To cold plug fouls (shorts) because of dirt. To hot plug burns gap increase, and misfires. All of this ove time. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler 92-Jetta GWC www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Damon Campbell wrote: > Hopefully this question will bring the spark plug > conversation a bit closer to concrete answers, rather > than religion... > > I've seen a few mentions of plug heat ranges. What > does this effect? What are the consequences of > running "too hot" or "too cold" of a plug? > > Thanks, > -damon > > ===== > '84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (well... it was worth a shot. And now it is.) > Vancouver, BC > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > |
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