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• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:56:43 -0500
  ...This turned out to be a red herring. > > Afterwards, still no spark on the #1 plug (as measured by a timing > light on the...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:37:23 -0700
  If gap is too short, spark happens early; if too long, spark happens late. In either case it will affect timing and combustion. I...
• Re: Van turns but won't fire
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 21:53:39 -0700
  ...No spark from the cap could be: bad HT lead, cracked cap or rotor, bad coil, bad points, bad condenser, no volts to coil...
• Re: Found a timesert in the spark plug hole
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 May 2010 13:54:56 -0700
  ...Found a timesert in the spark plug hole > Mark, > > 2 spark plug seal designs exist. > > The square seal is the one with the crush...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon No Start Help
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Fri, 1 May 1998 08:44:17 EDT
  Make sure all your spark plug wires and the one from the coil are hooked up. Is it an automatic? If it is do...
• Spark plug failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 10 Apr 2016 23:36:00 -0700
  ...https://shufti.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/vanagon-spark-plug-failure/ Alistair
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 20:01:13 -0500
  ...Pull off one plug wire and hold it about 3" from your spark plug end. This will force the coil to work a little...
• Re: Cut you sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 08:09:00 EST
  ...There IS some relevance to the position on the spark plug electrodes...BIG change?..Ummm no...in a super high compression/supercharged engine you...
• No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:23:16 -0400
  ...No spark. I cleaned all the contacts in the cap and tip of the rotor. Still, no spark. I suspected the coil or ECU...
• Re: hesitation on highway
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:40:16 -0500
  That could be a weak spark coil, tracking in the distributor cap, voltage leak from the spark plug wires or the wrong spark plug...
• Re: Temp. gage
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 18:16:47 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I tried both at sparkplug and under the temp sender for the FI. At the sparkplug: regular, city driving temp is 350F. Highway with...
• Re: Bosch Three Pronged Sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:15:09 -0500 (EST)
  ...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: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 18:01:48 -0500
  Anyone can see 'spark-leaks' by looking at the engine bay while it's running at night/ in the dark. Mike B. -----Original Message...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:13:33 -0700
  ...Some people seem to think that a plug with 2 electrodes will make 2 sparks, but this is not possible. Those Split-fire plugs...
• Re: VANAGON digest 929
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 May 1996 09:42:35 -0700
  ...d) The old plugs you put back in- are they oily now? Oily sounds like quenched combustion- bad spark, bad gas? Could also be...
• 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 Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:20:02 -0700
  ...Spark Plugs > I am enbarking on something simple, like changing the sparkplugs. I am > still waiting for my copy of the Bentley shop manual...
• Re: Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 May 2011 19:04:25 -0700
  ...running a stock 2.1 engine, what brand > and type > of spark plugs are you using, and would you recommend them? > > Thanks, > Hector > 1990...
• Re: [F] Funny item found on eBay: 1984-1989 Toyota Vanagon NEW spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:58:38 -0400
  At 13:59 9/21/99 , Joachim Beek wrote: >1984-1989 Toyota Vanagon NEW spark plug wires So! Toyota *do* know a good thing...
• Re: Cut you sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:40:06 -0500
  ...Cut you sparkplugs > Hmmm...'Bosch Triple Electrode' or the 'Splitfire Triple Platinum' would be > the ones to try, vs. modified OEM? > Mike > ----- Original Message -----
• Re: No spark
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 23:43:45 -0500
  ...No spark That's what I told Sid too. Check the soil! Regards, Shawn. Fredrich Hesterberg wrote: Why you no change the coil? Fred
• Re: Is the length of a Spark Plug wire critical?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:03:14 -0500
  ...wrote: > I have no idea if any of this applies to spark plug wires and > things do >seem to be working fine but I...
• 2.1l Spark plug wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Thu, 27 May 2010 23:44:11 -0600
  ...So, I started with rotor, distributor cap, plug wires and spark plugs. I wanted to know the "vintage" of that system and in the...
• Re: cyl head temp gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Oct 1994 19:45:52 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The ring which constitutes the sender is to replace the compression ring of the (#3) spark plug, per instruction. But I find this ring...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 10 Nov 2008 - Special issue (#2008-1183)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:55:14 -0800
  ...Watch there (in the dark) for a consistent spark while trying the sparker. On mine, if I get my eyes on the viewer, at...
• Re: refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:04:17 -0800
  ...A greater distance will create a slow spark causing the light to blink. A lesser distance will create a fast spark that may not...
• 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: No spark
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:40:09 +0000
  ...No spark >Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 20:49:54 EDT > >this is a 1987 2.1Digifant. No spark from coil, tested coil wire...
• Elec Ig and low revs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:21:07 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I understand the benefit derived from these in terms of better spark throughout the rpm range. Better being stronger and more even. Now, besides...
• Re: Looking for spark plug wire recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:16:18 -0400
  ...Hey listees, I am in need of a new set of spark plug and coil wires for > my 1990 2.1 engine. How about...
• Spark Plug Boots
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 14:47:51 -0600
  I need some high quality spark plug boots. Everything that I've gotten with wire sets : I'm ashamed of. Somebody out there make...
• Re: Hall Sender question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 5 May 2007 19:53:06 -0400
  ...It's worth adding for future readers that you have to test the spark on the coil wire, not the spark plug wires, as...
• Re: 1988 Weekender Wolfsburg barely runs.
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Wed, 21 May 2003 20:39:57 -0700
  ...If you see a spark jumping accross the end of the wire, you got spark, but you need fuel. Remember: you need spark and...
• Re: Engine power loss (need help)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:43:09 -0700
  ...have performed: > - Compression test on all cylinders (good) > - Removed sparkplugs and checked for spark (good) > - Removed fuel injectors and checked for spray (good) > - Checked...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 09:58:38 -0800
  The 2 spark plug wires on the right side need to cross. The wires on the left side don't. For the right side...
• Re: ignition? injection?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 5 Jan 2003 11:32:23 -0500
  deb; Check if you are getting a spark. A clamp on timing light is an easy, non invasive tool if you have one. If...
• Which cylinder isn't firing??
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 03:51:39 MST
  ...I took them off the spark plugs and all seemed clean except for one which was a bit oily inside (suggesting spark discharges over...
• Re: 85 vanagon spark plugs : another question -Remove Carefully
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 03:49:17 EDT
  ...The only two spark plug failures I ever had were with platinum plugs. Call me superstitious, but I went back to spark plugs originally...
• Re: [F] 12 Days of Vanagon Christmas
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:21:03 -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 Plug Tester
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:52:00 -0800
  ...Try it > one time when all is well to get an idea what a strong spark looks > like. > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy...
• Re: Induction type timing light
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:42:04 EDT
  The voltage induced to the timing light is directly proportional to the current in the spark plug wires. Unless the wires have a braided...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:39:10 -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...
• My van won't start - any help?
  Historical mailing list - Jesse L Reynolds
  Thu, 8 Jun 1995 20:56:08 -0400 (EDT)
  ...If I am right, that eliminates the starter, solenoid, etc. -She is getting sparks at the spark plug wires -She is probably getting fuel...
• Re: No spark, good coil, etc
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:24:49 -0500
  ...Changed the coil for > an other one, still no spark. > New cap and rotor. > Battery is strong. > Am I missing something? > Anyone? > Zoltan >
• Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:01:46 -0600
  I have never in all my years of maintaining engines had a spark plug that just plain quit. But it just happened. Running fine...
• Re: spark plug blow out
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 30 May 2002 11:47:03 -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...
• Spark Plugs and Milage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:22:49 -0700
  When you check the spark plugs that have been in use for 30K and find them badly encrusted and check the plug wires that...
• Re: Bosch Three Pronged Sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:00:59 -0500 (EST)
  ...Did you guys know that spark plugs now ->have THREE "prongs"! Never even heard of these critters before! ->Anyone out there using these 3...
• Re: AFM issues
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 11:00:29 -0400
  ...Be >careful using it near the altenator ,sparkplugs, and distributor, as there >are sparks present in these areas
• Re: How to remove O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:02:56 -0400
  No, a spark plug is not the same thread. Same diameter yes but not a 1.5 thread pitch. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-549)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:56:36 -0600
  ...The angle of the plugs entry into the combustion chamber is controlled by the angle of the spark plug hole or port. Any lop...
• Re: Ignition? Constant Duty or Constant charge
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 17:37:22 -0400
  ...At low rpm the system would trigger multiple constant charge sparks, as rpm increased the number of sparks per ignition stroke would decrease until...
• Re: 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Wed, 15 May 2002 22:26:31 -0700
  ...While changing the spark on these vehicles doesn't do much, it does some. But I think the spark plug isn't where people...
• Re: The details of Motronic
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:15:06 -0400
  ...That means it can time the spark whenever it wants, and even vary it from cylinder to cylinder. The distributor just routes the spark...
• Re: 2 Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Knittel
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:11:30 EDT
  ...The 2 plugs are looking identical, they are located on the left side of the engine excactly below the first sparkplug on the left...
• Re: what size is the spark-plug thread?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 12:06:22 -0600
  >I went out to look at the spark plug holes, and I can't find them. Can >anyone tell me where to look? Gomer...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:06:33 -0800
  ...This turned out to be a red herring. >> >> Afterwards, still no spark on the #1 plug (as measured by a timing >> light on the...
• Spark of imagination, van products
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 2 Jan 2021 15:00:50 -0800
  Hi, Discovered this site today http://www.sparkofimagination.com/ A couple of very interesting products. The door bearing kit , I think from looking at...
• No spark, what to do
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 3 Feb 2019 21:50:24 -0800
  ...Now I got a van that has no spark. Great. Only I have no idea where to start looking. Maybe I need power at...
• Re: No spark, clueless
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 29 May 2013 20:15:43 -0700
  ...Now, for some reason, I don’t get spark. Checked the voltage at the coil and it gets 12V. So, I got the ground...