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I had this happen once, feel luckey! when it happened to me I was going up a hill and the helicoil (god I hate them!) let go and it actually melted part of the spark plug hole away. I had to replace the whole head!! Keith > From: william e. weatherford <instereo@san.rr.com> > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: [T3] what a week > Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 11:01 PM > > i think i may have found the problem (maybe...?) to my idle hunting. > > wed. morn. i was heading to the office from school, when i heard i large > "pop" come from the rear. followed by really rough running engine. i pulled > over and looked to see what the problem was... > > one of my spark plugs had popped right out of the cylinder!!! well luckily > my mom's house was about a 1/4 of a mile away so i drove on three to get > there and had my sister run to the parts store to get a plug tool (i didn't > have one in the car at the time.), and four new plugs. > well i guess i learned a lesson in tightening my plugs down tight, (a very > valuable lesson) > luckily the plug didn't strip anything and i was able to put one back in > the same cylinder. > (lesson 1) > > friday i woke up and walked out to the street to hop in the car, but before > i got across the street i felt a weird feeling overcome my body "i felt a > disturbance in the force." i examined my baby... looked at the tires... all > good... > > i got in the car and went to turn it on... turned the key... nothing > ahhhh....! > > i had left the lights on since the previous overcast afternoon! > (lesson 2) > > well today i actually had a fun trip. i took off from san diego with my > sister and drove out into the mountains, tthrough sunrise highway and > julian, if anyone is familiar with those places. i figure i put about > 100-120 miles on it today, (my odometer and tripmeter both don't work). > this was my longest trip so far. it was actually a pre-test for a trip 900 > miles into baja california at the end of june to get some warm water waves. > > wellÔÑpJ ... happy driving! > > >>>instereo<<< > '71 san diego square > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/