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• Re: 85 vanagon spark plugs : another question
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:37:09 -0400
  > I notice on Bus Boys site there is a plug exclusive to the > '85. Question: the original 1.9 was replaced with a 2...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:39:10 -0500
  Had a plug fail in my lawn mower a few years ago. That was the first and only complete failure I ever saw of...
• Spark Plugs and Milage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:22:49 -0700
  When you check the spark plugs that have been in use for 30K and find them badly encrusted and check the plug wires that...
• Re: Stripped oil filler plug
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:18:33 -0600
  Chad wrote: > upon changing my oil today I noticed that the filer plug hole was > particially stripped. I got the plug tight but not...
• Re: Stats and glow plugs. (fast glow plugs)
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Thu, 2 Feb 1995 14:47:07 -0500
  ...There was a "fast glow plug kit" that VW sold at one time. There is MORE to change than the plugs. The other required...
• 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...
• bosch plugs w8cc vs. w8co
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:17:09 -0400
  Hey folks, The plugs in my van are bosch W8CC, and the bosch plugs listed by Bentley are Bosch W8CO. Any idea what the...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:52:08 -0800
  ...I guess you could call that spark plug failure. It's common , to me, in small single cylinder engines for 'the spark plug' to...
• Re: What to do with a stripped drain plug?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:36:02 -0700
  ...If you go with the spark plug thread, then you could make a drain plug out out of an old spark plug. I have...
• Re: Glows plugs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:52:48 -0800
  Here's my 'no doubt about it' glow plug test for vw diesel glow plugs, which are in parallel, btw. I remove the injector...
• Re: Some (Simple!) Diesel Question to do with Glow Plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 16:53:50 -0400
  At 00:40 4/7/2000, Steve Delasalle wrote: >Now, the bently book says that each plug pulls 12A, so am I right in...
• Re: 85 vanagon spark plugs : another question -Remove Carefully
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:00:24 -0400
  ...The only two spark plug failures I ever had were with platinum >plugs. Call me superstitious, but I went back to spark plugs originally...
• ALTERNATIVE SPARK PLUG WIRES
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:39:45 -0600
  I have had trouble with Bosch spark plug wires in the past. I installed new Bosch wires and experienced a plug wire go bad...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:41:36 -0700
  ...However, the > glow plugs are always turned on whenever the starter > is operating, regardless of temperature. > > "By running a wire off the glow plug...
• Re: Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 20:14:40 -0600
  “Freeze plug” is a slang term used for the core plugs that are pressed into the block and it’s been used so much...
• Re: plug and compression 1990 GL
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 06:22:48 -0500
  What type of plugs are these? I've had several instances where platinum plugs just won't work in several different brand cars. Latest...
• spark plugs 7 vs. 8
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 21:44:32 -0700
  I bought some spark plugs and the guy @ my FLAPS advised me that since I do mostly freeway driving that "7" rated spark plugs...
• Re: Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:27:11 -0500
  At 10:32 PM 2/3/2011, Tom Hargrave wrote: >Freeze plugs really aren't "freeze plugs" - the plugs are inserted into >holes left...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:20:25 -0400
  ...therefore, even a super duper plug that could maintain perfect electrode geometry for 100 k mi would still fail relatively soon in a wbx...
• DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:16:46 -0800
  ...However, the glow plugs are always turned on whenever the starter is operating, regardless of temperature. "By running a wire off the glow plug...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:31:38 -0500
  ...I put single electrode plugs in my Vanagon - engine runs OK. I put Bosh +4 plugs in there - engine runs wonderfully (much better than...
• Re: Vanagon Trivia - where does this go?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:15:40 -0700
  Plug 1, yellow/red & brown, coolant temp sensor for gauge Plug 2 , red/white & brown/green, to fuel pump Plug 3 , white/green, A...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:45:11 -0400
  Yes, all the in line 4/Audi 5 engines used the "D" reach plugs. -----Original Message----- From: Rocket J Squirrel [mailto:camping.elliott@gmail...
• Re: Fry-day Fun -- it's even somewhat on topic!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:58:29 -0600
  ...Right bank ford three short reach plugs, one long reach plug. > >#2. Left bank ford theee short reach plugs one long reach plug. > >Nice...
• Re: Oil drain plug question
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:57:35 EDT
  ...Perhaps you have some sort of aftermarket plug. The stock oil drain plugs which I know are flanged and use a copper sealing washer...
• Re: oil drain screw striped
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:09:37 -0700
  ...I found that with the narrow shoulder on the drain plug (or spark plug for that matter) a soft gasket was a good plan...
• Re: Glows plugs
  Historical mailing list - Ahlgrim, Kevin
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:44:11 -0500
  You can try to squeeze your fingers in there next to the glow plugs and see if you feel any warmth after the plugs...
• Re: A fifth spark plug?
  Historical mailing list - John Andrew
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 21:16:52 -0600
  ...A fifth spark plug? When changing the oil on my 86 Westy, I thought the drain plug seemed odd. It turns out that one...
• Leaky Oil Plug - Outcome
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:17:10 -0700
  Made it ok into the shop with my loose oil plug! Since they don't get daily parts deliveries from VW dealership 2 hrs...
• Re: Mystery Plug 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 31 May 2003 10:21:01 +0200
  That�s the plug for the stock cruise control vacuum pump. Raimund ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shannon Mitchell" <vze4rq5j@VERIZON.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Leaky Oil Plug - Outcome
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 18:00:59 -0700
  ...Leaky Oil Plug - Outcome > Made it ok into the shop with my loose oil plug! > Since they don't get daily parts deliveries from...
• 82 Diesel Glow Plug Problem?
  Historical mailing list - GREEN-DANIEL ALLAN
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:51:23 EST5EDT
  ...I had my glow plug relay and glow plug #3 replaced in July because of inconsistent hard starting- it worked great, until last week...
• Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:01:46 -0600
  I have never in all my years of maintaining engines had a spark plug that just plain quit. But it just happened. Running fine...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:28:22 -0600
  ...Bosch or NGK plugs? I am thinking about changing the spark plugs on my Syncro, and I am not sure whether to buy Bosch...
• Re: Spark plug wires - Embarrasment to follow
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:45:30 -0400
  Thank you everyone for the plug wire description. Who'd a guessed I would have plugged the #3 cylinder into the coil plug and...
• Re: Spark plugs caps
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:25:04 -0700
  ...I looked at my son's 1989 GL > the spark plugs caps don't have the rubber ring. On both vans the spark > plugs...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:30:59 -0500
  ...But I'd argue that considering that multi-electrode plugs didn't even exist yet when the Vanagon's engine was designed, its ignition...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Bernard
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:19:05 -0700
  > The Bosch, Beru and NGK multi-electrode plugs have a service life of > 20,000 > miles. I don't know where you get 100...
• Re: Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:26:28 -0500
  ...Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip > On 1/9/05 17:33, "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > >> Broken spark plug tips and loose plugs...
• Oil plug
  Historical mailing list - C Snyder
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 02:00:35 -0400
  I had an almost bad experience today with my 1987 Vanagon's oil plug. I had taken it to where I usually take my...
• Re: Help! Overheating
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 18 May 1998 12:37:06 -0400
  First you must plug the leaks. Find a freeze plug that small and stick it in. Plug all other leaks and worry about cracks...
• Oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon
  Mon, 14 Oct 96 23:56:18 -0400
  Hi, It seems that there is two lenght of the oil drain plug. The original one was said to be unsable by a dealer...
• Re: Mysterious Oil Drain Plug Leak
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:48:58 -0700
  I solve similar problem on my van using this https://www.autozone.com/external-engine/oil-drain-plug/needa-parts-oil-drain-plug/257264...
• More Oil Plug Leaking - Quick Fix?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:40:57 -0700
  Hello List, I've ordered some new washers & a spare oil plug-- meanwhile, I've been unable to drive *anywhere for fear of my...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:16:00 EST
  ...They are the most trouble free spark plug out there. Stay away from platinum plugs, they cause intermittent missing and hesitation problems. The W7DTC...
• Re: stripped oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:12:12 -0500
  as per an archive suggestion, another fix is to drill and tap for a 3/8 pipe plug. a 3/8 pipe plug has...
• Re: Trouble shooting tip? Fouled plugs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:49:20 -0700
  you know what plugs won't foul in my 39 year old carbed Mercedes ...........? Subaru spark plugs, and Subaru spark plug wires. we tend...
• Re: Vanagon Trivia - where does this go?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:32:30 -0700
  ...Wires" Drillock. -- On 8/17/2008 7:15 AM mdrillock wrote: > Plug 1, yellow/red & brown, coolant temp sensor for gauge > > Plug 2 , red...
• Oil Drain Hole Stripped: 91 Westy: Solutions Needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sun, 10 May 1998 09:24:00 -0500
  Volks, Somehow, (I was -very- careful) I nonetheless ending buggering the threads on my oil drain plug threaded hole. The plug (steel) is fine...
• Re: Spark plug recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:32:27 -0500
  The Autolite plugs are a "Black Oxide" coated plug. No way would I use these in the VW aluminum head. Make sure to change...
• Re: Spark Plug Options for 2.1 WBX - SUMMARY
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:18:28 -0700
  ...In my case, W7CC0 spark plugs usually last as long (if not longer,) as the factory specs call for. The W7CC plug (in my...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:21:27 -0600
  Multiple electrode spark plugs are the norm in aircraft engines where fouling can be very serious. After WWII there were numerous varieties of multi...
• Re: Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:27:29 -0500
  ...Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip On 1/9/05 17:33, "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > Broken spark plug tips and loose plugs...
• Re: Plugs...The best plugs around
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Wed, 27 May 1998 01:46:12 EDT
  ...Was there any evidence that the end of the plugs were being hit by the piston? If it made a noise, you would easily...
• glow plug removal
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:31:19 -0500
  I've successfully broken a glow plug trying to remove it. Luckily, it seams, the nut-portion of the glow plug broke away from...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:32:48 -0700
  I have to assume that the VW engineers picked plugs with a certain reach as appropriate for the engine (1.9). Were longer reach...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-549)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:56:36 -0600
  ...The angle of the plugs entry into the combustion chamber is controlled by the angle of the spark plug hole or port. Any lop...
• Re: broken spark plug removal?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 07:20:47 -0400
  ...I have removed many plugs like this. If the plug broke off, using a regular spark plug socket, there is little or no chance...
• Re: stripped oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:42:54 -0500
  Oversized self tapping plugs are also available. The pipe plug is a nifty choice as the tapered thread eliminates the need for gasket. Also...
• 1990 GL VAN Plug Gap ????
  Historical mailing list - Your Name
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:10:17 -0600
  Does anyone have what the plug gap should be on my 1990GL Van. I put new plugs in and they were gaped at .28...