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• Mystery plug on Water pump.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:31:45 -0400
  Hi folks, My water pump has a plug with a hex fitting. It seems to be seek\ping coolant. Any tips on how to...
• 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?
• Plugged Cat/muffler/oil pressure?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:05:38 -0400
  Anyone want to explain how the plugged cat or muffler would set off the oil pressure light as one writer mentioned? The answer is...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs <VF>
  Historical mailing list - t
  Thu, 11 May 2000 14:18:25 -0700
  ...on sale at Canadian Tire this week ----- are they > worth paying three times the normal price for Plugs??? > > Cheers, > Doug > '84 Westy > Toronto, Canada
• re: '82 Diesel Smoke
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Mar 96 18:16:36 EST
  ...non functional glow plugs, non functional glow plug relay, or broken electrical circuit. Too low pressure: check comression. Should be around 450 psi. If...
• Re: Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into cig lighter
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:39:35 -0700
  ...Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into cig lighter just what the subject says... If and when I plug my cell phone charger...
• Re: Trip Contingencies-Tire repairs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:39:52 -0700
  ...The combination > plug/patch is the best way to go. A plug alone will evenatually allow air > to > get between the layers. A patch...
• 4-wire O2 sensor swap...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:58:33 -0700
  ...Since the OEM one is rather expensive I figured I'd go with one of the "universal" replacements with no plug (and some crimp...
• Re: 85 vanagon spark plugs : another question -Remove Carefully
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:03:08 -0700
  ...However, some reported the down side is that emissions testing was more difficult to pass with these plugs. Most reported that when W7CC plugs...
• Re: Oil drain may be stripped? How fix?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:46:06 -0500
  Just stripped and repaired my 91 Westy Drain Plug/Hole myself. Total explanation in the Archives. Basically they sell a kit at most every...
• H2 replace glow plug on diesel Eberspacher
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 17:56:45 +0100
  ...My Eberspacher diesel heater has been diagnosed with a faulty glow plug. I've ordered the plug from VW and can pick it up...
• Diesel Vanagon Freeze Plug?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 16:52:41 -0500
  ...It seems the nicest block heaters replace the freeze plug: can somebody tell me if the diesel vanagon has a freeze plug, where it...
• Vanagon spark plug ignition wire set
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 06:23:46 -0800
  ...Conventional distributor caps have a small metal cup that the plug wire slides into. Thus they won't work for me. Got them from...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 15 Mar 2007 (#2007-294)
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:43:33 -0400
  ...it's not a plug. On 3/15/07, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > Here's my part; > > http://web.mac...
• Re: exact foot pounds for the oil plug?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:21:55 -0400
  ...My oil plug is original I believe. I have crush washers but decided not to use one as the plug has a white plastic...
• Re: 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:26:18 -0500
  ...Check to see you have voltage at the glow plugs. There is a in line fuse between the glow plug relay, and glow plugs...
• Re: Cold Starting
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:07:46 -0500
  ...This is because of the >>>>plugs you put in. I've seen this a dozen times. Those plugs >>>>have killed more coils than I...
• Re: VANAGON digest 429
  Historical mailing list - Chris Venema
  Fri, 21 Apr 1995 16:33:27 -0500 (CDT)
  ...So a little oil fouls the plugs. It's hard to tell which plug(s) are causing the problem, so I just replaced all...
• Re: Alternative to Oil Drain Plug
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:35:05 -0700
  ...Alternative to Oil Drain Plug Does anyone Know where to get an oil drain valve that will fit a vanagon About 7 years ago...
• Re: Deep in the Abyss... a Tranny fill plug!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:57:48 -0400
  Leave it in and pump it out the side plug. If you can't get the side plug out, you're really screwed. Jay...
• Re: Ground Fault in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:31:36 -0800
  ...And is that a 3 pin plug (with ground pin)? If that's a 3 pin plug, I need help from Westy experts. Is...
• Re: Wonder if this device will plug into a diesel Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:47:29 -0400
  ...Wonder if this device will plug into a diesel Vanagon? USATODAY.com - Drivers let Big Brother in to get a break http://www.usatoday...
• Re: good news, I think
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:22:20 -0800
  man I should hope people know NGK is a brand of spark plug ! those have been in very common use in non-american cars...
• Re: Start up, back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 21 May 2015 20:00:44 -0700
  Dennis, I'm no pro, but I've installed and re-installed a few hundred spark plugs over the last few decades (several decades...
• Re: Power loss still in '85
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:47:21 -0800
  I'd go with plug wires especially if your existing wires are anything other than original equipment replacement. German cars [at least BMW's...
• re:84 Westy Gas Mileage?
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 17 Sep 1996 21:18:56 -0400 (EDT)
  ...and I'm light footed on > the gas. > > Bryan Platinum Spark Plugs??????$#%#$%^ In a matter of time your Vanagon will quit dead! Platinum plugs...
• Re: antifreeze from diesel engine block
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 25 May 2004 10:12:24 -0400
  On Tue, 25 May 2004, Eric Zeno wrote: > Markus, > You have a freeze plug that went bad. Cheap and easy fix, if it > went...
• Can anyone identify this plug?
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:11:27 -0400
  ...http://www.feddishbasses.com/vw/plug.html It seems to want to go around the vent/heater controls somewhere but I don't see...
• Re: 91 rear heater core-pulled it
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:37:29 -0400
  ...it! And with the heater 'closed' the lines are 'plugged' just as if the heater were not there and the lines "plugged" Malcolm S.
• H-4 wiring plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:30:16 -0700
  ...I need to know where to look for wiring plugs for the back of my H-4 bulbs when I go to the junk...
• 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...
• Re: Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 8 Aug 2011 22:55:41 -0400
  FWIW, if I recall correctly the original waterboxer drain plug sealing washer was aluminum. I use to stock these all the time when I...
• Re: Stuck Oil Drain plug
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 06:08:49 -0700
  I use a chisel and knock it loose and buy a new oil plug at the local FLAPS for about $3.00. Phil __________________________________________________ Do...
• Re: Will any other oil plugs fit?
  Historical mailing list - Connal Hughes
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 13:23:27 EST
  ...Sure enough next time I crawled underneath I have a >spark plug for a drain plug, apparently it is quite a common thing as...
• Re: when is stopping/restarting better than idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:29:33 -0700
  ...It sure did not actually mean 'idle plug' .. as there is no 'idle plug' on a waterboxer vanagon . There does happen to be an...
• Re: spark plug blow out
  Historical mailing list - Bob Allen
  Thu, 30 May 2002 22:57:18 -0400
  ...spark plug blow out > Snap on has a thread chaser, renewer, that may save the day---- > > If this doesn't work, a heli coil...
• Re: Emissions Failure
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 30 Jun 95 14:47:18 CDT
  On Fri, 30 Jun 95 14:28:20 CDT Dan Houg said: >Spark plugs. There are documented cases where the only difference >between and...
• Re: Rear (pulley) seal on Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Oct 1996 11:13:16 -0800
  > > Eric- > > what is an engine hole plug? > > > > Derek > > Well, it must have a better name, but I don't konw of it. > > If you...
• Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:32:36 -0500
  ...These (in the story) were young kids with a big hearse -- they couldn't possibly have afforded another spark plug after buying all 25...
• Re: Thread size for Oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:24:09 -0700
  Yes! I posted information that is WRONG! For shame :-( Vanagon spark plugs 14M x1.5 Vanagon O2 sensor 18M I thought I had all...
• Problems with '82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 10:21:11 -0500
  ...My Vanagon users manual states that there is a seal associated with the drain plug, and it must be replaced. I did not see...
• Re: AC compressor Gurus needed!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:11:33 -0600
  Pull a plug and hook a hose to any cylinder turn the engine over and it will pump more air than the ac compressor...
• '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 18:56:53 -0800
  ...If the glow plugs check out, suspect the glow plug relay. If it's not working, throw it in the nearest trash can and...
• Re: HELP!! stripped spark plug hole.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:24:47 -0700
  Do you have internet access now? If so, Google - heli-coil "spark plug" rethreading - or the like (read the pros and cons people have...
• Re: Running on 3 Cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:33:31 -0700
  ...if resistance is high at the one spark plug.. gap is large, plug is tired .. I have seen many fail to fire across the...
• Re: 1.9 automatic vanagon syndrome ??
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 23:05:57 -0400
  Definitely not Vanagon syndrome -- that only effects 2.1 L engines Take a look at plug wires to front plugs #3 and #1 at...
• Re: Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 17 May 2011 06:01:09 -0400
  I have been using Bosch W7DTC for years and found them to be the best overall plug for the 1.9 & 2.1 engines...
• Re: Where's the Fill Plug????
  Historical mailing list - Bill/Lisa Protzek
  Sun, 17 Mar 1996 07:44:12 -0800
  ...Yesterday I crawled under the Westy with my trusy 17 MM hex plug wrench which I've used to inspect other VW transmissions in...
• Re: [Syncro] bosch super 4's
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:31:08 -0400
  Nick The Bosch plug that we have been using is "Bosch Platinum + 4" and the plug number is 4477. This too is not the...
• Re: Thread size for Oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:09:07 EDT
  ...M18 x 1.5 Same as the Vanagon spark plugs... HUH?? plugs are normally 14mm some fords had 18mm later mark d
• Re: acceleration flat spot
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 May 1995 17:31:24 -0700 (MST)
  ...How do I recognize possible "arcing of spark plug wires?" I read something about it on the purchased box when I replaced my plug...
• German accessory plug
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:39:09 -0500
  Anybody ever replace that german small cigarette type accessory plug on their dash with a north american style cigarette light jack? Should be simple...
• Re: AA Trans answers some tranny oil questions...
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:21:06 -0400
  I was never able to remove the drain plug on either of my Vanagons. I used a pump and sucked it out the fill...
• Re: what part is this???
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 08:59:01 EDT
  Hey Matthew, My Tiico-supplied oil pan has only one drain plug, facing to the rear. It seems to work well enough. What's...
• Missing Female at Oil Breather Base
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Wed, 3 Dec 2014 21:20:25 -0500
  There's a male plug at the base of the oil breather on my 87 Syncro 2.1 WBX. Is there a missing female...
• Re: Instead of LED do fluorescent
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:54:15 -0400
  ...base 12 vdc fluorescent bulb (find them online or at RV places.) Cut the plug off, replace with cigarette lighter plug, you got it.
• Re: 82 Diesel won't start
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:47:46 -0700
  ...It could be bad glow plugs, as more of the glow plugs die it gets harder to start. There's probably a procedure for...
• Re: Wiring harness to distributor plug
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:48:20 -0700
  ...On 9/23/2013 4:31 PM, Project Pat wrote: > I think it's worth checking junkyard Golf/Jettas to see if the plug...
• Re: Spark Plugs: Bosch Single TIp to NGK BP6ET Tri Tip User Opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:57:46 -0400
  ...from good condition Bosch __ single tip plugs >to NGK BP6ET 3 tip, did they find that these plugs > >- improved idle, power, fuel efficiency, combated...