Well guys,
I don't know the precise circumstance of each car and cylinder that had a
spark plug blow out,
But.....I've seen about a hundred times where people that don't work on cars
professionally and full time ..........i.e. backyard mechanics.......that
they didn't screw the plugs in tight enough.

I've seen this a *lot.* and imagine , or suspect anyway, that 'not tight
enough' was a factor in most of these cases, if not all of them.
Scott
www.turbovans.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jake de Villiers
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:28 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Help--- stuck in Redding Followup and conclusion

Man that's real Volkswagen behaviour!  Our '56 Kombi used to spit out the #3
spark plug at fairly regular intervals, my wife's '90 Golf popped one, and
my son's '83 Jetta spat one out on him one night late.

There must be something to this Subaru thing.  :)

On 7/31/07, Matthew <mpteleski@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Folks, thanks for the help. Esp thanks to the curiator
> of Road Cow, Britt, for his local expertise to the
> Redding CA area. Thank, man. i o u a beer and an elk
> steak (if i get one this year...)
>
> Anyways... conclusion- blew a spark plug out. It was
> not stripped though. 116$ for new wires (had to get
> all 4), new plugs (replaced all while at it!) and a
> bit of labor.
>
> 800 miles to go.
> thanks
> matthew
> (not stuck, but my sister was)/;
>
> "may the four winds blow you safely home"
>
>
>
>
>
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