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Originally Posted by saxart
I'm confused... How does gasoline soaking spark plugs "ruin" them?
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I don't quite know the how but I've seen it happen. When my 76 Seville had fuel injection problems it would drown the plugs with gas and they would not fire. One time I had a brand new set of plugs and drowned them in less than 2 minutes. I didn't want to throw them away so I put them in my good running Cutlass. The Cutlass would not start with the wet plugs. I put the old plugs back in the Cutlass, took it for a ride and got it nice and hot. Then I swapped out the plugs and put the wet ones back in the Cutlass. It barely started and spit and sputtered and misfired for a couple miles before it cleared out. I was able to save that new set of plugs but it was a hassle. If the plugs had any miles on them at all, it wouldn't be worth it to go through the hassle of swapping plugs in a hot engine.