I'm on my 3rd set of Bosch wires in 4 months.  The first set developed a
hole near the end and eventually blew themselves apart.  The second set had
a high rpm miss on the #3 wire.  I haven't been all that impressed with the
Bosh wires thus far.  Fortunately, they keep replacing them.

jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: Engine Miss

> In a message dated 12/21/03 2:43:30 AM, neptunesguitars@SWIFTDSL.COM.AU
> writes:
>
> << Symptoms are start van runs smooth for 30 seconds then miss kicks in.
>>
>
> SyncroPete,
>
> The symptom you describe certainly would seem to indicate a problem in the
> fuel injection control system, but because of an elusive miss which I have
seen
> in two different vans on THREE occasions, I suggest that you look to the
> ignition wires.  The miss problems I suffered were all rooted in a leaky
ignition
> wire for cylinder # 3.  And, against all odds, this occurred three
separate
> times!  The most recent time was about a week ago with a set of the best
Bosch
> wires to be had which had less than 12 Kmi of service.  The ignition wires
still
> looked like new, but one was leaking.  In all cases, I traced the problem
by
> substituting a known good wire for each suspect wire one at a time, then
> running the van after each substitution.  Although I was tempted to check
cylinder
> # 3 first the last time I used this method, I reasoned that it had to be
> astronomically impossible for #3 to queef out again.  I guess Vanagons are
like
> women . . . reason has no effect on them.
>
> George
>