Spark Plugs Yes-No??

[Just a Six??]

After installing new plugs & then finding them foulded up (black,carbon etc)after a short period say 2 days of running pig rich, can they be cleaned and work properly or are they trash? Heard a couple opinions & am curious??

[Reaper]

sure that is fine. i have heard though after you regap them my dont perform very well.


once i had an issue with a head on a SBC and the machinist clean the head with the plugs in it and said here you are. i asked i needed new plugs he said naw i cleaned :) for ya!


Dathan

[HairDrier]

Plugs are only 10 bucks, get a new set

[Just a Six??]

This was just one of those questions that I've heard both sides say yes & no.
I would think that with a solvent clean, nail file & air hose that they would be good to go. This is of course based on 2-3 day old plugs & not some burned down year old peice of crap. I was thinking about say test & tune day where you try a couple sets cause your looking for (or chasing) the right set up and you foul them up good? Could they ever be race worthy again?
Just curious :albert:

[nova II]

if you have a air compressor there is a tool that glass bead blasts them back to new. its a small box with a hole in the end with a rubber gasket. works great its the only thing that cleans fouled plugs.

[Pronto]

If you do the glass bead thingie be extremly carefull to clean them. I use glass beads at my work and I can tell first hand that they will hide in the tiny creaves. I would scrub the cleaned plugs after and blow them off. I would repeat that a couple of times. If you have access to an ultra sonic machine (or jewlery cleaner) I would run them through that. We use an ultra sonic cleaner and after the parts we clean are removed from the jar there is a bunch of the grains in the bottom that came off the metalwork.

[d0n_3d]

i would just buy a new set of plugs for $10

[1970gsx]

Just clean them and save the $10, they'll be fine. It's not like there will be any wear after a couple days.

[turbofish38]

if you have a air compressor there is a tool that glass bead blasts them back to new. its a small box with a hole in the end with a rubber gasket. works great its the only thing that cleans fouled plugs.
Cleaning plugs with any type of media will wear the anodizing off the electrode causing the plug to miss fire or fail. Best to avoid since plug gap and spark plugs are trouble areas on TR's.