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• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:16:00 EST
  ...They are the most trouble free spark plug out there. Stay away from platinum plugs, they cause intermittent missing and hesitation problems. The W7DTC...
• Re: WTB: Injector Driver Module
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:33:00 -0700
  "Sounds like yer 84 is falling apart on you, ECU, Spark Plugs, Water Faucet, et al. What gives Mr Squirrel?" Normal maintenance, my friend...
• 84 Vanagon missing throughout driving range?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Hosick
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 19:11:01 -0700
  Hey ya'll I changed my spark plugs cap and rotor the other day and now my van is running hotter and seem's...
• Low Compression after Spark Plug Incident
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:22:39 -0800
  Recently, I posted regarding a problem where my van suddenly lost power and I found that one of my spark plugs (#2) had broken...
• 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 $16 CDN with taxes!! An excellent bargain. I've been...
• Denso Iridium Power Spark Lub (5306)
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 19:13:25 -0400
  Has anyone tried running these Denso Iridium plugs in their 2.1? http://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=292269 <http://www.rockauto...
• Re; Marvelous Mystery Oil, and stuck rings.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:20:53 -0600
  Yo, Joltan! Take the spark plugs out of the engine, Load up each cylinder with Marvelous Mystery Oil, put the plugs back in the...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 23:07:21 -0800
  ...Gap of Sparks >> >> So what happens when the sparks you've got installed are not of the correct >> gap? I use only W7CCO by...
• Re: Help--- stuck in Redding Followup and conclusion
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:26:24 -0700
  ...conclusion- blew a spark plug out. It was > > not stripped though. 116$ for new wires (had to get > > all 4), new plugs (replaced all...
• Re: spark, stumble, and misses...
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 10:09:22 -0600 (MDT)
  ...2 and 4 > were getting a spark unevenly and once in a while... when taking the > wire plugs from cylinders 1 or 3 the...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:38:07 -0800
  ...They ran out of time today, but they'll pull the spark plugs tomorrow. > Was even one spark plug examined ? > I suspect not, hope...
• Re: Check Compression: Warm or cold engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 May 2003 19:40:28 -0700
  ...I've always super tuned (tweaked) my engineers by reading the spark plugs and I got anxious a few times sitting in roadside rest...
• Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 06:30:16 -0400
  Awhile back Denis recommended these plugs: Bosch 4477. Upon this recommendation I ordered some from my Bosch supplier. They arrived yesterday and I now...
• Re: how did this happen ... ?
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 21:28:47 -0800
  ...im starting to think i hooked up the wires leading from the distributor cap to the spark plugs wrong. i think i have the...
• wet spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:33:13 -0500
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2755??PS=">Wonder if the...
• problems with bosch platinum spark plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 96 18:16:09 EDT
  ...i understand the platinums tend to run a little richer..what should i do, go back to regular bosch plugs...adjust the carb? what...
• Re: Stripped drain plug solution?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 08:24:08 -0700
  ...In looking for the correct HeliCoil, I came across a lot of much cheaper kits for spark plugs. These are the same diameter, but...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:59:21 -0600
  ...of the sparkplug and coil wires being "radio interference > suppressed". > > What did I miss? You're supposed to use suppresed plugs with the suppressed...
• Re: SOMETIMES IT WILL, OTHER TIMES IT WON'T
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Apr 2023 23:13:34 -0700
  ...filter. - Clean or replace the air filter. - Replace the spark plugs and the spark plugs wires. - Clean the throttle body. - Adjust the throttle body...
• Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:48:45 -0800
  Its not the spark plugs holding the WBX back, its the combustion chambers! Replace with Subaru parts and you'll get quite a bit...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:55:00 -0400
  ...spark plug no real effect on compression ratio. My concern is it position in relationship to the head or piston. Also those WD7t plugs...
• Re: Quick troubleshooting question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:15:08 -0700
  ...is spark plugs failing to fire properly under load .. wether due to weak/tired coil, spark plugs wires, plugs themselves, whathaveyou. I consider coils...
• Re: Bosch (was Fuel Injectors)
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:10:30 -0600
  ...threads on Bosch plugs were more likely to match those in VW cylinder heads than those of any other spark plug. I believed it...
• Re: Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 17 May 2011 06:01:09 -0400
  ...running a stock 2.1 engine, what brand and type > of spark plugs are you using, and would you recommend them? Cheers, Frank Condelli...
• Re: 87 GL wont start and run
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 07:57:14 -0600
  ...seems to be running very rich?? > I have spark of course at the distributor and plugs. Ox sensor light and > Battery light stayed on...
• Oil in coolant..?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:39:25 -0700
  I pulled the spark plugs in my sick inline VW motor...no coolant is getting into the oil, and no evidence of a head...
• California Smog Trouble - 1987 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:13:04 -0700
  ...Any ideas what would cause this? Passed fine two years ago, new cat then, new spark plugs in Nov. Thanks, Donna
• Low RPM High Load Stumble?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:55:29 -0500
  ...I replaced the spark plug wires and checked the plugs. It seemed to go away for a couple weeks and is now back. Any...
• Re: AC Compressor to inflate tires, etc?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:23:14 -0500
  ...to how there was some > attachment for old army Jeeps that allowed you to inflate tires by > disconnecting one of the spark plugs. <snip>
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:57:24 -0500
  Resistor plugs minimize radio interference. They should be fine. On 12/2/08, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Well the plugs arrived...
• Re: hard starting - cylinder cutting out -87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:44:55 -0600
  ...My > first thought is to replace the spark plugs but I fear stripping the threads > since its cold now in Indiana. Any input would...
• Re: Aluminum in the threads
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 25 May 2002 16:13:01 -0500
  ...As most of you know I'm quite a cynic about quality and I think in the case of these NEW spark plugs I...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:39:01 -0600
  ...to hear how often Vanagon > owners on > this list change their spark plugs, regardless of what type is used. > I'd be > shocked if...
• Re: Spark Plug Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:15:14 -0700
  Good plugs - I'm using them. On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Edward Maglott < emaglott@buncombe.main.nc.us> wrote: > I...
• Re: Found a timesert in the spark plug hole
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 3 May 2010 17:23:54 EDT
  ...Only other alternative I thought of is to use one of the old spark plugs and torque it to a higher value to maybe...
• 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: Slow throttle response on 90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:07:54 -0800
  ...I too thought it was a vacuum leak (as yours probably has.) Mine turned out to be a set of A*tolite spark plugs...
• Re: Aluminum in the threads
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 25 May 2002 17:52:41 -0500
  ...I can't find anything in the Bentley manual that addresses proper torque for spark plugs. What do you use? Dave in KC 85...
• Re: proper dist cap for 85 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 May 2007 19:01:39 -0400
  ...cap has sockets for normal spark plug wire ends and the wires have threaded ends like spark plugs which is the right one for...
• Re: sometimes it just won't go...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Mon, 7 Mar 2011 06:05:13 -0600
  ...Wet plugs? If so, compression check, >fuel pressure check, new plugs. It DOES have spark, right? Hard to prove on the spark - I have...
• Re: now i know how it happened!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:50:20 -0500
  ...tuneup woes. > essentially i had two of the wires leading to spark plugs going to the > wrong places. what it essentially comes down to...
• Re: how did this happen ... ?
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:02:36 -0600
  ...it consisted in > trying to install a new distributor cap, new rotor, and new spark > plugs. i got the kit from the bus depot...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:28:22 -0600
  ...Bosch or NGK plugs? I am thinking about changing the spark plugs on my Syncro, and I am not sure whether to buy Bosch...
• 88 Vanagon Automatic Transmission idling problems
  Historical mailing list - Robert and Sharon Mendon�a
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:02:12 -0800
  ...Have tried replacing spark plugs, air filter, cap and rotor, and carburetor cleaner - and still having problems. Bob Mendonca [text/html]
• Re: Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 18:08:34 -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: 85 vanagon spark plugs : another question
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:37:09 -0400
  ...Then there are options such as tri-electrode plugs, OE plugs, etc. The vast majority of people use the W7CC, which is also what...
• Fw: no spark
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:21:43 -0700
  ...I > check for fuel at the 'T' connection, it squirted....'checked the > plugs...they were wet....checked for spark..NO SPARK!! I swapped the...
• Re: burred spark plug threads: update
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:30:21 -0800
  ...So, I am going to >drop my engine this weekend so that I can change out the spark plugs. Only >in a Vanagon! > >Jake...
• Re: Split fires
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:31:39 EDT
  ...Stick with Bosch W7 DTC three prong spark plugs. Michael Modl 87 syncro 87 quattro
• Re: Begging for advice(semi OT)
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 15:44:23 -0500
  ...Have someone crank the motor over and hold the spark plug wire close to the block and verify the wire is carrying spark. Check...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:56:43 -0500
  Mike, I have had the situation where the wires to #1 and #3 plugs were toast at the connection to the plugs, but the...
• Accessing the #1 spark plug
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:52:55 -0700
  So I'm going to swap out the plugs on my 1.9 and it looks like the air filter assembly has to be...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:39:41 -1000
  I would say that on a waterboxer engine, the spark plugs barely wear *at all* ~! Like 'maybe' the gaps will expand and electrodes get...
• Re: Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Dawson
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:20:02 -0400
  ...new spark plugs (platinum) > >4. new oil and filter > > > >There are no leaks in the system, as far as I can tell. The problem...
• Re: Triple Electrode Spark Plug Available For 1.9L Motor
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:08:43 -0500
  ...plugs: The spark develops at all "sharp" edges of the electrode, therefore if you have multiple sharp edges you will get a spark with...
• removing air filter for tuneup
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:11:02 -0800
  ...once its out you have unmitigated access to the passenger side spark plugs, which is helpful for hand threading at first and then being...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:57:20 +0100
  ...This is done by developing consumables such as spark plugs, engine oil and filters that have longer service intervals and engine managament systems that...
• How to test ignition coil? this guy needs some help
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:47:04 -0700
  ...There was no spark at the plugs, so i check for spark at the coil . none. I have heard that the "hall" sensor may...
• Re: 84 Westy Gas Mileage?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Sep 1996 01:28:25 GMT
  ...VIPER.NAUTICOM.NET> >writes: >> Platinum Spark Plugs??????$#%#$%^ >> >> In a matter of time your Vanagon will quit dead! Platinum plugs >> cause, (only in the Vanagon...
• Re: Denso Iridium Power Spark Lub (5306)
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 20:57:43 -0400
  Save yourself the headache, stick to the factory plugs. They work well enough! Jason Uberbus On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 7:13 PM...