Oily Plugs (was ETKA)

[Phil Rose]

At 7:54 PM -0400 5/16/02, Kneale Brownson wrote:
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>At 05:11 PM 05/16/2002 -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote:
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>>Mandatory 200q20v content...just got finished pulling all the spark plugs,
>>cleaning the oil off the tops/threads of the plugs(grr), cleaning out the
>>spark plug boots of oil(grr), applying contact cleaner to contacts, tuneup
>>grease to the sides of the plugs so they don't stick like they always do
>>to boots, and applying anti-seize.
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>>The car will of course undo all this quite rapidly(including loosening the
>>plugs to the point where the wire boots vibrate, and blowing all the
>>anti-seize to kingdom come.)
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>Is this a result of your boost modifications?  I've never seen this in my
>"stock" 200q20v.

The 3B engine is fairly "notorious" for having the sparkplugs loosen
up--spontaneously, so to speak. I've  torqued the plugs to spec, and
then later have found they'd become finger-loose"  (oh, probably
within 10K). And both of my cars arrived from PO with most of their
plugs loose.

Phil
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Phil Rose				Rochester, NY USA
'91 200q	(130 Kmiles, Lago blue)
'91 200q   (57 Kmiles, Tornado red)
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