<VV> Antiseize on plugs update

[Ron]

Very good advice, Mike.
Ronh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Kovacs" <kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Grant Young" <gyoungwolf at earthlink.net>
Cc: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Antiseize on plugs update


>I have always used anti seize on the spark plugs. After having several 
>plugs
> pull out the head threads due to Previous Owners handiwork.  First Corvair 
> in
> 1961 and dozens of spark plug changes to many engines over the last 
> decades, I
> have never had a frozen plug.
>
> I do use a torque wrench and just use the lower end of the recommended 
> value.
> MIKE KOVACS
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Grant Young <gyoungwolf at earthlink.net>
>
> Subject: <VV> Antiseize on plugs update
>
> Since I work on a few cars for friends now and then, I subscribe to the 
> Motor
> trade journal. A recent editorial and responses and research on whether to 
> use
> antiseize with spark plugs in aluminum heads got my attention, so I 
> thought I
> would share. The crux of the writings is that most manufacturers don't 
> mention
> it or say not to use it because all of the newer manufactured plugs now 
> have a
> coating (nickel or zinc-chromate, for example) on their threads. There are 
> a few
> new car manuals that suggest using only half recommended torque if any 
> kind of
> antiseize or lubricant is used to avoid breaking a plug while installing 
> or
> later removing. There is also information from plug manufacturers 
> explaining
> that getting the material on the electrode can cause plug fouling and 
> failure.
> NKG and Autolite (except for one specific long reach plug in a 3-valve 
> Ford
> engine) say never use antiseize on their plugs. So, what I gleaned from 
> the
> information that could pertain to Corvairs is that if
>  you use an old (pre-80's?) plug that you can use anti-sieze if you reduce 
> the
> torque value significantly, and that you should not use it if using a 
> modern
> plug, and that checking the plug manufacturers' recommendation is very
> important, regardless.
>
> The Carbmeister
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