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1. 05:20 AM - Re: 912 Spark Plugs (Roger Lee)
2. 08:26 AM - Re: 912 Spark Plugs (John Hauck)
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| Subject: | Re: 912 Spark Plugs |
You can buy NGK DCPR8E plugs for about $2.80 each ($22.40 total). Iridium's are
about $9 each ($72 total). You can afford to have new plugs 3 times for the price
of iridium's. Iridium's will still need to be gapped and cleaned. Any leaded
fuel will still deposit lead. I know you travel a lot so you may use 100LL
more often than some?
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Roger Lee
Tucson, Az.
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| Subject: | Re: 912 Spark Plugs |
I found NGK Iridium Plugs, DCPR8EIX, last night for 6.99 at the local O'reilly's
Auto. I get a 10% military discount, so that brings them down to 6.30 each.
I can afford that.
Only time I ever fouled a plug was a DCPR7E on the 912 during a flight to Alaska
in 1994. Wasn't a problem, just an annoyance until I got on the ground in Sault
Saint Marie, Ontario, where I cleaned it with my pin knife.
Haven't had a problem with lead fouling on the 912 or the 912ULS's since. Yes,
I burn a lot of 100LL. All one can get on cross country flights. On a normal
flight out West I will fly about 75 hours and burn 375 gals of 100LL. I fly
at 5,000 rpm and higher, always. Don't believe in babying the 912. That and
a little Marvel Mystery Oil keeps the 912ULS happy. On one trip to Alaska I
used Alcor TCP. Didn't seem to do any better job than the MMO.
I believe I will get a little improvement with the iridium plugs. Will only know
once I get them installed and when the weather gets a bit better, get some
time on them.
Thanks for the info from Roger Lee and the welcome from Johann J, an old friend
from the Kolb List.
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John Hauck
MKIII/912ULS
hauck's holler
Titus, Alabama
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