Summary
Setting the scene: Six middle-age guys cruising the Caribbean in a 40-foot catamaran, mooring and anchoring at a variety of harbors, bays and coves in the Dutch and French West Antilles, using our dingy and its two-stroke motor to ferry us to and from shore. When the motor started losing power and occasionally misfiring, the most mechanically savvy member of our group dismantled it and found both spark plug tips well-fouled with carbon, one more so than the other.
He replaced the worst one with a new plug, but lacking another new plug, he decided to try to clean the buildup on the better of the two fouled plugs. So, lacking any other solvent but having plenty of ethanol of various flavors on board, he and an assistant soaked the spark plug in vodka for an hour or so, after which it cleaned up quite well. After the plug was replaced, the motor ran as smooth as silk,See the full content of this document
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Cheers for Alcohol: It Cleans Fouled Plugs
and with plenty of newfound power. So, our questions are: Is a vodka soak a reasonable way...
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