Blowout!

DeltaRed · Jul 9, 2011

just got back from evening water check.Rideing the"RedRacer",it started makeing a hissing sound,then the sparkplug blew out!(rideing about 35 mph)Those things are HOT!,had to use my handkerchief to hold on to it.guess I had better start useing the spark plug wrench!

Old Roy · Jul 9, 2011

LOL I was driving an old V-190 549 International tri axle loaded with a sand gravel mix to the screening plant one day many years ago. I saw it going so I stopped . About the same time a car had stopped to help retrieve it. he picked it up and said "here it is", and at the same time he threw it into the ditch, and drove off kinda embarrassed because he never said another word.---I know he must have gotten blistered.

2x4 · Jul 10, 2011

happens whenever plug gets loose. Have seen that on chains saws. Plug was loose over a long period of time and the escaping gases eroded the head til there were no threads left. Helicoil was all that could save it. What the world needs now is a self-tapping spark plug but I've never heard of one.

DeltaRed · Jul 10, 2011

was haveing trouble with plugs "fouling",was just putting then fingertight(faster)I have solved that problem(valves needed adjusting)

greenbeanman in Kansas · Jul 10, 2011

LOL, His taste of a little Biblical fire and brimstone.

As a former city letter carrier I was always surprised at the number of sparkplugs laying on city streets. Another was the number of wheel weights just laying around.

JerryS · Jul 10, 2011

It don't take long to inspect a hot spark plug.

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