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spark plugs
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(12-01-12, 01:32 PM)Gnasher link Wrote: Confusedtop

  Dont try and remove them when they are hot you will increase the risk of stripping the threads,     
pray tell why? The ally isn't softer at 160 degress C than it is at 0 degrees C and technically the more brittle the metal, that is colder, the more chance of a fracture. Don't mind me I'm just an engineer and an old one at that  :lol

What heating the engine will do is very slightly make the thread larger diameter compared to the steel plug thread which expands at a lower CTE.

Just wondered like.
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spark plugs - by markd - 11-01-12, 07:26 PM
Re: spark plugs - by Captain Haddock - 11-01-12, 07:34 PM
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Re: spark plugs - by Gnasher - 12-01-12, 01:32 PM
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Re: spark plugs - by Gnasher - 12-01-12, 02:53 PM
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Re: spark plugs - by Gnasher - 13-01-12, 12:02 AM
Re: spark plugs - by glynblue2 - 13-01-12, 12:07 AM
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Re: spark plugs - by Major Rant - 13-01-12, 06:18 PM
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Re: spark plugs - by markd - 13-01-12, 10:09 PM
Re: spark plugs - by Major Rant - 13-01-12, 10:38 PM
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Re: spark plugs - by Bracechenko - 13-01-12, 10:59 PM
Re: spark plugs - by Fazerider - 13-01-12, 11:34 PM
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Re: spark plugs - by richfzs - 14-01-12, 03:23 PM
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Re: spark plugs - by Lumpy - 14-01-12, 08:34 PM
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