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Old 01-18-2024, 08:39 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon View Post
Not necessarily. I'd inspect and decide then. Likely just clean threads and reinstall. Think about your periodic aircraft engine inspection. Those plugs are expensive. Every decent A&P mech has a plug cleaning sandblaster. At least they did forty years ago.
True. I saw the plugs that were removed when they did the valve spring replacement. After 100K miles, they still looked 85%. Since they basically replaced them for material costs though I had them go ahead and do them.
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