Specifically the white ceramic portion of the spark plug.
Is there any way to clean that back to white again?
Is there any way to clean that back to white again?
How to clean spark plugs ?
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Gasoline? I'll be honest if never really cleaned spark plugs unless I didn't have any on hand at the time.
I would just pour gasoline on them and burn them then pour a little gasoline in a rag to clean off the ash.
I would just pour gasoline on them and burn them then pour a little gasoline in a rag to clean off the ash.
You need a "spark plug cleaner ".
Considering the extreme heat at a spark plug, I would speculate the answer to be no.
Just out of curiosity, why do you want to bother with it? Are you extreme OCD? Considering that most of the insulator is covered with the boot, and the rest of the spark plug is typically hidden down inside the cylinder head, besides you, who will ever know if the spark plugs are white, yellow, brown, or whatever.
Just out of curiosity, why do you want to bother with it? Are you extreme OCD? Considering that most of the insulator is covered with the boot, and the rest of the spark plug is typically hidden down inside the cylinder head, besides you, who will ever know if the spark plugs are white, yellow, brown, or whatever.
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LOL, keep feeding em' Merk. I'll be right here eating popcorn
soap and water, or oxiclean
No really, just replace them
No really, just replace them
This question should posted in a Chinese board. Chinese knows how to clean everything, and with the cheap labor they can clean 8 plugs for a price of 1 new plug.
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Originally Posted By: BHopkins
Considering the extreme heat at a spark plug, I would speculate the answer to be no.
Just out of curiosity, why do you want to bother with it? Are you extreme OCD? Considering that most of the insulator is covered with the boot, and the rest of the spark plug is typically hidden down inside the cylinder head, besides you, who will ever know if the spark plugs are white, yellow, brown, or whatever.
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Considering the extreme heat at a spark plug, I would speculate the answer to be no.
Just out of curiosity, why do you want to bother with it? Are you extreme OCD? Considering that most of the insulator is covered with the boot, and the rest of the spark plug is typically hidden down inside the cylinder head, besides you, who will ever know if the spark plugs are white, yellow, brown, or whatever.
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Doesn't anyone remember those spark plug cleaners that were hooked up to an air hose and had some abrasive sand inside. You poked the spark plug into the top flexible part and wiggled it around while you held down the button. This was back in the day when ignition systems had points and condensers and needed to be serviced every now and then. The spark plugs would foul and all you did was clean them, re-gap them and put them back. You would date this sometime before about 1980 back when they had just invented the electric light and indoor plumbing, the age before cell phones where life was rugged and only the tough survived.
I find Mr Clean Magic Eraser works great. For those stubborn stains, I run them through the dishwasher.
Propane torch for a few seconds will burn it clean
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Burn off the carbon with a propane torch is "old school". I'll still do this occasionally with lawn and garden equipment. But cars these days just get new plugs. The plugs are not that expensive and are usually difficult / time consuming to replace in a car.
When I was a Honda mechanic in the 90's, the dealer had a spark plug cleaner in the shop. It was used to recondition plugs on used car trade in's if the plugs were suspect. It worked very well on plugs that weren't eroded.
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When I was a Honda mechanic in the 90's, the dealer had a spark plug cleaner in the shop. It was used to recondition plugs on used car trade in's if the plugs were suspect. It worked very well on plugs that weren't eroded.
Did it clean the white part of the plug real good?
When I was a Honda mechanic in the 90's, the dealer had a spark plug cleaner in the shop. It was used to recondition plugs on used car trade in's if the plugs were suspect. It worked very well on plugs that weren't eroded.
Did it clean the white part of the plug real good?
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