[V8] Spark Plugs - (*CAUTION*)

Kneale Brownson kneale at coslink.net
Thu Oct 20 17:14:46 EDT 2005


The copper antisqueeze has a higher temp rating than the silvery stuff, I
believe.  I think it's rated to something like 1800 degrees F.  Do
heads/sparkers get hotter than that?

At 04:05 PM 10/20/2005 -0400, Etdmail at cs.com wrote:
> Hi All
> Bob,
> Good to hear your experiences have been problem free.
> As it was explained to me - The anti-seize compounds
> can bake and weld the plug into the head - especially
> if too liberally applied and can strip out the treads when
> removing plugs later on .. They recommended using a
> motor oil (only) in this application - I use synthetic
> and never have had any issues (fortunately).
>
> Thanks for passing along your experiences.
>
> Best,
> Ed
> ----------
> In a message dated 10/20/05 3:19:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> Bob.Korn at Fike.com writes:
>> I use the standard anti-sleaze, have for years, no issues.  I would
>>  think this more an issue of over torqueing the plugs.
>>  
>>  Bob
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