Re: Blew A Spark Plug

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

I had a Mercedes 230SL that had a quarter million miles on it when it left
my ownership, and it had three spark plug holes heli'd for the 120K miles I
drove it.

Kneale Brownson



At 01:06 PM 8/3/99 -0400, Don Muirhead wrote:
>'86 CGT finally popped a spark plug and put a nice ding on the hood (sniff 
>- new last year) and left me sitting in a service centre about 140 km from 
>home this morning.  While I was waiting for the tow truck I checked the 
>rest and I have another thread that's a little weak as well.
>
>Engine has nearly a million km's so I guess it was due to happen some day.
>
>I never had to put a heili in anything so the big questions are:
>
>1. To heili-coil or not - does it work, or
>
>2. Just replace the head.
>
>Don
>'99 A4
>'96 S6
>'86 CGT x 2