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1. Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1): Author: "Conrad" <conrad@conrad.uk.net>; Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 15:07:13 +0100; During the process of tuning my kit car engine, I now have about 40 brand new but fouled spark plugs. Bit of a waste - any cheapish ways of bringing these back to life? Conrad /// unsubscribe/change; /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00038.html (7,419 bytes)
2. Re: Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1): Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@ameritech.net>; Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 09:29:50 -0500; Buy a little bench-top plug blaster. My "Vixen" brand (the aluminum one with a canvas grit bag) has held up well since the 1960's. /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net; /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00040.html (7,735 bytes)
3. Re: Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1): Author: Paul Parkanzky <parkanz1@msu.edu>; Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:32:28 -0400; I've always just soaked them in gasoline and scrubbed them with a brass wire brush. ~Paul /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/li; /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00041.html (7,652 bytes)
4. Re: Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:47:54 -0500; If it's just oil-fouling, a spritz with spray-can carburetor cleaner will work . . how'd you foul 40 spark plugs? /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http:/; /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00043.html (7,689 bytes)
5. Re: Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1): Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 13:40:59 -0500; Keith added: YEP . . Good thinking . . if you have particles, THAT many particles, you want to find the source which, in my experience, will usually be dirt entering by some sneaky method like intake; /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00044.html (8,281 bytes)
6. RE: Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1): Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@voyager.net>; Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:55:41 -0400; Aircraft Tool Supply sell a small sandblaster style that mounts on the wall and uses air from your air compressor. Sell for about $19. Makes plugs look like new. Their # is 1-800-248-0638 During the; /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00045.html (8,064 bytes)
7. Re: Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1): Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>; Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 13:25:13 -0600; The easiest cleaning method that I have found is to heat the plug insulator (inside) with a propane torch. Heat until the electrodes are red but don't melt them. It burns off the carbon & gunk just l; /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00046.html (8,112 bytes)
8. Re: Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 12:28:44 -0700 (PDT); "Look like" is the key here. Sandblasting tends to remove the sharp edges from the electrodes - and those sharp edges are important for good spark production. I also used to get really tired of remo; /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00047.html (7,664 bytes)
9. RE: Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1): Author: "Conrad" <conrad@conrad.uk.net>; Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 13:41:04 +0100; That's to everyone for the replies. Setting up the fuel injection from scratch, sitting idling too rich for ages, that type of thing. Its fouled with carbon. Once they get like that no amount of carb; /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00057.html (7,932 bytes)

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