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On 29 Nov 2004 at 23:59, Amy Rarig wrote: > Hi everybody! While on our happy holidays in New Jersey, one of the > spark plugs blew out and I noticed it had a heli-coil on it already. > The head is stripped, so I tried to JB Weld it but it did not hold > more than 20 miles. Drove home (120 miles) on the three remaining > cylinders. Epoxies won't hold up at these temps, so that was to be expected. If you have FI, you can unplug that injector, too. At least that way you'll not be wasting fuel and washing down the cylinder walls. Was this actually a Heli-coil, or was it a solid insert? (The Heli-coil looks like a funny kind of coil spring once it's out of the hole.) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~