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jamestemperante 12-14-2021 01:43 AM

Rust on sparkplug
 
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Hi everyone, changed my spark plugs this morning and found that the old ones have rust on all 4 of them. Do I need to worry?
bought the car this August of 2021 at 42k kilometer odometer. My tuner said it might be the quality of gas that was used by the previous owner. Can that might be the cause of this?

Thanks! :)

bcj 12-14-2021 01:50 PM

Ceramic certainly doesn't rust.
I'd think the more likely suspect would be some sort of fuel contaminant.
Wherever the previous owner bought gas, get it somewhere else.
The twins have a plastic gas tank, so it's not coming from there.

Grady 12-14-2021 10:27 PM

That is not rust. I would guess that is deposits from the fuel. If everything is running good I would not worry about it.

jamestemperante 12-15-2021 12:02 AM

Thank you for your input guys. I really appreciate it. We suspect that it might be the previous tune of the previous owner running to rich.

humfrz 12-20-2021 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jamestemperante (Post 3488671)
Hi everyone, changed my spark plugs this morning and found that the old ones have rust on all 4 of them. Do I need to worry?
bought the car this August of 2021 at 42k kilometer odometer. My tuner said it might be the quality of gas that was used by the previous owner. Can that might be the cause of this?

Thanks! :)

Looks like sulfur deposits to me.

Bubba says those deposits are due to burning "sour" gas. I tried to explain to him that the gas is not "sour", that the crude oil that the gas was refined from was "sour" (high sulfur content).

:iono:

soundman98 12-20-2021 08:46 PM

looks like it's pretty close to 'best' to me.

https://motoredbikes.com/attachments...rt-jpg.100805/


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