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How do spark plugs foul?

Updated: 10/26/2022
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There are a number of ways that a spark plug can foul if you are asking how basically they become coated with oil as a result of numerous ways but basically oil escaping past the intake valve somehow. A little different between two and four cycle engines but basics are the same.

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