Steve
What's the best way to clean sooty plugs..got eight of them to do tonight.
Thanks
Paul
Stiff brush, then a flaming on SWMBO's gas hob is one of many ways.
Steve
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Originally posted by stevec
Stiff brush, then a flaming on SWMBO's gas hob is one of many ways.
Steve
throw them away and get new ones,you'll wish you had when your standed. i know people do clean them and have made them last but i think they have
been lucky
gets a bit expensive when you have to replace eight!!!!!
I'd also suggest chucking them.
I mucked around for ages trying to clean some sooted plugs on the BEC after leaving it idling for too long... they never did work properly afterwards
even after cleaning....
Sorry
You can clean + bake if you really are keen but you might well be wasting your time or just encouraging the plug to crack + properly fail in a few
weeks 
And of course sod's law being what it is it'll be on the coldest day of the year miles from nowhere with no mobile phone
reception..... Suddenly 8 plugs seems cheap(!)... At the very least if you clean them buy a couple to put in the car toolbox for such an occasion...
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My dad used to have one of these
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It never did seem to be a good idea to clean spark plugs with a abrasive powder then put them back into the engine. Probably taking some of the powder
with them.
[Edited on 1/10/07 by givemethebighammer]
Wire brush and then re-gap em.
If they are sooty because they have been in too long chuck em but as most plugs min 6k suspect they are sooty because you are running on the rich
side.
If they have ever been properly flooded they never seem they same again.
regards agriv8
While I understand the reticence of reusing plugs, I think common sense has to prevail. Clean them, gap them. If they don't match the haynes
manual, bin them... don't bin them till you have examined them. Much cheaper to replace 4 than 8.
2p.
[Edited on 1/10/07 by clockwork]
If they are just a bit sooty, I would sort out the mixture problem first 