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On 7 Sep 2002, at 0:37, Dave Hall wrote: > > I pulled the plugs and checked the resistance from the top post to the > > center electrode. #3 Bosch Platinum was about 4 ohms and #1 and #2 were > > over 1000. The foruth is still in the engine. I checked a couple of old > > Bosch W8AC that I had laying around and they measured 1 ohm. So were the > > Champions. > I'm surprised there's such small resistances on plugs - they're a spark gap > after all, and I would expect it to be tens of thousands of ohms. > Have I misunderstood? I ASSUMED that he was measuring the resistance THRU the center of the plug, not the center to ground. If I assumed wrong, I agree, that would certainly be too low a resistance. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/