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Old May 18, 2008 | 12:02 AM
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I had some less than one week old Autolite Hto plugs removed that were fouled from octane boost. Is there a special way to clean them or are they trash?
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Old May 18, 2008 | 12:04 AM
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For the price, I don't think it'* worth it to monkey around with cleaning 'em.
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Old May 18, 2008 | 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by vital49
For the price, I don't think it'* worth it to monkey around with cleaning 'em.
They are pretty expensive over $100.00 when I got them from roush?
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Old May 18, 2008 | 12:31 AM
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$100 for SPARK PLUGS? WTF?!
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Old May 18, 2008 | 12:42 AM
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Soap and water clean up? polish them up with a bit of wax...that will shiine them up real nice.
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Old May 18, 2008 | 04:16 AM
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Not that I can verify or vouch for these sites, but:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2175984_clean-spark-plugs.html
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/techinf...200&country=US
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/6...*-cleaning.htm
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Old May 18, 2008 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Darrel
if their bad i've done a wire brush and breake clean for the lawn mower
X2, or carb cleaner. Or fuel injector cleaner. Soak 'em for an hour first.

$100 for plugs? What'* that, 50 horsepower? Plugs don't ADD power. That'* a ridiculous price to pay for a consumable item where a 2 dollar plug will give the same level of performance as far as your seat-of-the-pants-dyno is concerned.

Link us to the plugs.
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Old May 18, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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in shop class, if spark plugs ever got fouled, we'd cook the oil (or grime, or octane boost) off with a torch.
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Old May 18, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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100.00 spark plugs.lol............you got ripped off...........
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