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• Bosch W7DTC spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 06:50:11 -0500
  Are the W7DTC/WR7DTC plugs suitable for all Vanagons? Mine's an '84. Thanks John P. Flaherty '84 Vanagon '74 Super Beetle [text/html]
• Re: Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Brenton Tait
  Fri, 8 May 2009 05:19:32 +0200
  Hi Jst a stupid question, went to buy some spark plugs today and asked the salesman about BOSH plugs, as I believe they are...
• Re: 1988 Vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 2 Mar 2010 08:35:30 -0500
  Leo, pull the spark plugs and look at them. I have had vans stall and foul the plugs or someone overfills the van on...
• 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...
• What about New Bosche Plus 4 Plugs?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 23:25:30 EST
  ...They are Platinum core plugs with 4 electrodes. This does NOT mean that you are getting 4 sparks at one time (which is what...
• Re: Tires, wiperblades and spark plugs.
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:30:51 -0400
  Its time to replace my tires, wiperblades and sparkplugs. What are good brands? (details would be helpful. Thanks, Floyd Truskot Yokohama, Bosch, and Bosch...
• 3-prong Spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 18:38:41 -0800
  ...The mechanic there told me that I had installed the incorrect spark plugs, and that he had replaced them with Bosch 3 -Trodes[W7DTC...
• Re: 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 16 May 2002 08:38:22 -0700
  ...and the spark then shunts over to a different one, etc. Although the gap was pretty big on my 100K plugs, there was no...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:03:41 -0500
  ...Dead Sparking Plug! > > > > > > > > I have never in all my years of maintaining engines had a spark plug > > > > that just plain quit. But it just...
• Re: Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:36:27 -0500
  ...Helena, Napa County Distributor cap, rotor, and spark plugs should probably be replaced at 15k mile intervals. At least inspected. The Vanagon eats spark...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:29:51 -0600
  ...Cut you spark plugs > > > > I'm sure this is a worn-out topic (but since we're discussing > plugs,) I > ran > > Bosch plus-4...
• Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jerome Perkins
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:27:27 EST
  ...87 spark plugs with a single earth electrode are being installed in place of the three electrode� plugs, this is in conjunction with a...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:44:27 -0500
  ...indexing washers for sparkplugs? These were essentially shims that you would use to "aim" your spark plug when installing your plugs in the head...
• Spark plug heat ranges
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:13:57 -0500
  ...Your spark plugs are essentially a pair of air-gapped electrodes, insulated from one another by a ceramic cone. They operate in an INTENSELY...
• Re: Gapping Bosch Super W7DTC spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 05:31:53 EDT
  ...LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > Gapping Bosch Super W7DTC spark plugs? Good spark plugs for the waterboxer ! Use 'em just like they come outa...
• flashing to pass, spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 11:57:57 CDT
  spark plugs: well, i am in the throes of trying some bosch triple-prong sparking plugs right now, and i THINK they are an...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:57:20 -0800
  ...vanagon single electrode plugs To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > list: > > not so fast. first, in reality, plug is unlikely to spark to more than...
• Re: Vanagon starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:55:04 -1000
  ...fuel being squirted in ...and 'more fuel than spark combined with old plugs and plug gaps ' ..and you have wet-fouled plugs. at least...
• Re: Proper gap for spark plug 85 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:47:39 -0400
  ...spark plugs on a 1985 1.9L wasserboxer? I >> >can't find it in my Bentley manual anywhere. >> > >> >(The inspection of the spark plugs...
• spark plugs, etc
  Historical mailing list - ren ren
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 11:25:54 -0700
  I have an 84...there are 3 prong Bosch plugs and 1 prong Bosch plugs. Which one is best to get? Is it ok...
• Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:38:43 -0600
  Has anyone used Bosch W8CCO plugs. My engine is getting older, just removed the head and it has some significant carbon buildup. I was...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:07:04 -0400
  ...To some extent I regard the multiple-electrode plugs as a scam; the spark will ionize the path of least resistance and all the...
• Spark plugs - how often to check?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Sun, 27 Apr 1997 21:05:09 -0800
  According to Bentley, the spark plugs are good for 48,000 km. (They're either NGK or Bosch, installed by dealer a year ago...
• Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:51:46 -0800
  In the end, the shop installed new Bosch 7998 spark plugs, and it starts and runs fine now. So, yeah, I could have done...
• replaced spark plugs now idle and cruise control problems
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:51:01 EST
  I just replaced the spark plugs on my 1990 vanagon with Bosch platinum plugs (that I have always used) and now when the engine...
• Re: Platinum Spark Plugs for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Lee Tucker
  Mon, 28 Apr 97 14:07:56 -0400
  >On my '86 (rebuilt engine) they performed WORSE than the stock, single >electrode bosch plugs. In what way did they perform worse? 1.9L...
• Re: Proper gap for spark plug 85 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 21:36:59 -0500
  ...Aerowolf wrote: > What's the proper gap for spark plugs on a 1985 1.9L wasserboxer? I > can't find it in my Bentley...
• 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...
• spark plug orientation affects performance?
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 11:53:11 -0600 (CST)
  I read somewhere that it may be advantageous to install spark plugs so that their open end faces the intake valve. This can be...
• Re: Proper gap for spark plug 85 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 07:19:09 -0500
  ...spark plugs on a 1985 1.9L wasserboxer? I > >can't find it in my Bentley manual anywhere. > > > >(The inspection of the spark plugs...
• Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 11 May 2000 15:49:43 -0400
  Hi volks, The Bosch Platinums are on sale at Canadian Tire this week ----- are they worth paying three times the normal price for Plugs...
• Re: 88 GL Distributor Woes Continue - on and on --
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:51:23 -0800
  ...I put in Subaur red spark plug wires for a Legacy ( used ones even ) and the smaller spark plugs ( 5/8th inch nex size...
• Re: spark plug orientation affects performance?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:41:15 CST6CDT
  Sami Said: > I read somewhere that it may be advantageous to install spark plugs so > that their open end faces the intake valve. This...
• Re: Found a timesert in the spark plug hole
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 2 May 2010 10:18:07 -0700
  ...Found a timesert in the spark plug hole Folks, Was putting in new spark plugs yesterday, and one of the new spark plugs was...
• fuel filter mystery 85 'gon
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:38:27 -0400
  ...Good spark/flooding out Spark plugs fouled Changed plugs Started but seems to run rich Will not restart after turning off UNLESS the fuel...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:34:50 -0400
  ...Katz wrote: > badly fouled plugs provide a shunt path bypassing the gap, and the voltage > may never rise high enough for a spark to...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:45:11 -0400
  ...New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect I have to assume that the VW engineers picked plugs with a certain reach as appropriate for the engine (1...
• Re: radio whine, need help
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 12:27:38 -0700
  ...wrote: > Suggest changing the spark plugs... new resister plugs, and/or plug > wires. > > Jack R. > 84 Westy Wolfie
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-549)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:50:46 -0800
  Don, Indexing spark plugs is not about changing the angle of entry. It is done to ensure that the electrodes are aimed to put...
• Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:38:02 EDT
  What are the correct Bosch plugs for an 82 Westy? The ones my parts store sold me are not the ones recommended in the...
• Re: 85 vanagon spark plugs : another question
  Historical mailing list - Amanda Shank
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:12:27 -0700
  ...85 vanagon spark plugs stupid question time again... but, precisely how the hell do you get these things out? they appear to be the...
• proper dist cap for 85 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Thu, 24 May 2007 13:05:15 -0400
  hi, my cap has sockets for normal spark plug wire ends and the wires have threaded ends like spark plugs which is the right...
• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:10:12 -0500
  ...Just installed new plugs in my 84 westy. I purchased them from one of the list vendors. The plugs I took out were Bosch...
• 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: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:56:00 -0800
  ...you might check for wet-fouled spark plugs first thing. After that ... I'd do is do the ole coil wire spark test. If...
• Spark plug recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - J Roth
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:08:47 -0600
  Before I head off to FLAPS for new spark plugs - and get a 17year old looking at a computer trying to sell me something...
• Re: Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 7 May 2009 22:41:33 -0500
  ...Spark Plugs Hi Jst a stupid question, went to buy some spark plugs today and asked the salesman about BOSH plugs, as I believe...
• Re: Amateur questions: Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 03:54:20 -0600
  ...see? Or do I have the wrong plugs? I found a good summary of spark plugs in the archives, but didn't come across...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:30:59 -0500
  ...I agree that muntiple contact spark plugs are good for Aircraft Engines as a safety feature. Stan
• Re: Bosch W7CC vs. W7CCO Spark Plugs - Which is best?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:23:15 -0500
  ...W7CCO Spark Plugs - Which is best? Anyone know the difference between the W7CCO and W7CC plugs? The "O" costs me $3 per plug at...
• Re: Tune-up Time! Recommendations Needed.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:35:18 EST
  ...I'd say go with the platnum spark plugs, and new rotor, cap, distributer. Not sure of any brands but I bought mine from...
• 2.1 WBX Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:09:32 -0300
  ...It seems quite conventional, the ECU pulses the coil, the spark goes to the distributor and then on to the plugs. I believe the...
• Re: spark plugs revisited
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sun, 25 May 1997 00:24:58 -0700
  At 01:13 PM 5/23/97 -0500, you wrote: >Just thumbing through Bentley I found the spark plug types >recommended there: > >Bosch W...
• Re: Amateur questions: Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 06:05:36 -0400
  ...Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion? Hi all, I had to replace my snapped accelerator cable and thought it was a good time to do...
• Re: Spark Plug Failure
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 11:13:06 +1200
  > Here is an item for everyones interest. > Removed spark plugs to have a look see and found plugs at # 2 and # 3 >cylinders had...
• ok, so it's not Fryedaye ... :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 21:20:54 -0500
  ...5,610,470 Shockwave * Pre-Gapped * Focused Spark Ultra Sonic Spark Plugs Increase Engine Horsepower / Gas Mileage 20 % GUARANTEED!!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - ooooooooooooooh, righty then! :) lemme see...
• Re: 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Thu, 16 May 2002 08:30:06 -0700
  ...Ed Jason Willenbrock wrote: > hey all, > > what is the benefit, if any, of the bosch 3 electrode spark plugs for > vanagons? better fuel efficiency...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:15:27 -0400
  ...When the center electrodes started to get worn down and rounded off, I'd replace the plugs. My Vanagon doesn't have spark plugs...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs EAT BABY
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sat, 13 May 2000 07:43:39 -0400
  ...It has been said by a few mechanics directly to me that the Waterboxer engines "eat" spark plugs. That is, you should change them...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:45:27 -0600
  I am getting spark to all plugs although I haven't yet been able to test the compression. Is anyone in Denver able to...