[AT] Having battery problems--so how to fix?
Mike Sloane
mikesloane at verizon.net
Tue Mar 28 09:30:26 PST 2006
When I have heated spark plugs, I just wave a propane torch on them long
enough to burn off the accumulated oil, gas, moisture, and other crud. I
don't try to get the whole thing red hot.
Mike
Wayne Snelling wrote:
> How does anyone heat a plug red hot without ruining the ceramic tips?
> They will crack when hit with a hot tourch unless you spend a long-long
> trime gradually heating them? Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> Wayne
>
> Ralph Goff wrote:
>
>> Howard
>> Yes that works too. A friend of mine used that technique to start his
>> snowmobile years ago. This was a twin cylinder Curtis Wright recoil
>> start and it could be stubborn at times. He would heat those plugs
>> good and hot, turn them back in and it did seem to help starting.
>>
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