Hot Rods Think'in about putting anti-seize on my sparkplug threads after........

I broke 4 of them.
I was removing them so, when removing my old headers,I wouldn't break any of them. Might just be a crappy plug socket but the high pitched 'clink' of a cracking plug has me looking for a cure.
Anti seize cause spark tracking?!
Thanx
6sally6

 

I've never had a problem using anti seize on spark plug threads. I always use it on aluminum heads, sometimes on iron. I've always been careful to make sure that I don't get any of it anywhere, except on the thread s

 

Yup, never seize

 

I have been using anti-seize on the plug threads for over 45 years. No problems. In that time I have broken two plugs, and in both cases, they were 5/8 hex plugs and it was because of a poorly designed socket, which has now been marked and removed from service.
I found that using a pinch of talc on the rubber inside the socket, helps when installing and removing plugs.
Bob

 

Hotly debated at work. Some feel it affects the ground. I disagree and have used it on plugs for years no problems.
B

 

Yup,

 

Spark tracking..?
You don't need to put the whole bottle on the plugs..!
Just a light dab on the first coupla threads (only), wipe it so it's all the way around the plug body...install.
Easy on the torque, the anti-seize is also a lubricant.

Mike

 

I have found a Q-Tip dipped in a bit of Anti-seize (not a lot) and dragged around the threads results in the right amount.

I also checked the ground and resistance on my OT website and just a MINUTE (very small) amount of greater resistance so NO PROBLEM with grounding through it.

 

Me thinks that there's a copper / nickel high temp anti-seize that might be best


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I've always put a slight dollop of oil on spark plug threads. Easy to screw in, easy to screw out. Only ever broken a plug removing it after someone over tightened it on a purchased engine.

 

NGK says to use never seize with aluminum heads when using their spark plugs. I have been using it forever, steel heads too. I buy it in the tube, so it never gets contaminated like the brush type.

 

Like MikeVV says, a little dab will do you....................or was that Brylcreem?!

 

Used Permatex copper anti-seize on everything from lawn mower to BB Ford to Harley with no bad effects.

 

Count me in also. I always use a small amount on the plug threads.

 

I use brilcream .I just like the way my plugs look. and SHE does to ! do they still make that stuff ? havnt heard of it for years , till now . we must be getting REALLY old !!!!!

 

"They'll love to run their fingers through your hair "...

 

No no no...

Gentlemen. Behold the power of Hai Karate!!
(Be careful how you use it)

 

I've been using anti-seize for years. HRP

 

Now THAT'S funny.
99% of the motorcycle industry uses NGK plugs.
EVERY bike I've owned (bought new) or worked on since 1985 has had the "original" (silver) anti-seize on the plugs...from the factory...as delivered..!

And every one of said motorcycles has had aluminum heads. Matter of fact, if I'm not mistaken, the bike manuals tell the user TO use an anti-seize compound. Why...so the cylinder head threads don't pull out when the plugs are removed..! They DO gall VERY easily. I've fixed a few for people..!

Mike

 

I have been using it for decades, even on exhaust hardware it is still there and gives you a fighting chance to get a stud off a nut at the flange or heat riser. We use it at work on military hardware (at manufacturing discretion and I represent manufacturing on many programs). Our in-house standards manuals, it is a must with screw thread inserts and especially anywhere with did-similar metals are assembled. Real cheap insurance.

 

I think NGK's ( and other plug manufacturers') sometimes stated consternation is the definite effect on installation torque, and the possibility of over doing the application and getting some AS in the vicinity of the plug spark gap.

There is not enough room on the tiny spark plug box to put on all the warning labels necessary to satisfy the lawyers, etc.

 

I got rid of the bottle with the brush inside and went to a copper antisize in a tube. It's not as messy and I like it better. Been using it on aluminum heads for years and it only takes a small amount...……..

 

Always used it on the plugs in the aircraft I worked on and on my own vehicles. You just have to be careful to not get too much on the plug or on the wrong part of the plug.

 

I put that shit on everything including me

 

The anti-seize I use is the copper based product.
Bob

 

"...the high pitched 'clink' of a cracking plug..."

Where did the plugs break?
If the porcelain broke, the socket must have been cocked and put sideways force on the plug.

 

They played the commercials so much in the 50s, that I still remember the lines.
Brylcream, a little dab will do ya.
Why is it that I can remember useless crap that I didn't want to remember from over 60 years ago, and forget important stuff from yesterday. Go figure.
Bob

 

Oh yeah anti seize.

 

Same here, branded and sold by CAT. Used to use the silver stuff for years before we found out about the CAT product, it works much better, lasts better on the parts over the long haul, doesn't dissipate as much. I've had the same huge can of this stuff for >20 years and it will likely last the rest of my life.