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• Re: Spark Plugs: Bosch Single TIp to NGK BP6ET Tri Tip User Opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:20:38 -0700
  I also endorse platinum spark plugs.� Always seems to refresh my van.� To me, new plugs are the single biggest "tune up" item that...
• Need Diesel, Glow Plug Advice
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:47:02 EDT
  I have just sent a customer some Bosch glow plugs. The boxes all looked the same so I just assumed they were the same...
• Re: Proper gap for spark plug 85 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Russell Patten
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:49:43 -0500
  When I replaced the plugs on my 85 I thought I'd have to gap them too. The plugs the local VW haus sold...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 12 May 2000 15:18:25 -0700
  At 12:43 PM 05/12/2000 EDT, you wrote: >The quad tip plugs do not run as hot as the triple plugs. This...
• How to remove transmission plugs?...problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 14 May 2002 08:02:33 -0700
  ...With the transmission out of the vehicle, I removed the plugs by application, three times, of 10-seconds of propane torch flame to aluminum...
• 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...
• Removal of "water" drain plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 07:09:02 -0500
  ...In the bottom of the air intake shafts, in the pan that forms the bottom, exists a rubber plugs that seals a water drain...
• I know it's not Friday, but..........
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:12:07 -0500
  ...method of changing spark plugs is superior, where > to buy the best spark plugs, what brand of spark plugs work best for > this technique...
• Re: Spark plugs - 2.l L
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:36:54 -0600
  ...Great plugs. Z Sent from my iPad > On Sep 27, 2014, at 15:49, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Can Bosch plugs number...
• 87: replacing plugs
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 20 May 1996 08:44:08 -0700
  The recommended service interval for plugs, dist cap, etc is 30K miles. I've never owned a vehicle where the plugs would last this...
• Re: Lifespan of Platinum plugs in 2.1L?
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Sat, 28 Jun 2003 22:08:13 -0400
  ...Replaced plugs for Platinum +4 Cap & Rotor ,and wires. My old plugs were also the regular vanilla bosch. My plugs were not brown but...
• Re: Door panel plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Fri, 4 May 2007 10:07:06 -0600
  The rear door takes 19 plugs. I went to the VW dealer to get a pack and they wanted $18.00 for 16 plugs...
• Re: Bosch Three Pronged Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:12:56 -0500
  ...Not having owned an >gasoline powered car since 1980, its been a while since I purchased >spark plugs! Now that we own a wasserboxer...
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:57:24 -0500
  Resistor plugs minimize radio interference. They should be fine. On 12/2/08, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Well the plugs arrived...
• Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 01:06:17 -0800
  Don't work for 'em, but FWIW, NAPA is having a sale on Bosch plugs. $.99 ea with a $.30 rebate for up to...
• Re: 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 11:32:04 -0400
  I just finished an experiment with the 4-prong Bosch plugs and K&N air filter on my '90 Westy. On a 3,100...
• Spark plugs are not spark plugs!
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:04:25 -0400
  ...Just installed four off brand of spark plugs only to find out that one of them was intermittent and finally quit. Bosch means Bosch...
• Re: Splitfire plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 06 Oct 1995 09:34:59 -0400 (EDT)
  Splitfire plugs??? Worthless as tits on a bull. Ric
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:16:43 -0800
  I'm using Bosch quad plugs and I notice my MPG is lower but I'm not sure it is the plugs just yet...
• Re: Cut you sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:03:46 -0500
  Multiple electrode spark plugs do not create multiple sparks. The extra electrodes are there just in case the other ones fail. So in this...
• resistor platinum plugs...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 15:56:46 -0500 (EST)
  without thinking i bought a set of WR7DP plugs for my 2.1 now i realize, that resistor plugs with resistor wires, might cause...
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:35:25 -0500
  By the way, I did not mean that one can go past the normally scheduled maintenance intervals with platinum plugs, they need to be...
• Re: Aluminum in the threads
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 27 May 2002 09:26:33 -0400
  Fellow vanagon types pulling spark plugs from a hot aluminum head can cause the treads to come out with the plugs. for this reason...
• Re: 3 pronged spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:11:56 -0400
  Rob I've tried various kinds of fancy spark plugs (three tip, Splitfire....) and have concluded that stock works the best. As in the...
• Re: How to remove transmission plugs?...problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Tue, 14 May 2002 10:09:36 -0500
  ...How to remove transmission plugs?...problem solved Thanks to Daryl, Todd, Terry, Ed, Rick, and "Whiskey" for suggestions. With the transmission out of the...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:44:37 +0000
  Did you know that the factory put in NGK plugs on that car? Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.522.5503 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle...
• Re: Sparking plugs - 2.1L - Which kind?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 06:15:22 -0700
  The Boys at Techtonic's Tuning, a VW performance specialty supplier of great reputation, recommenced the Iridium Bosch plugs..Relatively expensive, compared to other...
• 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: resistor platinum plugs...
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:14:27 +0000
  ...I've been running on these same plugs in my '90 for the past 12 months now, with *fantastic* results. I would keep them...
• 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...
• I need some hall sender plugs for digijet Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:02:34 -0500
  Hey folks, I need some plugs that come off an air cooled or 1.9l Vanagon engine wiring harness. I just need the plug...
• Body plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Shortlidge
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:21:46 -0500
  I found out what caused the the rust hole in the rear quarter panel near the body plug! I pulled both front plugs and...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:24:29 -0400
  <snip> What was the model of the +4 plugs you used in yours? <snip> I have Bosch platinum 4 plus plugs ( # 4477) in both...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:31:23 -0400
  ...fouled plugs, improperly gapped plugs, bad wires, bad or wet cap/rotor are more likely culprits. with two or more items changed at once...
• Re: 84 Westy Gas Mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Stichweh
  Thu, 19 Sep 1996 20:06:38 -0600
  kenneth d lewis wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Sep 1996 20:35:35 -0500 ERIC ZENO <emz@VIPER.NAUTICOM.NET> > writes: > > Platinum Spark Plugs??????$#%#$%^ > > > > In...
• Re: Plugs...Platinums are junk!!!
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Thu, 14 May 1998 09:20:44 -0700
  ...Plugs...Platinums are junk!!! > > In a message dated 98-05-13 17:22:38 EDT, off_white@OLYWA.NET writes: > > << My Volvo mechanic swears...
• Tune up time - which plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 08:54:19 -0700
  Getting ready to do a Tune up on the Syncro, and I am curious about people's opinions of spark plugs. I have always...
• Re: Bosch Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:22:32 -0800
  I like the NGK BP6ET (3 prongs plugs) better than the Bosch...
• Re: Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 8 May 2009 03:37:12 -0500
  What about those hyper expensive Denso Iridium plugs? I smeal another second mortgage coming!! DM&FS At 10:50 PM 5/7/2009, David...
• Re: Tune up time - which plugs?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 15:22:38 EDT
  As far as plugs go, I installed a set of the Platinum Plus 4 plugs in my Carat and I noticed really no difference...
• Re: Propane Tank Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Giroux, Eric
  Thu, 11 May 2000 13:41:30 -0400
  ...They cost > something like $11 for the three of them, and I want others > to benefit from > them. > If you have these plugs in...
• Bosch Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:15:12 -0500
  I replaced the spark plugs on my 1985 1.9 liter, torquing them to 14 ft-lb. After that I drove around town a...
• Re: 3-pronged spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:50:50 CDT
  ...i did have some problems with some Autolite plugs that one "mechanic" put in. but i've used Bosch now for about the last...
• Re: Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:20:02 -0700
  Yes, you do need to remove the air cleaner, then the two plugs on that side are easy. The two on the left are...
• Re: spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 07:50:56 -0400
  Believe it or not, the best plugs I ever used in my 84GL were SplitFires. William
• Re: Lifespan of Platinum plugs in 2.1L?
  Historical mailing list - JM/CO
  Sat, 28 Jun 2003 14:54:23 -0400
  IMHO, platinum plugs are a waste of money. Deterioration takes place due to ion displacement, not oil fouling. My other "hobby car" is a...
• Re: Lifespan of Platinum plugs in 2.1L?
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Sun, 29 Jun 2003 10:02:50 -0400
  What's the part number of the Bosch +4 Platinum plugs. My FLAPS always tells me that they don't make them for Vanagons...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:00:05 -0700
  ...Were longer reach plugs, such as the "D" > ones, available at the time? > > W/r/t the risk of increased ping caused by plugs...
• 3-prong Spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 18:38:41 -0800
  ...I've read many posts supporting these plugs. So, did I just happen to get a defective one? All the plugs are clean, no...
• Spark plugs - 2.l L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:49:53 -0500
  Can Bosch plugs number W7DTC be safely use in the 2.1 L wasserboxer? John
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:17:19 -0400
  I second David on that though, when preparing for Emissions, my mechanic removed the three pronged platinum plugs I had installed and replaced them...
• 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: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:42:50 -0800
  Mark Dorm wrote: > I thought Bosch plugs were preset to gap no problem... > I have used Bosch Platinum plugs for about 15 years and...
• Re: 3-pronged spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 02:27:53 EDT
  In a message dated 98-06-17 12:57:41 EDT, mschrope@VIMS.EDU writes: << I was thinking about putting 3-pronged Bosch plugs...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs EAT BABY
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 13 May 2000 06:58:26 -0700
  Modern engines being as reliable as they are, I ignored changing out my plugs for a few years. Before I knew it, I had...
• Re: More HP Stories?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Aug 1994 07:22:45 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Multi electrode plugs are nothing new. Aircraft plugs are multi electrode as are the plugs used since '85 by VW in GTIs, etc. As...
• Engine Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:13:13 -0400
  What causes an engine to just start to run rich?? I recently replace my plugs and checked them today....they were almost black with...
• Do waterboxers have core plugs (freeze plugs)?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lee
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 09:28:47 -0800
  My 83 diesel I4 has 3 core plugs, one of which I've replaced with a 120v block heater for use in cold temps...
• Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Oct 94 15:15:23 PDT
  ...Has anybody used these spark plugs in the Vanagons? My '90 Syncro Westfalia just chews through the stock Bosch Supers (w7cc0). VW says 48000...
• Re: spark plugs, etc
  Historical mailing list - PNC Allen
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:28:05 -0400
  ...spark plugs, etc I have an 84...there are 3 prong Bosch plugs and 1 prong Bosch plugs. Which one is best to get...