Cleaning Spark Plugs
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Cleaning Spark Plugs
Reading the plug posts and am wondering how you guys clean your plugs? I generally just wire brush with a small brush and check the gap with feeler gauge. Wonder if causing damage with wire brush on electrode tip? Are you supposed to use a wire gauge instead of feeler gauge?
Thanks, Pete
Thanks, Pete
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wire gauge is meant for plugs..I have a can of intake cleaner, it it removes all the chit off the plugs without brushing. back in the day we used a small sand blaster set up to clean plugs
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Reading the plug posts and am wondering how you guys clean your plugs? I generally just wire brush with a small brush and check the gap with feeler gauge. Wonder if causing damage with wire brush on electrode tip? Are you supposed to use a wire gauge instead of feeler gauge?
Thanks, Pete
Thanks, Pete
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I don't know what year it started, but the recommended replacement interval is 20,000 mi. as of 09, . I replaced mine at 10k, but my indy's older manual showed them at 10k.
They came out bright white thanks to the severe lean running condition these bikes come out of the factory with. Waiting on fuel moto to arrive to put an end to that.
They came out bright white thanks to the severe lean running condition these bikes come out of the factory with. Waiting on fuel moto to arrive to put an end to that.
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This guy just swishes them around in his mouth.
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If I take mine out, I throw them away and install new ones. There are cheap enough that I would not even try to clean them, unless I was stuck on side of the road somewhere and had a problem with them.
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+1......then I would go to a Kragen or O"Reilly and buy some new Champion plugs for $2.00+ each.