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Dude Guest	Kepp changing my plugany help 09/29/05 at 11:29:49 Anyone know why I need to change out my spark plugonaregular basis, plug doesn't last long apprx. 1 week. Any help would be appreciated.
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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: Kepp changing my plugany help Reply #1 - 09/29/05 at 12:00:17 you may need to rejet. is the plug coming out black, white, what? I had to replace my ignition coil. It wasn't sparking the plug and as a result my plug kept fouling. Check out the tech section on reading plugs and the whoel carb/rejet thing...
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Re: Kepp changing my plugany help
Reply #2 - 09/29/05 at 20:10:36

I agree with vroom1776. How old is your bike anyway? I know that on car, if the spark plug cable is more than 3 years old, it tends to go bad and give weak weak current to the plug --> weak spark --> foul up the plug --> plug go bad Undecided

Unfortunately on our beloved Savage, I don't think that you can just change the spark plug cable alone ???

Yep look at this http://www.ronayers.com/fiche/300_0372/electrical/electrical.cfm?man=su&group...

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Reply #4 - 09/30/05 at 08:34:27

SavageDude wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:09:

Unfortunately on our beloved Savage, I don't think that you can just change the spark plug cable alone ???

Yep look at this http://www.ronayers.com/fiche/300_0372/electrical/electrical.cfm?man=su&group...

Yep, I replaced items 10, 14, 12, 13... 10 was the only one that cost more than a couple of bucks, about $70.

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Re: Kepp changing my plugany help
Reply #5 - 10/02/05 at 07:39:24

That is something about owners of the Savage that I do not understand. I don't understand why people always suspect the simple ol' spark plug as being the culprit or why they change them so often. We have been using the same plugs in our 2 Savages for 3 and 4 years respectively, and when they were changed it was only to try out a hotter plug....which made no appreciable difference anyway. It was a waste of money.

It is probably not necessary. I wouldn't change another plug, until I knew why the old plug is fouled. For us to help, you need to mention the changes made to the bike, and what problems you are having.

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