Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #16056
From: Ernest Christley <echristl@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: FW: Re: Plugs and Mags
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:41:54 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Jim Sower wrote:

Almost certainly not.  So how about, at least on the shrouded plug, select a much hotter plug and see if it will burn off.  From inside that shroud I would seriously doubt it could cause anything like detonation.  Would a propane torch be hot enough to burn off the deposits on the ceramic, or would you really need an oxifuel torch?
There HAS to be a way ... Jim S.

I would think the oxifuel would be necessary not so much for the heat, but for the oxygen.  You want the excess oxygen to react with the lead/carbor and carry it away.

BTW, if you do attempt this method, make sure you stay upwind.  You don't want to be breathing any lead oxides.  We have enough half-... on here already.
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