Cleaning spark plugs
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From: woodbine, md
Cleaning spark plugs I have a couple sets of NGK 6's and 7's, only ran a short time but got fouled due to tune-anyone use one of those little cleaners to clean them, or not a good idea to have the porc. hit with media
I saw where one guy with a motorcycle said the media got clogged deep in the plug, I guess stuck to oil in there
I know, their cheap, but these are new, lol
Any other way of cleaning them, just soot-or ditch them
I saw where one guy with a motorcycle said the media got clogged deep in the plug, I guess stuck to oil in there
I know, their cheap, but these are new, lol
Any other way of cleaning them, just soot-or ditch them
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Ditch them.......... I had one of those little cleaners several years back from harbor freight for some small engine's that no one ever kept plugs in stock for here locally and it didn't work worth a crap, it took forever if it even cleaned them at all.
I certainly wouldn't use it on my car, especially foe the price of new spark plugs.
I certainly wouldn't use it on my car, especially foe the price of new spark plugs.
When I was aviation school getting my A/P license we had to tare down reciprocating engines and go through the entire FAA/manufacture overhaul procedure. Part of the process was to media blast and test the spark plugs in something like this. http://www.2040-parts.com/_content/i...109219/002.jpg
Because the spark plugs were sold as "aviation parts" they were 10x as much $$$ as they should have cost so this was a very common practice in general aviation with piston engines. The spark plugs we used were in test engines that got torn down and reassembled many times a year for class purposes. These plugs would get media blasted several times a year as well and we never had any problems running these engines on test stands. I would say if you have one of these cleaners available to you give it a try but I wouldn't waste the money on buying a spark plug cleaner.
Because the spark plugs were sold as "aviation parts" they were 10x as much $$$ as they should have cost so this was a very common practice in general aviation with piston engines. The spark plugs we used were in test engines that got torn down and reassembled many times a year for class purposes. These plugs would get media blasted several times a year as well and we never had any problems running these engines on test stands. I would say if you have one of these cleaners available to you give it a try but I wouldn't waste the money on buying a spark plug cleaner.
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