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A rich-running plug will have a black, sooty build up - (like the inside of a chimney) all around the electrode and maybe on the center prong deal too. They will probably smell like gas. -Phil --- "Schwein, William" <William.Schwein@bankofamerica.com> wrote: > Ok, your whitish and slightly burned is making me > wonder if I'm diagnosing > my plugs look correctly. What does a rich running > cars plug look like? > > -----Original Message----- > From: phil [mailto:squarepeg67@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 12:57 PM > To: type3list > Subject: RE: [T3] Overheating! > > > Thanks for the insight guys. I went home and pulled > my > plugs first thing. They were whitish and slighty > burnt > looking. Uh-oh... too lean. I moved my distributor > back a few degrees because it was a little too far > advanced (I wish we could use a degree wheel on our > pulleys). I also richened up the carbs about 1/2 a > turn on the mixture screws. All is good. > I let it run for a while and took it for a drive on > the freeway to check it out. It stayed nice and cool > (yes!) but there was a god-awful burning smell > choking > my eyes. Yes-choking my eyes. > I pulled back into the garage, muttering. I opened > the > door, flicked the fan on and jacked up the rear. The > insulation wrapped around the right heater box was > touching the head and smoldering up a storm. > Mmmmm... > nothing like the smell of burning burlap and tar. > Thanks again! > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com