 why
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:32:10 -0800
  ...I have changed the plugs, cap, rotor, O2 sensor. Does any one have a fix for this one? TIA Jere 90 Carat-a-version...
• Re: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 21 May 2015 05:50:05 -0400
  ...I have also seen spark plugs with defective threads. I > dealt with engines that had plugs loosen and even blow out. Inspect > carefully. Install...
• Re: Other VW advise please...16V motor.reply
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 03:23:24 EDT
  ...Spark plugs, use Bosch F6DTC plugs (three prongers). On the tranny, use Redline synthetic. Good luck. Michael Modl 87 syncro.
• Re: [F] Canadian Tire [was: seat covers]
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 10:19:55 -0800
  ...I'd like spark plugs for my 2.1 L vanagon, please. > > CT twerp: What year? > > You: uh, 1989. > > CTT: (tapping away at keyboard...
• Re: SOMETIMES IT WILL, OTHER TIMES IT WON'T
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Apr 2023 23:13:34 -0700
  ...Clean or replace the air filter. - Replace the spark plugs and the spark plugs wires. - Clean the throttle body. - Adjust the throttle body switch...
• Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:48:45 -0800
  Its not the spark plugs holding the WBX back, its the combustion chambers! Replace with Subaru parts and you'll get quite a bit...
• Re: FAQ Needs Critiquing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 10:50:16 -0800 (PST)
  So Glen Hadley says: > > The only thing that I see that I would take issue with is that the apark > plugs should be replaced...
• Tune up on the '56
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 07:27:58 -0800 (PST)
  Yo, Well, yesterday I got the new year off to a good start by adjusting the valves, putting in new plugs, and of course...
• 84 Dometic fridge
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schiebel
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:19:19 EDT
  ...The plastic holders on the female part of the spade plugs had started to melt. I cleaned up the connections and replaced the female...
• Re: So far away
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 14:32:59 -0400
  ...Most vehicle related 12V appliances are made to plug in to cigarette lighter plugs, but there are some things available out there that have...
• Won't start cold (85 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Hamilton
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:13:00 -0700
  ...I checked the plugs, and they smell like gasoline (after I turn the key 'on', and let the injectors prime the cylinders), and I...
• HC high at Idle - Any Ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Walker, Phil
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:56:34 -0400
  ...My 2.1 engine has about 30K on it and the rotor/cap/plugs were changed about 20K ago (3 years). I went in...
• Re: Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 17 May 2011 06:01:09 -0400
  ...a stock 2.1 engine, what brand and type > of spark plugs are you using, and would you recommend them? Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte...
• Re: 87 GL wont start and run
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 07:57:14 -0600
  ...very rich?? > I have spark of course at the distributor and plugs. Ox sensor light and > Battery light stayed on even when it was...
• Re: got to get ready for emission testing
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:28:06 -0800
  ...I make it a point to change the oil, both air and oil filters, the park plugs and the cap two days before heading...
• Oil in coolant..?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:39:25 -0700
  I pulled the spark plugs in my sick inline VW motor...no coolant is getting into the oil, and no evidence of a head...
• Re: Mouse Milk?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 06:54:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...a name given to any "useless" liquid (or petroleum) automotive product....sort of the liquid equivilent of Splitfire plugs. Did I miss something? RIc