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• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:22:35 -0600
  ...Stay away from platinum plugs, they > cause intermittent missing and hesitation problems. The W7DTC plug will go > 30K to 40K miles. Your vanagon needs...
• Re: FW: looking for technical assistance in Wisconsin or Michigan/UP
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:06:06 -0400
  ...a quick and dirty way to go would be to simply ask >:::the mechanic to install new spark plugs (plugs are cheap, the job...
• Re: Platinum Spark Plugs for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 20:09:49 +0000
  ...By shopping around I can regularly get a set of 4 plugs for under $16 CDN with taxes!! An excellent bargain. I've been...
• Re: Tune-up
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Jul 1997 09:37 -0600 (MDT)
  Scott- believe it or not - use original German parts! Bosch plugs Bosch cap and rotor Mahle oil filter OEM plug wires (yes, they're...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 16:57:48 PST
  Per, I use NGK plugs in all my equipment. My experiance with Bosch is that when they start to get old, they go bad...
• Re: Billy Bones' never ending story
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:35:55 EST
  Warren ~~ pull your plugs out & check out the color on the tips // whitish lean // tan to brown good // blackish rich // while you have the...
• Re: Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 04:40:21 -0400
  ...if extreme amounts of gasoline are being injected, then plugs may be black and wet with gasoline. On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 04:30...
• Mileage with platimun plugs
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:39:50 -0800
  ...I am looking for any other suggestions on what I might look at or experience with platinum plugs versis regular plugs. This van used...
• Re: Some (Simple!) Diesel Question to do with Glow Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 06:10:03 -0700
  ...In one of my vans, the PO had installed "fast" plugs and kept the correct "slow" control module. The plugs were fried.... I buy...
• Re: 80 air cooled oil galley plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:35:56 -0700
  I have had these plugs crack and drip, even on my water-cooled 1.9, but never pop out! This is unusual. I would...
• upgrading spark plugs-helpful info and webpage too!
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:26:17 -0600
  I found this while looking for spark plugs: http://www.fastgermanauto.com/ check out the platinum +4 page they have something interesting about flame...
• missing hella light parts
  Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:32:32 -0500
  does anyone know where I can get the rubber plugs that go behind these Hella 500 driving lights I purchased new via eBay? I...
• Bosch W7CC vs. W7CCO Spark Plugs - Which is best?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:16:44 -0400
  Anyone know the difference between the W7CCO and W7CC plugs? The "O" costs me $3 per plug at my FLAPS. Thanks! --tabe johnson xtabe...
• Glows plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Bernier
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 13:05:05 -0500
  Hi diesel connaisseur! Is there a manner to check the glow plugs (in place) without taking them apart? Thanks jguy -- Jean-Guy Bernier AU...
• Danke Schon!
  Historical mailing list
  29 Apr 1996 13:59:14 GMT
  ...Well I pulled the injectors, gave the glow plugs some juice, looked in the hole and found that two glow plugs were toast. I...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:59:21 -0600
  ...In reality, most (all?) modern vehicles specify resistor wires, and resistor plugs. Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net
• Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 21:32:11 -0600
  Freeze plugs really aren't "freeze plugs" - the plugs are inserted into holes left by the block casting process. The holes, or more correctly...
• 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...
• 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: Plugs...
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Tue, 12 May 1998 18:01:17 -0600
  > Hey, I was wondering if someone could give me the part number for the > triple electrode plugs that you can use in a 2...
• FS: round headlight buckets & plugs for those switchine from square to round
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 00:36:10 EDT
  ...round headlight buckets and plugs and headlights for those switching from the '86 up square lights to round, for the South African grille conversion...
• bosch plugs
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 04:11:03 -0500
  ...I just can't see the plugs bieng the culprit in the destuction of coils. Hey you never know. John 90 vanagon gl.
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:28:54 -0500
  ...The desirability of platinum plugs, generally, is that they wear out at a slower rate, hence their gap increases less for equivalent mileage, (therefore...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs EAT BABY
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 13 May 2000 18:38:10 -0700
  ...Not all last O plugs have three electrode, but they all have specific unique features required by design. All the last O plugs are...
• Re: replaced spark plugs now idle and cruise control problems
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 17:06:50 -0800
  ...Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR On 12/8/2007 8:51 AM David Clarkson wrote: > I just replaced the spark plugs on...
• Re: Glows plugs
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:25:36 -0500
  ...To check, remove the bolts holding the > electric wire to the glow plugs. Put an ohmmeter between the > terminal (where the wire was) and...
• Re: runs lean / runs rich ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 May 1995 20:00:57 -0500
  ...If you pull the plugs after idle it would indicate rich idle (sometimes you need this to prevent off idle bogging.If you run...
• Re: Queer Diesel Glow Plug/Lift Pump Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:23:21 -0800
  Hi All, That's right, pulling the head heat sensor wire leaves the glow plugs on with no time out. I'm assuming you...
• Re: Bosch plugs
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:28:08 -0800
  ...Rubatoguy <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM> >>Does anyone know the correct number for the multi-electrode Bosch plugs >>for a 2.1 waterboxer Vanagon? > >Get Your...
• plug and compression 1990 GL
  Historical mailing list - Rick Berman
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 21:34:34 -0600
  ...I put new plugs in and they were gaped at .28 but the motor stalls and has a dead spot just after idle. It...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:29:21 -0400
  Mike (Eliot), Do you KNOW the two cylinders are running lean/rich, or are you just looking at the plugs and surmising? There are...
• Idle / Plugs / Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:33:11 -0500
  ...It finally started and stalled a few times, but I got home :) What do listmembers reccomend for spark plugs. I used only BOSCH in...
• Re: Spark plugs: Gap ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:18:32 -0500
  How long do you think those spark plugs should last? Center electrode erosion is a normal occurrence for these engines and ignition systems. Most...
• bosch plugs/heater fan
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:19:21 -0600
  ...Bosch Plugs: Does anyone out there have the bosch +4 plugs seen here http://www.fastgermanauto.com/product.htm ? If so, what do you...
• Re: Some (Simple!) Diesel Question to do with Glow Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 19:39:06 +0200
  ...early 80's? What's a reasonable > price? Yes, all VW diesels from 80 to 90 uses the same plugs. PerL 87 Syncro 112i
• Re: H4 Hella Headlight Kits Available
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 06:42:42 EST
  ...Do they have the city light plugs? > No they don't have the city light holes or plugs. Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16...
• Re: time for Changing plugs/ wires ???
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 3 Nov 1995 08:50:02 -0800 (PST)
  ...I change the plugs before smog checks (also every other year). As a data point, my Mustang, which I have owned for two years...
• Re: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Raceing Cajun
  Thu, 21 May 2015 06:26:47 -0500
  ...Anti-seize has got a bad rap in the past because of pilot error, along with that same pilot not torqueing the plugs. If...
• Re: [F] 12 Days of Vanagon Christmas
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:21:34 -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: Which plat plugs for an 85?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 23:01:08 EDT
  ...Just changed out my plugs with Autolite platinums and don't have the heart to change them again. Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3...
• drain holes for air scoops?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 31 May 2000 10:41:23 -0400
  cleaning the underside of the van last weekend I found some rubber plugs (in the rear, left and right hand side). When I took...
• 3 pronged spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 7 Oct 2007 12:37:26 -0700
  I just took some plugs out to check them, they were Bosch Super and had 3 of the adjustable prongs going to the center...
• Re: 4 prong platinum bosch plugs
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Wed, 26 May 1999 08:11:25 -0700
  I'm running the 4-prong BOSCH plugs and they are working just fine. I got them at a local FLAPS (KRAGEN) Todd '88...
• Platinum plugs...
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Thu, 14 May 1998 07:47:52 +0000
  ...I get two years on a set of plugs for these vehicles, and they still look good. I change them out on a two...
• Re: Aluminum in the threads
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Mon, 27 May 2002 11:15:47 -0500
  From prior experience ( Triumph BSA, Norton etc.) it is a good idea not to "crank" them plugs down way too tight---- The threads will...
• Re: Bosch Three Pronged Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:15:23 -0500 (EST)
  ...This test was done > after only changing the plugs. IMHO > Greetings from Michigan's Upper Peninsula > Jeff & Jean-Marie Diebolt I know they're...
• Re: Rubber Plugs
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:26:47 -0400
  ...Rubber Plugs Found what I needed on my '91 after removing the stock bumpers at Lowes On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:17...
• ECU flooding plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 00:02:23 +0000
  ...the plugs with gas after reading all the help it seems (yes) something is happeing to the fuel system and drowing the plugs with...
• Re: Door panel plugs
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 4 May 2007 09:17:14 -0600
  ...What > are > people using to replace the little plastic plugs that hold them to > the doors > which inevitably broke? > > > > Thanks, > > Ryan > > '82 Camper Van...
• Re: 3-pronged spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:58:09 -0600
  ...3-pronged spark plugs >I've used W7DTCs for several years in both vans (87 and 90) with no >problems. They seem to last...
• 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: 3-pronged spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Ohlemacher
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:12:50 -0400
  ...3-pronged spark plugs Anyone have a part number for the NGK equivalent to the Bosch W7DTC? Thanks Justin Jensen SLC Utah -----Original Message...
• Re: Sparking plugs - 2.1L - Which kind?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:56:41 -0700
  ...AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Need to install new plugs. Just wondering what type is recommended at this > point in time. > > Anyone...
• Re: Symptoms--84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 4 Jun 2005 16:25:23 -0400
  Just for laughs, try connecting the idle stabilizer plugs together,by passing the stabalizer, and see what you get.The stabilizer is near the...
• Re: Tune up?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 06:52:03 -0800
  mr mike, hey what do the plugs look like when you take them out? burnt at the tips? what about the distro cap are...
• Re: Removing Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:14:02 EDT
  ...label wire color and position on plastic plugs use small jewlers sized flathead and remove crimped on wire connectors from plastic plugs (bend down...
• drain plugs - coolant - what now?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:28:08 -0800
  Hi, In attempting my first complete replacement of coolant for my 2.1 86 vanagon, Bentley points to the drain plugs between the pushrod...
• Re: spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - tim clark
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:57:03 -0700
  ...spark plugs > I'm doing a tuneup on an 85 1.9L engine that had about as much power as > any > 2.1L i...
• Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:18:37 -0800
  ...I turned the key on and checked the connection at the glow plugs for power and got nothing. Followed the red lead back to...
• Plugs, gas cap, stuff, etc...
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:22:52 +0000
  Hit the FLAPS yesterday, picked up spark plugs, wires, rotor, distro cap, marvel mystery oil, assorted fuses, hose clamps, air filter, techron, duct tape...