$25.00 spark plugs??

**FROSTY:Me** · 8th October 2006, 07:30

A quick bit of advise for owners of cbr/zxr/fzr 250s and zxr400s etc
Basicly the folks with little money and spark plugs that cost $25.00 each to replace.
I see a lot of folk who flood their bike then foul up the plugs trying to start it
Normally the only cure is replacement plugs.
Before you do that though--try getting them bead blasted first.
It costs a fraction of the price of a set of new plugs

**paturoa** · 8th October 2006, 08:05

soak them in vinegar for a few hours, works a treat!

**Crasherfromwayback** · 8th October 2006, 08:10

Originally Posted by FROSTY

A quick bit of advise for owners of cbr/zxr/fzr 250s and zxr400s etc
Basicly the folks with little money and spark plugs that cost $25.00 each to replace.
I see a lot of folk who flood their bike then foul up the plugs trying to start it
Normally the only cure is replacement plugs.
Before you do that though--try getting them bead blasted first.
It costs a fraction of the price of a set of new plugs

Price them up for a Honda RS 250.....the correct ones used to be well over $100.00 each! Yikes.....plug chop anyone!!

**sAsLEX** · 8th October 2006, 08:14

wewll cyclespot quoted alot more than that for the ones for my NC plus a wait of a few weeks ex japan. Much cheaper from Repco, they had to order them in but next day and a 4th the price of the bike shop

**nadroj** · 8th October 2006, 08:16

Call in & chat up your local hire centre staff. Most hire co's have a spark plug tester & sand blaster unit for cleaning customer fouled plugs and are open most days. Beers work best for payment on weekends.

**BornToLean** · 8th October 2006, 08:17

Buy a can of CRC Electra Clean. It disolves all oil in seconds just like magic, just keep away from plastics. $20 from Bunnings for large can. (Don't get confused with Contact Cleaner, useless by comparison.)

**Wasp** · 8th October 2006, 09:35

i recently bought new plugs(NGK CR8Es), $20ish each.... was only another $14 each for the iridium ones but they didnt have the right ones

not that it matters now anyway

**B-rad** · 8th October 2006, 10:57

Get the plug modem number and go down to your local supercheap. Probably be a bit cheaper. They will have to order them in though. Mine were $17 a plug for the zxr

**Scouse** · 8th October 2006, 11:06

Originally Posted by paturoa

soak them in vinegar for a few hours, works a treat!

have you tryed soakin yer nob in vinegar for a few hours

**classic zed** · 8th October 2006, 11:57

I have had a lot of sucess drying them out with a small blowtorch, burns off any oil and fuel residue, it also heats them up nicely so that when you put them back in they fire straight away.

Never clean plugs with a steel wire brus, bits of steel can get left behind on the much harder porcelain and cause a misfire. A brass wire brush doesnt have the same problem.

**Ixion** · 8th October 2006, 12:07

Yes, classic zed has it. Burn them out (gas stove works a treat, or one of them little butane pencls - not oxy-acetylene), then a wire brush with a brass brush. Wiggle the strands of the brush right down inside the plug.

Every two stroke rider knows the drill. But I don't bother too much nowdays, cos none of my plugs cost more than about $5. Bugger paying 5 times that.

**crashe** · 8th October 2006, 12:43

awwwwwww gee I only pay $5 to $6 each for my two sparkplugs...

**Jeaves** · 8th October 2006, 14:04

$4 for the RG's plug

**paturoa** · 8th October 2006, 14:15

Originally Posted by zrxer

have you tryed soakin yer nob in vinegar for a few hours

... nope, tell us, whats it like?

seriously, vinegar is a mild acid, it cleans off any oil residue (2 stroke or 4 stroke) and any carbon build up from running too rich. After a few times thru it takes the glaze off the ceramic upper, but that is only cosmetic.