reusing spark plug?

[shredex]

some of you may know that I have killed a few spark plug because of my leaking gasket....

I was wondering if I let the plug sit long enough to dry out, it they would be reusable??

[95FZR600]

I always light them with the lighter to dry them off and then put them under the wire wheel. Make sure you set the gap and try them.

[sweekster]

Yeah what Mark suggested is good so try that first. But if you have 5 or 10 bucks head to Advance or pepboys and get autolite 4303's. I'm actually running champions in my 1000 and they are fine. It's not really a requirement to run the NGKs. Plus they cost too much.

[shredex]

Yeah what Mark suggested is good so try that first. But if you have 5 or 10 bucks head to Advance or pepboys and get autolite 4303's. I'm actually running champions in my 1000 and they are fine. It's not really a requirement to run the NGKs. Plus they cost too much.

I just have like 3-4 plugs that all fawled in the same two months in the same head...
so they were just flooded..
if I can re-use them, then that would be great.

my second head plug went out yesterday its nice to see something than the first head going out...

the other 3 have never gone out...I have never changed them since I bought it...(sept)

[R3TARD]

Gasket? I would have taken that money spent on a tank or other r1 stuff and got my motor straight first. Nothing sucks worse than having sweet looking bike sitting there with a bad motor

[yamaha_george]

some of you may know that I have killed a few spark plug because of my leaking gasket....

I was wondering if I let the plug sit long enough to dry out, it they would be reusable??

Shredex,
Put them in the oven (NOT microwave) at a LOW temp and dry them out.

Yo will then need to clean them of soot with a steel or brass brush. Use them before relying on them as a back up set.

[shredex]

Shredex,
Put them in the oven (NOT microwave) at a LOW temp and dry them out.

Yo will then need to clean them of soot with a steel or brass brush. Use them before relying on them as a back up set.

whats a low temp???
like 100 F?

[slayermd]

Shredex,
Put them in the oven (NOT microwave) at a LOW temp and dry them out.

Yo will then need to clean them of soot with a steel or brass brush. Use them before relying on them as a back up set.

whats a low temp???
like 100 F?

Whatever temperature you bake your cookies at.

[yamaha_george]

Shredex,
Put them in the oven (NOT microwave) at a LOW temp and dry them out.

Yo will then need to clean them of soot with a steel or brass brush. Use them before relying on them as a back up set.

whats a low temp???
like 100 F?

No idea as to what actual degrees, I just put the Madams oven (NOT while she was around !!) on to the lowest it would go, leave for about 1/2 hour and pull them out . They are definitely too hot to handle for quite a while :-}

[95FZR600]

The lowest I can go on a digital oven is 200 degrees.

[yamaha_george]

The lowest I can go on a digital oven is 200 degrees.

Hi,
considering what they see and shunt in the way of heat on our bikes that should be ok.
In your place i would try ONE and see the result. As I said use a steel but preferably a brass wire brush (used for cleaning suede shoes etc) to clean the plug AFTER being cooked as the soot crap will be brittle not gungy.

Please take photo's of a before afterwards so we can add this to the WIKI as a FACT rather than as I have it as a guestimate.
Just think you can be a famous author :-}

[DEMORAL1ZE]

call me crazy but just go get some more...........what, they are like a whole dollar

[yamaha_george]

call me crazy but just go get some more...........what, they are like a whole dollar

D,
you had better tell us where you get your plugs from.here in the UK they are 6UKP (8.75 USD) EACH for the medium quality ones and about 8+ UKP for the precious metal versions.

I did mention that (in a previous post) they could be used as emergency back-up set after gapping & testing..

[shredex]

call me crazy but just go get some more...........what, they are like a whole dollar

they cost $5 for the NGK CR9E/CR8E.
so why spend $20 when I can reuse the old ones and use that $20 for something I could use like gas and parts to finish the USD fork swap and so on.
I dont make enough to just go out and keep getting all this new stuff.
i work 4-10 hours a week at $8/hr

George, I will try it with one plug and see how it turns out.
Iv got a wire automotive brush that I can use to scrap it

[yamaha_george]

call me crazy but just go get some more...........what, they are like a whole dollar

they cost $5 for the NGK CR9E/CR8E.
so why spend $20 when I can reuse the old ones and use that $20 for something I could use like gas and parts to finish the USD fork swap and so on.
I dont make enough to just go out and keep getting all this new stuff.
i work 4-10 hours a week at $8/hr

George, I will try it with one plug and see how it turns out.
Iv got a wire automotive brush that I can use to scrap it

THNX Shredex