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TIICO - Proper spark plug and gap
Historical mailing list - Derek Krueger
Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:37:59 -0600
Greetings - Can someone please provide me and the group with the proper spark plug part number (Champion, Bosch, etc.) and associated gap (.028?)? I...
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: Bosch Quad 4 Plugs
Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:42:34 -0600
...They way the advantage of these plugs was explained to me was that as the electrode that was the easiest gap for the spark...
Re: Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor
Historical mailing list - JonR
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:08:43 -0500
...The spark develops at all "sharp" edges of the electrode, therefore if you have multiple sharp edges you will get a spark with quicker...
Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
Sat, 11 Sep 2004 15:09:08 -0500
...How far does the spark have to be able to > jump? (and if it's a spark issue, I presume that since I changed...
Re: battery explosions + a theory
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:16:40 -0800
Connect positive to positive first, there will be no spark. Connect one negative to the battery and the other to a part on the...
Re: Spark plug gap
Historical mailing list - Holm
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 17:43:48 -0600
...Spark plug gap >Stupid question, maybe. > >In Bentley, it lists the spark plug gap for my 84 1.9L waterleaker as 0.28" >+ 0...
Re: Correct Gap of Sparks ( New Question)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:01:46 -0600
...Third has to be pick on Larry Chase The spark gap thing has to be about #5 Stan Wilder On Sat, 22 Feb 2003...
Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:31:54 -0800
I am enbarking on something simple, like changing the sparkplugs. I am still waiting for my copy of the Bentley shop manual, so I...
Re: RM182B Fridge Igniter needed ASAP
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 5 Jun 2012 14:29:58 -0400
...Don't use the sparker on an open circuit, it's liable to find an internal way to get the spark where it wants...
Engine electrical problem
Historical mailing list - Roy Warner
Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:36:54 -0800
I have an 87 westie with spark misses at the coil wire. I connected my timing light to the coil wire and noticed a...
Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:28:15 -0700
...Correct Gap of Sparks > > So what is the correct gap of spark plugs. I want to take mine out and > check. When I put...
Re: High resistance causing no spark?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:32:13 -0500
Mike Jeffrey wrote: >Hello all, > >I'm getting no spark at any of the plug wires... I tested the lead >from the coil to...
Hall Unit
Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
Fri, 7 Apr 2000 18:48:12 -0700
So I still have no spark. I tested for voltage at the Hall unit connector as directed. 10.5 volts, fine. I tested for...
Friday Re: what size is the spark-plug thread?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:01:09 -0500
At 12:43 PM 11/9/2001, Dan Snow wrote: >I went out to look at the spark plug holes, and I can't...
Re: fridge spark wire needed
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:07:32 -0800
...this is the fridge spark wire. anyone have one or know how much they are? TIA jason Be sure that the wire is not...
Re: Help diagnose Cinco
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:33:12 -0500
...Afterwards, still no spark on the #1 plug (as measured by a timing light on the #1 spark plug wire). Spark observed, however, when...
Re: spark plug orientation affects performance?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 3 Apr 1996 21:02:37 +0000
Sami Dakhlia writes: > > I read somewhere that it may be advantageous to install spark plugs > so that their open end faces the intake valve...
EV spark plug torque spec?
Historical mailing list - Pelikan
Sun, 22 Jun 1997 07:47:32 -0400
Hi - Say, anybody know the factory tightening torque spec for spark plugs for the 5 cyl. EuroVan? Thanks - Michael Pelikan '74 Super Sun Bug...
Bosch Three Pronged Sparkplugs
Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
Mon, 13 Jan 1997 14:05:25 -0800
...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: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Fri, 12 May 2000 05:54:36 -0700
...They >perform flawlessly and are the best spark plug for the Vanagon with the 2.1 >litre gasoline engine, hands down ! Guranteed by your...
Which Spark Plugs for European "DJ" engines?
Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
Thu, 1 Aug 2002 00:18:02 -0700
...Can someone tell me if the "DJ" code 112 HP engine used in Europe uses the same model & heat range spark plugs as the...
new coil - still no spark???
Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:00:08 EST
...I have replaced the coil because the enging was turning over like crazy but no spark from the coil. Replaced it still no spark...
Re: Spark Plug Wire Resistance
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sat, 19 Oct 2002 08:18:16 -0700
...The spark plug wire your buying is likely a carbon core type. I don't know how many vans are using an after market...
Re: Latest news on No Spark
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:11:18 -0500
...Latest news on No Spark Hey Listees. I mentioned before that I had no spark coming off the ignition coil. I purchased and installed...
Re: Spark plugs
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Mon, 16 May 2011 21:46:49 -0400
...Spark plugs > > Those of you that are still running a stock 2.1 engine, what brand and type > of spark plugs are you using...
Re: 060412 smog tests
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:25:08 -0400
One thing I've heard, but don't have direct experience with, is that the advance or retard of the spark can make a...
Re: 1985 Vanagon - not starting after a 300 mile trip
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:55:56 -0400
...If sparks, check if you have fuel pressure, regulator could be bad! Just today, same problem with a customer.... ignition switch was bad! Good...
replaced spark plugs now idle and cruise control problems
Historical mailing list - Don Spence
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:50:03 -0700
...On 10-Dec-07, at 1:34 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > replaced spark plugs now idle and cruise control problems >
Re: spark plug threads
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:36:34 -0700
...spark plug threads | |Hi All, | |So, I started to tune up my vanagon but replacing the spark plugs. I took |the second plug out...
Found a timesert in the spark plug hole
Historical mailing list - Roland
Sun, 2 May 2010 09:49:02 -0700
Folks, Was putting in new spark plugs yesterday, and one of the new spark plugs was too small. Well upon examining further, one of...
Re: Low Compression after Spark Plug Incident
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:06:02 -0500
...The van was running fine before the spark plug incident. So, strangely to me, it seems that the spark plug incident on the #2...
Re: Spark plugs
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:52:29 -0400
you may be under the misconception that the spark will go/come from all 4 tips simultaneously (requiring more power). This is not true...
Re: Correct Gap of Sparks ( New Question)
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:53:23 -0800
...wrote: > What's the record for longest running thread?? > > OR... > > How long can 1000 Vanagonites beat a dead horse (or spark)?? > > > > Viel Spass, > > Jeff >
Re: Oil drain plug (Westy 85)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 19:05:12 -0400
...He >said to me that the oil pan treads are stripped, so the next size is a spark >plug. Is there a better solution...
Re: Propex Spark Generator Problem
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 09:28:36 -0800
...by about 6 >seconds of spark generation, my unit only makes one 'click' which I think is >the spark generator -- and is inconsistent at...
My latest Buck fixed.
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Sat, 22 Jun 2002 06:12:50 -0500
...I was leaning towards a spark problem, since it is harder for the spark to jump the plug gap at the higher compressions of...
oil? leak on #3 (but not quite)
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Mon, 22 Apr 96 15:10:34 EDT
Hey all, I've recently noticed ('78, 2.0L) what seems to be oil appearing on the cooling air duct around the spark plug...
Re: Coolant Puddle at #4 Spark Plug Well
Historical mailing list - Walter Stephens
Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:51:03 -0700
...Coolant Puddle at #4 Spark Plug Well > Hi; > Pulled my spark plugs to do a compression test as I've > been having to add...
Re: Basic Troubleshooting 101 was: Cranks, won't start
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Sat, 20 Nov 1999 19:51:00 -0500
...Timing so that the spark happens when it should. -Larry
Re: No spark
Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 23:18:10 -0500
...Why you no change the coil? This is the next step if I didn't have spark. Good Evening, Fred
Bad distributor (was: Re: testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L))
Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:22:37 -0500
...have an assistant crank and look for a spark. if no spark, pull > off > >> coil wire at distributor and again crank and look for...
Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:24:00 -0500
...How far does the spark have to be able to jump? (and if it's a spark issue, I presume that since I changed...
Re: Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
Sat, 15 Feb 2003 12:46:39 -0500
...Spark gap is related to spark kernel size, which is one of the determinants of the size of the primary flame front in the...
Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-549)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:16:41 -0500
Indexing spark plugs is Snake Oil. The spark remains in the center of the plug, well close enough. I'd like to see some...
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: Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:25:50 -0700
...With three electrodes, the spark always travels through the coolest electrode, allowing a stronger spark and a longer life to the plug, since a...
Re: Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip
Historical mailing list - James V
Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:57:14 -0800
On 1/9/05 17:33, "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > Broken spark plug tips and loose plugs are both indicative of an...
Re: Fridge, keeps blowing out and backfires durring ignition
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:34:39 -0700
...I start sparking >> *as soon* as I push yellow button. > > If you spark on every stroke of the air pump starting just before you...
Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
Historical mailing list
Sun, 30 Oct 1994 16:44:41 -0700 (MST)
...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: 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...
86 Vanagon - Engine won't start
Historical mailing list - Stylianides, Georgios
Sun, 18 Apr 2004 20:44:24 -0400
...We also replaced the ignition coil and ignition spark plug wires, including the spark plugs. The engine cranks fine and spark goes through the...
Re: hmm, is this bad? could it hurt?(lost spark plug)
Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:57:47 -0800 (PST)
...ciao, gregor > hey now, > > hmm, when changing my spark plugs today one fell out of the ratchet and back > into the spark plug housing...
Re: spark plug blow out
Historical mailing list - Sharon Simpson
Thu, 30 May 2002 11:59:56 -0500
...spark plug blow out > > > > My spark plug blew out yesterday, I tried to thread it back in and it wont > go. I think I...
Re: Low Compression after Spark Plug Incident
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:30:19 -0500
...The van > was > running fine before the spark plug incident. So, strangely to me, it > seems > that the spark plug incident on the #2...
Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:30:17 -0800
...The distance of .6mm versus .4mm versus 1mm make not a lick of difference in WHEN the spark fires. It's not a question...
Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:23:47 -0800
...The >distance of .6mm versus .4mm versus 1mm make not a lick of difference in >WHEN the spark fires. It's not a question...
Spark plug seat reamer
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 26 May 2010 19:11:27 -0400
Here's a reamer I made a few years ago to clean up corroded spark plug seats without removing all the underbrush first. Worked...
Re: cars without distributors
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 20:35:16 EDT
In response to this question, my 3 series BMW has a coil attached to each spark plug, and they are all switched by the...
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...