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Yes.
You have aluminum threads in the head and steel threads on the plugs.
If you don't use anti-seize, you stand a very real change of having those aluminum threads stripped out when the plugs are swapped.
I worked on air-cooled VW's in a prior life and I used to see that all the time.
You have aluminum threads in the head and steel threads on the plugs.
If you don't use anti-seize, you stand a very real change of having those aluminum threads stripped out when the plugs are swapped.
I worked on air-cooled VW's in a prior life and I used to see that all the time.
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Yes.
You have aluminum threads in the head and steel threads on the plugs.
If you don't use anti-seize, you stand a very real change of having those aluminum threads stripped out when the plugs are swapped.
I worked on air-cooled VW's in a prior life and I used to see that all the time.
You have aluminum threads in the head and steel threads on the plugs.
If you don't use anti-seize, you stand a very real change of having those aluminum threads stripped out when the plugs are swapped.
I worked on air-cooled VW's in a prior life and I used to see that all the time.
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