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• Re: correct spark plug gap for 2.1 wbx motor
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:53:48 -0700
  ...They come preset and they are the best plug for your > motor in IMHO. > > > >>>>>Hi, > What is the correct spark plug gap for my...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 14:08:04 -0600
  Marla Stelk wrote: > > >Further, since you set timing based on plug #1 only, having different > >gaps in each cylinder can also cause problems.>> > > So...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 06:24:06 -0600
  ...would succesfully > drive a > spark across bigger gaps, some production engines even going so far > as > 0.035" plug gaps (maybe Audis?, can't...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 14:35:01 -0500
  >Further, since you set timing based on plug #1 only, having different >gaps in each cylinder can also cause problems.>> So can this incorrect...
• Re: spark plugs N peanuts
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:38:01 -0600
  Me too, on gappable plugs. Using them-thar quad-prong dudes now. My last trip to Moab, last weekend, with tail winds both ways...
• Re: Westy ocassional missing & bucking...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:41:57 -0400
  ...Have you check the obvious? Your hand brake is off? Spark plugs are good and well gapped? Wires are good? Caps and rotor? How...
• Re: VANAGON digest 929
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 May 1996 09:42:35 -0700
  Jonathan, 1) rough running, oily plugs. a) Did you change points and condenser? Cap and rotor? Can you check the point gap and distributor...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:28:54 -0400
  Those are simply the wrong spark plugs. The standard plug is a W7C. The "D" is a longer reach plug used in the inline...
• Re: Spark plug recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:35:53 -0500
  ...i've had good service in our '84 with autolite 403 oem style plugs, with a .035" gap, corresponding to boch part # w7 co...
• Re: Running Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Scott D Foss
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:10:59 -0800
  ...If that makes it stumble, - spark plug wires ! and, how big are the plug gaps ? if those are worn huge it will be harder...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:41:05 -0700
  ...rapidly changing the gap. I seldom have any issues at all with waterbxer spark plugs .. I don't notice them changing much at all...
• Re: bucking/ what fix
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:11:46 -0500
  ...loose temp2 sensor excessive spark plug gap rotor cap I would venture to say that each occurence of bucking may be caused by a...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 23:38:29 -0000
  ...would succesfully drive a spark across bigger gaps, some production engines even going so far as 0.035" plug gaps (maybe Audis?, can't...
• Re: Lifespan of Platinum plugs in 2.1L?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Jun 2003 11:15:49 -0400
  ...SPARK PLUG / MV; Gap=.030 Locate Retailer W7CC SUPER PLUG / MV; Gap=.030 Locate Retailer It's not clear if the #4233 is a...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:53:13 -0700
  ...On 08/21/2012 04:28 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Those are simply the wrong spark plugs. The standard plug is a W7C. The...
• RE: Tiger581 CDI for VW
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:19:11 -0700
  ...I could maintain manufacture's recommended plug gaps and thus keep the plug voltages under control. COMPARISON: Spark energy: Inductive Discharge Ignition (IDI) is...
• Corroding spark plugs in WBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Atkinson, Scott (CLW, Floreat)
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:29:22 +0800
  Hello all I am having problems with spark plugs in my Vanagon. Install new ones and all is OK for about 6 months, then...
• New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:23:50 -0700
  ...and that is helped by the side electrodes not "shading" the spark gap from the middle of the charge. The wbx has a very...
• Re: 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 15 May 2002 22:36:15 -0400
  ...3 electrode spark plugs for vanagons? better fuel efficiency or what? and how do you set the gap? what should the gap be for...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:31:11 -0400
  ...On 08/21/2012 04:28 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Those are simply the wrong spark plugs. The standard plug is a W7C. The...
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:26:03 -0800
  ...This will cause greater heating of > >the coil. > > > >Follow old, worn, high gap plugs with new, too tightly gapped plugs... > > > >tom > > > > > > > >------ > >Tom Ring K0TAR...
• Re: spark plug upgrades.....3 electrode for 1.9L and 4 electrode for 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:30:26 -0600
  ...spark plug upgrades.....3 electrode for 1.9L and 4 electrode for 2.1L > Anyone know of the Bosch number for the 3 electrode...
• Re: Spark plug gap-Tire air!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:16:19 -0500
  The partial pressure of nitrogen in the atmosphere is 70+ %. You aren't diluting much if you have to add a few psi. -craig...
• Re: What Sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - robot .
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:30:31 -0800
  ...sparkplugs on my '85GL. Any reccomendations on > > what plugs to buy. Also, I was reading in the Haynes about electrode > > gap....do all plugs...
• What about New Bosche Plus 4 Plugs?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 23:25:30 EST
  ...the spark takes the path of least resistance and jumps the gap of the next electrode and so on. This makes the plug wear...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:52:54 -0500
  ...It's the rise time of the coil voltage that creates the difference, not the distance the spark travels between the plug electrodes. But...
• Sluggish 90
  Historical mailing list - Morrell, Edward
  Tue, 15 Apr 1997 10:27:00 -0600
  ...I have read threads re spark plug gaps and vacuum hoses/connections. The one odd thing is that my engine has great response when...
• Re: Slow throttle response on 90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:07:54 -0800
  ...set of A*tolite spark plugs (platinum) that the tabs had nearly burned off, to nearly three times the gap at spec, after about...
• Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Dawson
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:10:06 -0400
  ...spark plugs yesterday evening, and then drove about 5 miles, and when I came back I realized that I forgot to check the gap...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:24:20 -0800
  ...It wouldn't surprise me if a change in plug gap of .010 could change the firing delay by 10's of microseconds. I...
• Re: Spark plug gap
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 9 Mar 2012 13:31:51 -0600
  ...19 AM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com> wrote: > > Try these, no gap required: > > > > http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2...
• Re: Bucking Engine
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Sat, 1 May 2004 09:18:49 -0700
  ...Spark plugs were dry and not covered with carbon but the tips seemed short and the gap was way too wide. All four plugs...
• Re: Help please?
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:01:46 -0400
  Sorry, gapped the plugs to .028 -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of David Maurio Sent: Saturday...
• Can't remove spark plug - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:57:17 -0400
  I can't remove the spark plug located below the intake air unit (plug on passenger side toward front of van). I sprayed WD...
• 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 pronged spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:44:41 -0700
  Based on the Bosch Spark Plug database fiche I have, the original VW parts fiche and ETKA, some (but not all) Wasserboxers of the...
• How often should one replace sparking plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 12 May 2009 17:20:49 -0700
  ...I got the van about 30k miles ago, the plugs were quite 'eroded'...the gap was up at about .040 or .050 but it...
• Re: CDIs
  Historical mailing list - Brian M. Miller
  Fri, 1 Mar 96 9:48:40 PST
  ...The secondary of the coil ignites the spark. The effective resistance of the spark plug is scaled by the coil turns ratio (squared) and...
• Engine Misses
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:19:36 -0800
  Greetings, I've recently done a spark plug wire maintenance on my van and came across a design change in the spark plug jacket...
• Re: Spark plug gap
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 9 Mar 2012 12:46:23 -0600
  ...that? > > > > mcneely > > > > ---- george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >> Try these, no gap required: > >> > >> http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:50:58 -0600
  ...spark plug electrodes...BIG change?..Ummm no...in a super high > compression/supercharged engine you CAN shield the gap or cause the > spark to...
• Re: Spark plug gap-Tire air!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:05:55 -0600
  ---- Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > The partial pressure of nitrogen in the atmosphere is 70+ %. You aren't diluting much if you have...
• FW: HELP
  Historical mailing list - Wood, Stephen R.
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:54:47 -0500
  ...SPARK >PLUG GAP AND TYPE 2. WHERE IS THE THERMOSTAT FOR HEAT CONTROL? >CONTACT ME AT: STEPHEN.WOOD@GEP.GE.COM >Thank you, >Stephen...
• Re: How often should one replace sparking plugs?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 12 May 2009 17:57:35 -0700
  ...spark plugs." It also includes cap/rotor/points and plug wires. Air/PCV/air injection system filters are also included as "replace". Neil. On...
• FW: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:22:14 -0500
  ...Follow old, worn, high gap plugs with new, too tightly gapped plugs... tom ------ Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx 85 Westphalia GL Albert 96...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:18:17 -0600
  ...Spark plug gaps are recommended. If it says .026 and you are in Iceland or Antarctic your engine might perform better at .022 plug...
• Re: Spark plug recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:32:27 -0500
  ...Spark plug recommendation? jay: i've had good service in our '84 with autolite 403 oem style plugs, with a .035" gap, corresponding to...
• Plugs, gas cap, stuff, etc...
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:22:52 +0000
  ...What is the gap for the spark plugs? Are they gasket or no gasket? What is the small metal part that came in the...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:28:15 -0600
  ...as 0.035" plug gaps > (maybe > > Audis?, can't remember, or maybe in BL's mad days!). > > ----------------------------- > > My Oldsmobile plugs gap at .065 , seems...
• Re: still not starting..
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Hecht
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:41:11 -0500
  ...The spark plugs are sparking, very nicely I might add, since the addition of a brand new coil. The gap is .027". The compression...
• ...no subject...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 96 10:16:40 PDT
  ...Reason for the rebuilt was that a head decided to fragment and in the process a spark plug was reduced to no gap (shorted...
• Re: ok, so it's not Fryedaye :) Circus, Gets better (Longish)
  Historical mailing list - Kw
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 23:01:46 -0700
  ...In a spark plug having a first electrode and a second electrode defining a spark gap there between, the improvement comprising: the first electrode...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:29:16 -0600
  ...We can smell gas and the spark plugs are wet after we've been trying to start her. We have replaced and gapped the...
• Re: Spark plug gap-Tire air!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:12:46 -0600
  ...Spark plug gap > > I think the next time a tire shop offers to fill my tires with nitrogen, I'll ask for some of...
• Re: Power loss still in '85
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:17:45 -0800
  ...I have seen all kinds of unusual steady and intermittant spark paths > around the coil, distributor cap, and plug wires over the years. Sometimes...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:03:50 -0400
  ...Nothing wrong with a quarter-inch gap to see if you've got a nice fat juicy spark; but pulling away until it stops...
• Re: Splitfire plugs
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 6 Oct 95 16:55:34 EDT
  ...In the Corrado which comes facctory equiped with an evil $16 EACH Bosch surface gap plug (you got to see one to know what...
• RE: Temp. gage/location of T-sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Ufer
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 18:33:38 -0400 (EDT)
  I had the very same problem installing the temperature sensor for the VDO CHT gauge in the spark plug hole. I "fixed" it the...
• Re: 85 Vanagon Morning Starting Issues...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 07:35:58 -0400
  Worn spark plugs with a gap that is way too large can cause very hard starting with normal running once warmed up. Lots of...
• RE: re. Bosch Platinums
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 23 May 1997 07:19:29 -0700
  ...Above, I don't know what corrosion nor wear on a spark plug even means. I just replaced my Bosch Platinum plugs after 50...