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Date:         Wed, 27 May 1998 01:48:08 EDT
Reply-To:     Modl6971 <Modl6971@AOL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Modl6971 <Modl6971@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Plugs...The best plugs around
Comments: To: Vanagon@vanagon.com
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In a message dated 98-05-26 11:55:40 EDT, raven@halcyon.com writes:

<< I've used W7DTC (not suppressed) plugs on my 87 for the last 30,000 miles. Maybe something fell into the combustion chamber when you were changing plugs.

Mark McCulley

At 02:02 AM 5/26/98 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 98-05-24 03:34:34 EDT, pleolkes@arcom.com.au writes: > ><< I have just purchased some 3 pronged supressed Bosch plugs (part no. > W7RDTC) and put them in my '89 VAnagon engine. On turning the engine on > I heard a loud mettalic sound and became immediately concerned that the > the extra few millimetres that the plug protrudes into the combustion > chamber was too much and the electrode was coming in contact with the > piston. I turned the engine off and put my old plugs back in. I am not > sure what to do at this point. > I guess I am looking for some reassurance that the extra reach will not > make any difference. I realize that the thread length is the same and > the extra reach into the chamber is due to the larger size of the > electrode compared to the single pronged plug. > Could you please reply to my address and confirm that you have used > these plugs with no problems. > Thanks > Peter Leolkes > Adelaide > South Australia > > Modl6971 wrote: > > >> >Peter, I have been putting the BOSCH W7DTC ( three prong) plugs in Vanagons >for 10 years now without ever experiencing what you have just mentioned. Do >your spark plugs show any signs of damage, such as a piston coming in contact >with the spark plug? Let me know. > Michael M. 87 syncro. ( Running on three prong plugs, the only plugs I would >use) > Also, the part number that you are including says W7RDTC, it should be W7DTC. > >>


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