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• 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...
• Spark plugs: Gap ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 5 Dec 2009 21:48:58 -0800
  Doing my fall maintence this day and I pulled the spark plugs to check how things were burning in my inline 4 jetta powered...
• Re: burred spark plug threads
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:58:05 -0600
  ...burr the spark plug threads on one cylinder last night. All the tin on these air cooled motors makes changing the plugs much harder...
• Re: Spark plugs - 2.l L
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 02:21:22 -0400
  ...Spark plugs - 2.l L >> >> Can Bosch plugs number W7DTC be safely use in the 2.1 L wasserboxer? >> >> John
• 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...
• How often should one replace sparking plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 12 May 2009 17:20:49 -0700
  ...Every year? Every 20k miles? Anybody want to recommend an interval? When I got the van about 30k miles ago, the plugs were quite...
• Re: [Syncro] Not running yet. ?????? any ideas.
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 10 Feb 2001 01:30:15 -0500
  ...These plugs will kill your coil. It will look like it has spark, but it is not strong enough to fire the motor. I...
• Re: Plugs, what does the colour say?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 24 May 1998 07:27:29 -0700
  ...Plugs ideally suited to engine, and engine is in good condition.," is the only reference to "brown" in the Champion Spark Plug brochure I...
• Re: Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 16:43:54 -0800
  ...Helena, Napa County > > In the end, the shop installed new Bosch 7998 spark plugs, and it starts and > runs fine now. So, yeah, I...
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:11:44 -0700
  I always have the best results with stock........... Miguel ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Tune Up Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 16 Jul 97 20:44:36 CDT
  On Wed, 16 Jul 1997 02:47:18 -0500 Jim Thompson said: >Joel Walker and John Hathaway recommend upgrading the spark plugs to a...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 1 Aug 2015 07:38:15 -0700
  ...GM Safari AWD) this weekend and I am going to need to do that for a couple of the spark plugs, I'm sure...
• How to test ignition coil?
  Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:43:48 -0700
  ...I am getting no spark at my plugs. I cleaned the distributor and monkeyed around with cleaning other contacts to no avail. I don...
• Broken Spark Plug Electrode/Tip
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:12:00 -0800
  After my van suddenly lost power, I found that one of the spark plugs (right/rear) was loose. Before tightening it, I pulled it...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome? ... please help
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Fri, 25 May 2018 14:17:18 -0700
  Maybe check that the spark plug wires are firmly on the spark plugs. Same with the fuel injector connections. > On May 25, 2018, at...
• Re: '81 #3 cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:08:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...How about swapping spark plugs? I've heard of defects in plugs that only make themselves know under the heat and pressure of the...
• Re: Corroding spark plugs in WBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 15:07:49 -0400
  ...Corroding spark plugs in WBoxer > Hello all > > I am having problems with spark plugs in my Vanagon. Install new ones and > all is OK...
• 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...
• Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:24:09 -0800
  I thought Bosch plugs were preset to gap no problem... > >As to the slow starting, there's lots of things, but have you checked...
• Re: Denso Iridium Power Spark Lub (5306)
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 22:58:59 -0400
  I was looking through Frank Condelli's website earlier today; I noticed he has some plugs available. Maybe someone from the list has some...
• Re: Help strange misfire 45 mi from home
  Historical mailing list - Donna
  Sat, 6 Oct 2012 16:33:05 -0700
  Thx Steve - the shop just replaced spark plugs so I wonder if one is loose? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2012, at...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 21:35:43 -0500
  ...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: Help--- stuck in Redding Followup and conclusion
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:08:36 -0700
  You're telling me that 'as delivered from the factory' two cars had spark plugs that blew out ? The '90 Golf, was that Mexican...
• Re: spark, stumble, and misses...
  Historical mailing list - Jose Antonio Madriz
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 21:07:38 -0400 (EDT)
  Thanks to all who responded! I changed the plugs as David suggested and the problem went away. I wouldn't have thought that the...
• Re: Cut you sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 15:12:57 -0400
  ...When I put in the Bosh plugs (these are single tip, but the super-plug platinum none-the-less) the RPMs at idle increased...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:36:38 -0700
  ...the spark ... Another theory might be related to the fact old American iron hot rodders (and I'm sure others) would "index" plugs, whereby...
• now i know how it happened!
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:54:41 -0800
  ...essentially i had two of the wires leading to spark plugs going to the wrong places. what it essentially comes down to is that...
• burred spark plug threads
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:57:36 -0500
  ...burr the spark plug threads on one cylinder last night. All the tin on these air cooled motors makes changing the plugs much harder...
• Re: Rotor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:35:53 -0500
  But of course! It's for those spark plugs that the diesel doesn't have. Don't you know anything? :) On Jan 10, 2005...
• Re: spark plug threads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:18:08 -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...
• Engine Storage
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:01:22 -0500
  ...spark plug hole -squirt some oil in each air intake port -turn the engine over a couple of times -re-install the spark plugs...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:36:52 EST
  The flame kernel is what is changed with the quad tipped plugs. This increases the efficiency of the engine, increasing power because more of...
• Re: Heip!! New engine won't start (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Martin Kennelly
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:12:16 +0000
  ...The plugs did appear to give a good spark. On a friends reccomendation I first changed the plugs, there came a little improvement, but...
• Re: Speaking of Bosch Platinums...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Nov 94 09:52:13 gmt
  Speaking of spark plugs, I just read an article in VW Motoring magazine about their long-term test Corrado G60. A set of plugs...
• Re: spark plug upgrades.....3 electrode for 1.9L and 4 electrode for 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:25:41 -0600
  ...4 plugs.....a > little > more money, but problably lasts longer than stock....... > > Anyone know of the Bosch number for the 3 electrode sparkplug that...
• Re: hmm, is this bad? could it hurt?(lost spark plug)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 01 May 1996 12:48:21 -0400
  >hey now, > >hmm, when changing my spark plugs today one fell out of the ratchet and back >into the spark plug housing. i tried...
• Re: f/ Re: spark plugs and fuel economy ???
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:50:17 CST6CDT
  Scott writes: > According to Piaget linear concrete thinking stops being a problem at > about age 5 or 6 when we learn to use abstract...
• Re: Please help, installed new quad spark plugs now it will not start.
  Historical mailing list - sanford schulwolf
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 15:09:24 -0700
  Problem fixed. Thanks everyone for your help. I had the passenger side wires mixed up. Sanford __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live...
• Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:52:39 -0500
  Well, at least I'm not asking about tires... Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to...
• Amer. wires in VW
  Historical mailing list - Dana Darling
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:48:25 CDT
  ...Also, could this have damaged the spark plugs, or anything else? thanks in advance! dana '91 Westy '82 diesel westy ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 11:03:05 -0700
  ...the configuration of the electrodes on the spark plug. BTW, do I use multi electrode plugs? Yes, because they should last a little longer...
• Re: NGK part number for 3-electrode spark plug
  Historical mailing list - David Ohlemacher
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 06:04:45 -0400
  ...3-pronged spark plugs >Anyone have a part number for the NGK equivalent to the Bosch W7DTC?
• 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: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:07:11 -0700
  ...Stephen --- On Thu, 4/4/13, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote: - fuel pump - coil - dist cap and rotor - spark plugs wire set - spark...
• 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: Denso Iridium Power Spark Lub (5306)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 18:23:09 -0700
  ...aspx?zpid=9408 they're very good and I like them better than Bosh or any other single prong plugs.... your taste may varies....
• Re: Spark Plugs and Milage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:36:56 -0700
  On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote: > Did you use dielectric grease on the wire ends...
• Re: 84 waterboxer overheating
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 7 May 2002 20:44:08 -0700
  ...Pull the spark plugs. The plug that's extremely clean is the hole that's leaking.) Sorry... Jim
• 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 15 May 2002 21:03:17 -0400
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>hey all,</DIV> <DIV>what is the benefit, if any, of the bosch 3 electrode spark plugs for...
• 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...
• Spark Gap
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Thu, 27 May 1999 14:15:20 -0400
  ...Any idea what the spark gap for an 88 2.1L? I'll be replacing plugs, wires, rotor and cap for the first time...
• Re: Start up, back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 May 2015 21:35:49 -0400
  There can be 2 issues with spark plugs. The first has to do with contamination. Any of the grease and metallic stuff can short...
• Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:17:05 -0400
  thanks Ben I will look in th the plugs, distributor and coil again. Darren > Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:13:26 -0400 > From...
• Re: Cutting down spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Brian Atkins
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:34:35 -0500
  The cutting of the electrode on the spark plug is to increase the gap, thereby increasing the size of the spark. We used to...
• 1985 Vanagon - setting initial timing, idle speed and mixture
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:52:11 -0400
  ...rusted, my idle a little low, engine old but with new spark plugs, wires, rotor, and cap. What to do after I set my...
• Re: I am stumped
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 May 2001 18:36:31 -0500
  ...Make sure you've got *non resistor* spark plugs. Check the Bosch, AC, Champion or other spark plug applications book at the parts house...
• spark plugs N peanuts
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:50:02 -0400
  ...Before I get the standard type plugs I wanted to query the list and see what type plugs some of you recommended and how...
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 12:34:12 -0500
  I've gotten some p-mail advising the "stock" plugs which are W7CC or W7CC0 (not sure what the difference is, the Bosch decode...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:16:49 -0800
  So what happens when the sparks you've got installed are not of the correct gap? I use only W7CCO by Bosch >From: Mike...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:22:35 -0600
  ...They are the > most trouble free spark plug out there. Stay away from platinum plugs, they > cause intermittent missing and hesitation problems. The W7DTC...