Are fouled Plugs salvageable???

I have soaked the fouled plugs in carb cleaner to get the oil/fuel off of them and dry them out really good before trying to use them,this usually works.Another trick I've heard of is using a spot type sand blaster with a rubber end that will fit tight to the plug to blast the crap out of them.As you said throwing away an $11 plug just isn't right.
 
i brought a few back to life by sanding down the bottom and inside the gap of the plug with fine sandpaper. but it seems to only work for a day or 2. the only way my mountain max will foul a plug is if i dont warm her up long enough in cold temperatures.
 
yes buy them at canadian tire they are 1 year warranty i think ................so after they foul bring them back for a new one
 
Sand blasting works very good but you have to be careful because the sand gets way down by the insulator nose. you have to shoot it out very good with compressed air and even at that you can still usually see a few grains of sand wedged in there, so use it at your own risk. Otherwise you could try hosing it down with carb cleaner or a good parts wash solution and scrub it with a wire brush, then try running it after the sleds been going for awhile, the hot engine will definatley help keep it from fouling again, plus once you run it hard the plug should hopefully clean itself the rest of the way.
 
some times sand paper and a blow torch sand them down then hit em with a blow torch to burn off all the crap and then i take a tooth pick and clean out the outer ring. i duno if that works 4 you. but ive gotten a few fryed plugs to work.
 
Can you get an Iridium plug that matches? I had issues with a 99 MachZ 800 triple fouling plugs constantly........I installed a set of Denso Iridiums and never fouled one in the 2 years I rode it after. I sold the sled and about a week later the buyer called me to rave about how he was able to smoke his buddies with it. He asked if I had issues with plugs fouling like he did and I said yes until I installed the iridiums. He laughed and said he put a new set of plugs in it when he got it home from me. He said he was going to pull the Iridiums out of the trash when he got off the phone......
 
I always use a wire wheel and make them nice and shinny. The wire wheel gets all the crud off and clean it with brake/parts cleaner. Never had a problem yet. ;)!
 
I just bought BR9ECS-5 plugs for my Summits for $4.50 a plug? I don't know why a standard ECS would be much different $$$$ wise.
 
never had much luck with this problem is oil and fuel gets into places it should'nt and fouls plug you can dry it out but the oil is still there i think once fouled the plug is never gonna be the same. that being said my spare plugs on my belt guard are cleaned up fouled plugs it will run but not as good.
 
holy tight people if u foul one justt buy one... lol dont sit there and freakin try to get them back to life.. the sandpaper thing just like sanding down points on old motors and it doesnt last long anyways.. if anything u can run br9es....
 
I would not use the sandblasting technique for cleaning spark plugs. That is a very old and poor way to clean any type of spark plug. It does not clean them right down to the base of the ceramic, it always leaves grit packed into the base of the ceramic and no matter how much you poke around at it to clean it out, some is always left, left there to fall out onto the piston. This packed in grit changes the heat range of the plug and the major reason for not using it is that it removes the glaze off the ceramic leaving a surface which allows carbon and combustion buy products to build up and foul the plug even faster. On a properly tuned 2 stroke, fouling plugs should be very rare. I have not fouled a plug on my 2000 SRX in 12000 miles.
 
So my Dad's a pilot and some of our best friends are the local crop dusters, and along with some turbins they also own several piston airplanes. You think BR9ecs's are expensive, buy some airplane plugs some time! To get extra life out of their plugs they have a purpose built old timey looking plug cleaner. It hooks to the air compressor on one end and the plug goes in the other. It has a small bag attached to the bottom with glass bead in it. I revived 4 completely fouled no sparky br9ecs's today. Of course you have to clean them out very well after blasting them. If its good enough to put in an AIRPLANE I think its ok in my engines. Tired of borrowing it though so I'm gonna see if somebody still makes one. BTW I just purchased 3 br9ecs's from "Babbits Online" for 5.25 a pop...they hosed me on the shipping though.
 
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