Ignition sparks
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Definitions
The sparks that ignite the fuel-air mixture in an internal combustion engine
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- Re: 1985 Vanagon - not starting after a 300 mile trip
Historical mailing list · Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:55:56 -0400
...If sparks, check if you have fuel pressure, regulator could be bad! Just today, same problem with a customer.... ignition switch was bad! Good...
- Re: HELP!! Rain kills my vanagon.
Historical mailing list · Wed, 24 Jun 1998 17:15:43 EDT
Try the old spray bottle in the dark routine.....follow the sparks you should see as you spray the entire ignition system, engine running...
- Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
Historical mailing list · Thu, 07 Sep 1995 09:25:00 -0700 (PDT)
...from the manifold to come into the distributor, you have >enough sparks there to ignite it. Geez, now THAT would ruin your whole day...!!!
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