suprab Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hi all, while changing my valve stem oil seals today i noticed that the plugs (IK22) have a funny colour.. on the bottom part near the electrode it used to be white when new,about 1000km ago its now a funny orange colour?? any ideas or is it normal?? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Google "corona stain" mate, if it's that it's fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Doom Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 CORONA STAIN In the automotive trade corona stain is commonly known as the light brown or rusty stain found on a spark plug operating at normal temperature (or so says a promotional video from NGK) However we tend to beleive that the term "Corona stain" should be used in conjuction with a hard night on the booze (namely "corona") and a visit to the bogger the morning after,hence creating a "rusty or brown corona stain" around the toilet or on ones undergarment that appear to have a hazey "ring around saturn" appearance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprab Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 lol.. thanks guys. that looks like the same colour but in a different place. its at the firing end, but it did say the corona stain could be caused by oil particles in the air which i guess as my valve stems were leaking and the rubber gone hard then there would be oil particles in there! what ye think?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Could be, but it's normal for them to go roughly that colour anyway. http://www.dansmc.com/spark_plugs/Spark_Plugs_catalog.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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