[Vwdiesel] Firing on all 4 GP's

[Smith, Michael]

Shawn, 

I thought about adding a separate wire, but I was on a limited time schedule
that night, so just did the GP swap and pulled the
car out of the garage.  Four separate wires and an LED cct is a project for
another day ;-)
Diesel @ 82.9C/L?? How do you afford it, hehehehe

Still 96.9/L when I drove by the station this morning.  500kms on the tank
now and the needle has just slipped below the 1/2-way mark.

Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [SMTP:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Shawn Wright
> Sent:	Friday, February 04, 2005 12:05 AM
> To:	Mike & Coreen Smith; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject:	Re: [Vwdiesel] Firing on all 4 GP's
> 
> Congrats, Mike. A quick start at those temps is a good sign with a single
> cycle. 
> Around here, -9C is considered *cold*... ;-)  Lately, ours lows have been
> around +8C. 
> And yes, that #2 GP will test your patience. You did run separate wires to
> each GP 
> while you were there, right? ;-)
> 
> btw, Diesel here (Victoria, BC) is now a little more than regular (79.9)
> at 82.9 per 
> liter...  :-(
> 
> On 3 Feb 2005 at 19:36, Mike & Coreen Smith <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Well, last night I decided NOT to plug the block heater in and try to
> start
> 
> > Bondo Golfy this morning now that I have all 4 GP's working.
> Unfortunately (or
> > fortunately, ha  ha) the weather has turned unusually warm for Feb in NB
> and it
> > was only -9*C/15*F here this morning, but in any case, I cycled the GP's
> once
> > and the car roared to life almost right away. Like within 1 second of
> cranking. 
> > There was also a quite a bit less smoke than usual.  As Val(?) (sorry I
> don't
> > remember exactly who) stated, the smokescreen was likely in part caused
> by the
> > unburnt fuel in cylinder#2 while cranking and cranking some mornings.
> It sounds
> > weird, but I hope we drop back into the -25*C deepfreeze, for a day or
> two
> > before things warm up.....if for nothing else, than to just test it.
> > 
> > The dead GP I removed last night had a thick layer of black soot on
> > it....which is I presume 'normal' for a plug unable to burn that fuel&
> fumes off
> > of itself ?
> > 
> > Thanks go out to all you guys for your help, guidance, constant
> assistance
> > and great limping home stories !
> > 
> > BTW, I think you should all get an award for being able to change #2GP
> > without removing injector lines, pump, wiring, or the head !  I am still
> > amazed I was actually able to do it all without ever actually touching
> the
> > GP, nuts, busbar or whatever with my fingers.  It was all done with long
> > screwdrivers, wrenches, a magnet, a thin aluminum welding rod, string
> and a
> > remote magnet on a flexible stick.  Good idea on putting down a white
> rag
> > underneath the GP while doing this job.  I dropped the old nut once and
> the new
> > nut twice.
> > 
> > ........ 430kms and still a shade over 1/2 a tank of diesel in the ol'
> > beast.........watch it drop like a stone as soon as I get under 1/2 a
> tank.
> > 
> > Local diesel is 96.9c/liter.  $4.40CDN/IMPERIAL gallon.////$3.52CDN/US
> > Gallon////$2.87US/US gallon.
> > 
> > 
> > Furnace oil is looking better and better ;-)
> > 
> > Mike in NB
> > 
> > 
> > Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> > 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> > NB
> > Canada
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> 
> --
> Shawn Wright
> I.T. Manager
> Shawnigan Lake School
> 
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