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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 281
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Re: Fouled Plug #1
When you get around to replacing the valve stem seals, which was the source of my number 1 & 2 plugs fouling, get a tool that allows you to pressurize the cylinder to keep the valves from falling in when you remove the keepers.
I found my Sears compression tester hose was a perfect match for my pneumatic quick disconnect. Once I replaced all 16 seals, no more fouling. Before I made this repair, number 1 was fouling so bad a chunk of carbon was often bridging the spark gap making that cylinder inoperative. Once the bridged carbon was removed, I'd relocate that plug to a different cylinder to "self-clean." I eventually had to move to a hotter plug, and use a "non-fouler" just to "get-by" until I was eventually able to make the proper repair. Good Luck! Regards, Mike
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