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Date:         Sat, 9 Jan 1999 01:42:36 -0500
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Coils and Platinum Plugs!
Comments: To: KBatzler <KBatzler@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <027c01be3b8b$479b3700$8fb4fdd0@karlbatz>
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The problem only shows up in AC Vanagon. Why maybe because of the "grey" label on the coil. I am not really sure but the proof is in the pouding!

Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, KBatzler wrote:

> I've been running platinum plugs on ALL of my cars for years...every thing > from Vanagons, Jettas, Passats without a single problem. > Karl Batzler > 84 Vanagon > 87 Audi 5000 S (now using platinum plugs) > -----Original Message----- > From: YauMan Chan <YAUMAN@CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 8:17 PM > Subject: Coils and Platinum Plugs! > > > >>> EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET> 01/08 10:50 AM >>> > My bet is that you have platimun plug in the engine. They > killed coil after coil in My 1980 Van until I put 2 and 2 together. > >> > > Oh No.. tell me it ain't so! > > I have been using platimum plugs ever since they first appeared on the > market 20 years ago and cost $24.95 each and have never experiened this > phenomenum! There must be some co-incidence. All the platium plug gets you > is longer life and better conduction of electric current even when it is > coated with oil and carbon. How can that destroy a coil? You can dead > short the High Tension output side of the coil and it should survive. The > high tension side while in the 40 Kilovolt range has only micro-amps of > currrent..regardless of the type of plug you put in. When I was teaching > physics, I use to buy the cheapest coils I can get from Kmart to let the > students experiment with .. neat stuff you can do and they are all bullet > proof.. short of actually dropping them and cracking the insulation, you > cannot kill them by loading it badly. > > It must be a co-incidence.. something changed after you change to platimum > plugs.. Anybody else on this list seen this problem with platinum plugs? > > Yau-Man Chan > 87 GL >


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