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• HELP!! stripped spark plug hole. ***FIXED***

  Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69) · Sun, 2 Jul 2006 02:29:34 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  Well I went to my FLAPS and picked up a spark plug hole repair kit and started to work this morning. The kit I...

• Re: hmm, is this bad? could it hurt?(lost spark plug)

  Gregor Durstewitz · Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:57:47 -0800 (PST) · Mailing-list archive

  ...ciao, gregor > hey now, > > hmm, when changing my spark plugs today one fell out of the ratchet and back > into the spark plug housing...

• Re: Power of a 2.0L Air cooled vs 2.1L???

  David Brodbeck · Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:48:33 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...I see a lot of people with missing or shrivelled-up spark plug wire seals, too. Since the spark plug wire holes are right...

• Re: VANAGON digest 929

  · Wed, 1 May 1996 09:42:35 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...plugs you put back in- are they oily now? Oily sounds like quenched combustion- bad spark, bad gas? Could also be leaking valve seals...

• Re: something to look at on your down time

  David Brodbeck · Thu, 4 Sep 2003 20:45:32 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...You should replace the missing spark plug wire seals. The area where the spark plugs thread in is one of the hottest parts of...

• Re: ATF

  · Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:22:20 EDT · Mailing-list archive

  ...Spark Plugs Distributor Cap Rotor (don't clean, replace) Check grounds (clean if neccessary) Check Oxygen sensor (replace if neccessary) Inspect plug wires (replace...

• Re: Oil Pressure Gremlins

  Jay L Snyder · Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:39:55 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...jacket seals, my oil buzzer started going off randomly. It seems they routed the wire (yellow?) too close to the spark plug wires. After...

• Re: Wifes Audi - Oil Leak - NVC

  David Kao · Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:59:21 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

  ...One is a circular one along the edge of the cover, and other seals the spark plug holes in the middle of the cover...

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• Spark plug seals

  Components that seal the spark plug wells in the engine

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• Parts Corner Ep 1: Differences in Vanagon waterboxer spark plug wires, caps and coils.

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• 88 Vanagon Westfalia - no spark no start - Dale and Trish Enns Feb 2013

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• Installing Spark Plugs and Ignition Wires Vanagon Waterboxer Engine

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• Vanagon ECU plug pin removal part 2

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• VW Vanagon useless window scraper seals in the rain.

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• Vanagon Front Window Scraper Seals

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• How to Replace Spark Plug Wires (Ford Ranger, Mazda B3000)

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• Ignition coil, spark plug wire & cap REPAIR!

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