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Spark Plug: Inspection: Overheating

White or light gray insulator with black or gray brown spots and bluish burnt electrodes indicates engine overheating. Moreover, the appearance results from incorrect ignition timing, loose spark plugs, wrong selection of fuel, hotter range plug, etc. In this case, replace with plugs having a hotter heat range.

Fig 1: Inspecting Spark Plug Condition (Overheating)
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