Spark plug gaskets, Inside the cooling shroud or out? |
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Spark plug gaskets, Inside the cooling shroud or out? |
Elliot Cannon |
Sep 22 2009, 09:57 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
If there is positive pressure inside the cooling shroud, wouldn't these seal better if they where pushed inside the cooling shroud? I've always installed them on the outside. Do you?
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ArtechnikA |
Sep 24 2009, 06:05 AM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
...Until they get brittle from the heat and then break off inside the shroud the next time you pull a plug wire...
You can put them inside if you like - I am not the spark plug air seal police. Since T-IV sheet metal is curved in that area a good seal is problematic anyway. "Supposedly" you can slide them up and down on the connector a bit to improve their loading against the shroud. Probably you'll find they're already too brittle for this. Some of the plug makers (Magnecore comes to mind) have nice seals of heat-resistant rubber with the small inner flange and a large outer flange designed to snap into the hole and stay there. I haven't tried them on a T-IV so I can't say they're actually better in this regard. |
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