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• Re: Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:33:22 -0500
  Broken spark plug tips and loose plugs are both indicative of an engine pinging itself to death. The W7DTC plugs are too long. They...
• Re: Lousy mechanics RE: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 May 2015 10:00:01 -0600
  I once had a 79 volvo where the spark plugs would loosen over time. Interesting PITA. Jon Sent from my iPhone > On May 19...
• Re: Sparking plugs - 2.1L - Which kind?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:46:50 -0700
  ...plugs last longer and will give a consistent spark over that lifetime, but nothing gives a better spark than the old school copper plugs...
• Re: Does running out of gas damage fuel injection?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:27:23 EDT
  ...I was amazed at the shower of sparks generated by the brushes!!! Evidently this is not the case while submerged in gasoline. Yes, brushes...
• spark plugs revisited
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Fri, 23 May 1997 14:06:50 +0000
  Just thumbing through Bentley I found the spark plug types recommended there: Bosch W 7 C 0 Beru 14 L-7 C Champion N...
• Re: Spark plug gap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:08:00 -0700
  ...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: 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...
• Re: Vanagon GL 90 2.1L engine unexpectedly stalls while driving
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 20 May 2004 19:42:34 +0000
  ...The hall-sender controls the spark. I have the same problem and there's spark. The mechanic told me that the fuel pump might...
• Re: No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:49:08 -0700
  ...Every 90 degree turn should cause a spark. Every 90 degree turn should make the fuel pump relay click and fuel pump run a...
• FW: More PANIC and Das Bot----tests done so far and results
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:55:08 -0600
  ...No spark observed from spark plug wire --disconnected coil wire from distributor, operated starter. No spark observed arcing from coil wire to ground. Did...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:17:49 -0500
  ...There is a correct gap to efficiently match the rest of the ignition system and transfer as much energy as possible into the spark...
• 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...
• Re: cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:14:00 -0700
  ...This >>>morning on start up just before it got light I looked back there and it was >>>really sparking pretty bright and I could...
• HELP!! stripped spark plug hole.
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:58:51 -0400
  Well I was doing a tune up yesterday and when I was putting the new spark plug in the drivers side front cylinder it...
• Propex Spark Generator Problem?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 10:07:57 -0500
  ...Manual says 6 seconds pre-purge, 6 seconds spark generation... but only hear one "click" after the pre-purge. Should there be more clicks...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:32:56 -0600
  ...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: No spark, what to do
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 4 Feb 2019 14:34:25 -0700
  ...No spark, what to do > > I am confused too... no spark but engine runs !!!... well, the 3 basics are > there though - fuel, air, spark...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 12 May 2000 13:36:21 -0300
  I assume that the RPMs went up due to a stronger spark. Now MAYBE new "regular" spark plugs would have also increased the RPMs...
• Re: No start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 6 Oct 2007 14:03:23 -0400
  ...Check the spark when you're having trouble - pull a plug wire, put it on a spare spark plug (doesn't matter if it...
• Re: spark plugs and fuel economy ???
  Historical mailing list - Joshua R. Poulson
  Tue, 02 Apr 1996 12:18:36 +22327534
  Stock Bosch Platinums do in fact perform better than cheap replacements. :) There are "premium spark plugs" out there that DON'T perform better, though...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 12 May 2000 12:01:45 -0300
  ...When I put in the Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs (single pole) the RPMs went up 500 with NO other changes to the engine. just...
• No Spark and Buzzing Relay
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:22:07 -0400
  ...My problem is that I seem to have no spark. This was tested by connecting the wiring that goes to the distributor to a...
• Re: Cut you sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 08:15:34 -0800
  ...Cut you sparkplugs > In a message dated 12/27/01 8:00:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, > zavlomja@EC-RED.COM writes: > > << You should...
• Re: Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:27:29 -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...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:29:16 -0600
  ...You didn't say that you have checked for spark. Pull a wire off a spark plug, stick a screwdriver into the end of...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Jun 2009 05:53:10 -0400
  The injectors actually fire once each engine revolution or for our engines every other spark pulse. All four injectors fire together. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Dec 1996 20:32:10 -0500
  In a message dated 96-12-16 12:38:38 EST, emz@pgh.nauticom.net (ERIC ZENO) writes: << Check the spark plug wires first...
• burred spark plug threads
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:57:36 -0500
  Hey, I somehow managed to burr the spark plug threads on one cylinder last night. All the tin on these air cooled motors makes...
• Re: Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 17 May 2011 07:53:33 -0400
  ...that are still running a stock 2.1 engine, what brand and > type > > of spark plugs are you using, and would you recommend them? > > > > >
• Splitfire Sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Ernest
  Fri, 08 Dec 95 13:30:00 PST
  Anyone out there currently using Splitfire Sparkplugs? I am attempting to increase my fuel efficiency ('83 Westy @ 15 mpg city/hwy), and am considering...
• Re: Troubles in VanLand
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 08:44:18 -0800
  ...Jim UWannaDeaL2 wrote: > > spark weak > > Have changed > 1. fuel pump (getting fuel) > 2. distributors-(new Bosch cap and rotor) > 3. computer > 4. AFM >
• Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:42:16 -0700
  You aren't aiming the centerline of the entire spark plug! All that the shims were supposed to do was align the grounding electrode...
• Spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:42:18 -0400
  OK, I think I did a shell game with my spark plug wires to the distributer. Can someone tell me where each wire goes...
• The details of Motronic
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 00:58:31 -0400
  ...Motronic (long) Individual spark timing: The ECU controls spark timing and calculates this for each plug individually making for very precise ignition timing. Minor...
• bearly runs w/ water on road pt2
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 10:59:08 -0600
  ...While it was puttering this time I ran around back and hooked my timing light to each spark plug and observed all 4 sparking...
• 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...
• Erratic no spark problem - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:06:49 -0400
  ...The problem seems to be that I am not getting a spark from the coil (checked by pulling center wire and observing no spark...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 07:38:23 -0800
  ...I think that > means smaller gap=quicker spark=lower voltage=cooler fire and larger > gap=slower spark=higher voltage=hotter fire. > > Am I missing...
• Re: Troubleshooting Opinions Wanted (was: WTB or borrow ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:31:00 -0700
  At 10:12 PM 8/31/2004, tabe johnson wrote: >A spark coil is basically just a transformer, right? >So doesn't the high...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:23:00 -0400
  ...but sparks are a complicated transient phenomena, and it is also true that one path will spark first, and later sparks may or may...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 11:03:05 -0700
  ...They were effective, if one electrode was fouling and resistance went up then the spark would appear at another electrode. But still to just...
• Re: NGK part number for 3-electrode spark plug
  Historical mailing list - David Ohlemacher
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 06:04:45 -0400
  ...NGK part number for 3-electrode spark plug Answering my own query - the NGK interchange for the Bosch W7DTC is BP6ET - $2.99 each...
• Re: SPARK PLUG WIRE PLACEMENT?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Thu, 2 May 2002 16:41:22 -0700
  ...SPARK PLUG WIRE PLACEMENT? > > which spark plug wire goes to which cylinder. > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail...
• Re: WARNING !! Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:07:11 -0500
  ...For What? The wires aren't aren't going to spark to the pump with the ignition off. Unless of couse someone has it...
• Re: spark plug blow out
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Thu, 30 May 2002 16:09:46 +0000
  ...I recall that Keen-sert product had a whole set for re-doing spark plug holes. No need to pull the head. Hope this...
• Re: still cranks, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 2 Mar 2010 08:33:02 -0500
  Gerald, check for spark. You can easily do this by pulling a spark plug out and leaving it attached to the wire, ground it...
• Re: How often should one replace sparking plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 May 2009 14:35:33 -0700
  I only replace spark plugs when there the electrodes are getting warn, like rounded or thin, the gap is getting too big........or if...
• Re: Refrigerator gasket and flame goes out remedies
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 17:26:12 -0400
  ...The SPARKER (ignition source) does have insulation. If that is frayed, you can cause it to spark to your cabinet and ignite the insulation...
• Engine power loss (need help)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:00:25 -0400
  ...Diagnostics I have performed: - Compression test on all cylinders (good) - Removed sparkplugs and checked for spark (good) - Removed fuel injectors and checked for spray...
• Re: ALTERNATIVE SPARK PLUG WIRES
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:22:58 -0600
  ...YMMV DM&FS At 07:39 PM 2/24/2009, Jerry wrote: >I have had trouble with Bosch spark plug wires in the past...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:51:40 -0600
  If the FI fire everytime a spark fires, and there are four plugs sparking at different times, does that mean 3 times out of...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:29:06 -0700
  spark, fuel and air when the engine is idling, you already have spark when you press on the accelerator, fuel and air will going...
• You got a bangin' van there, dude!" (loss of power/spark)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:33 -0500
  lets see you have spark to the center of the cap and the center of the rotor and none on the outer terminals of...
• [F] 12 Days of Vanagon Christmas
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 13:17:42 -0600
  ...On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 4 four-tip spark plugs Three-window canvas Two used heads and...
• Re: Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 06:46:23 EDT
  In a message dated 7/16/00 12:02:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: << Spark plugs >> The Bosch W7DTC...
• Re: Baffled - still no spark
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:50:29 -0500
  ...taken out the #2 wire, attached a spark plug to test on ground, but > NO SPARK in any kind of way. > > I invite any...
• 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...
• Coolant Puddle at #4 Spark Plug Well
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:28:26 -0400
  Hi; Pulled my spark plugs to do a compression test as I've been having to add more coolant than I care to lately...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:40:26 -0700
  ...If I hook a timing light to the spark wires and crank -- no spark. However, if I hook a wire to the middle connector...
• Re: No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:34:19 -0400
  ...NO spark from the coil to ground though. I'm going to snag a spare coil and an ECU just in case while I...