Bad plugs..

[WildKat]

Ok, so fill me in on this, ..thanks to Dennis and several others, i've got this whole ignition advancer thing down pretty good now..but in the case of my kat, with bad plugs, or when it had bad plugs...if poor plugs can contribute to poor starting consistency when its cold..why do they work better when its warmed up.

[Range]

a warm engine requires less energy to ignite the air/fuel mixture, plus when it is warm, the "dry" plugs spark better

[WildKat]

even when they are fouled up? ok..thanks!

[Range]

even when they are fouled up? ok..thanks!

depends on how they are fouled...carbon? Oil deposits? soot? unburnt fuel?

[WildKat]

octane of gas can foul plugs correct as well ?

[Junior]

even when they are fouled up? ok..thanks!

depends on how they are fouled...carbon? Oil deposits? soot? unburnt fuel?

Well aren't we a wealth of knowledge these days!

[WildKat]

yeah, in between the range bashing on here..he's pretty good ! seriously though, thanks for the info man, keep it coming..

[SweetLou]

Maybe the fall off his bike knocked some extra brain cells loose????

[The CyberPoet]

Here's the why...

Spark plugs are designed to be self-cleaning, like some ovens, burning off excess build-up once they hit their ideal temp range. Where this ideal temp range occurs is a part of the temperature aspect of a spark plug (i.e. - hot plugs vs. cold plugs). Thus, on a hot bike, the plugs should be burning off fouling better than they would be on a cold bike, and this would make the bike easier to start.

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet