Question for DEAN anybody else

[NovaNewfie]

Dean you wrote "No foul adapters are devices that screw into the cylinder head between the plug and head. They help prevent oil fouling and they DO work.

Once common, they have become hard to find. A GOOD auto parts store such as NAPA should be able to order a set for you.

Dean "
I talked to a couple of my mechanic friends and they had never heard of these. I also asked at a couple of Auto Supply stores (Napa & Car Quest)and they thought I had rocks in my head. Do you or someone else here have any more information on them. A picture or a part # would be good, both would be better.

 

[Dean]

Nova:

You will need to speak with someone over 50, whether at the shop or auto parts store.

I believe that NAPA still offers them but do not expect that many (any?) stores will stock them.

As recently as 5 years or so ago, JC Whitney had them in their catalog but I just checked my latest catalog and they do not even have spark plugs let alone no foul adapters. JC Whitney is not what it once was.

I'm making myself a mental note to go to my good local NAPA store to order myself a new set since they are becomming so difficult to find.

Dean

 

[Dunk]

(quoted from post at 09:15:33 08/12/09) Dean you wrote "No foul adapters are devices that screw into the cylinder head between the plug and head. They help prevent oil fouling and they DO work.

Once common, they have become hard to find. A GOOD auto parts store such as NAPA should be able to order a set for you.

Dean "
I talked to a couple of my mechanic friends and they had never heard of these. I also asked at a couple of Auto Supply stores (Napa & Car Quest)and they thought I had rocks in my head. Do you or someone else here have any more information on them. A picture or a part # would be good, both would be better.

Check my posts in this topic

http://ytforums.ytmag.com/viewtopic.php?t=516653&sid=143fa150067809cf76f841b00c150fe4

 

[awhtx]

Here is a no foul adapter. It screws onto the spark plug and then into the cylinder head. The adapter is specific to your application- 14mm or 18mm thread, tapered seat or square seat with a sealing washer. The hole in the end where the spark ignites the fuel mixture is only 1/4" in diameter. If your cylinder is full of oil from worn rings this prevents the oil from building up on the spark plug's electrode.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I had a 1960 Ford V8 pu that broke a ring and I could not afford to fix it so I used the no foul adapter just like in the pict.They work good.I still have it in my garage in the window I think.I drove that truck another year and then did my first ever rebuild turned out ok. R.M. IN AL

 

[Dell (WA)]

Newfie.......would you believe anti-fouling adapters are listed in the N-Ford MPC??? p/n: 2N-12426. Personally, I'd use HOTTER sparkplugs, AutoLite 437. ......Dell, yer self-appointed sparkie-meister

 

[NovaNewfie]

Dell I'm using 437's when I can get them but even they are fouling bad after a couple of hours in tractor. Tractor has 100 lbs plus compression in all cylinders so I'm not sure if the oil rings are wore out or just stuck.

 

[Dean]

When oil fouling gets bad enough hotter plugs will not help but no foul adapters WILL. BTDT.

Dean

 

[Ed S.]

Anyone who ever owned a Vega (such as I did) is intimately familiar with these...

(pic is of my '71 after replacing the 140 cid with a Buick 3.8L V6)

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[Clelle]

I know that you can pick these up at the local parts store here in arizona, I am sure someone can order them too. There are a good number of people useing them as O2 simulaters on late model trucks and cars so they can remove the cat converters and not through any DTC's . Maybe checking out one of the Hemi truck forums or an f-body LS series small block forum would probably yield good results in finding these.

 

[Cliff(VA)]

I got a set for my NAA at NAPA. I never put them in. I decided to rebuild instead. Now if I can just get it back together.

Before I bought them I used to take the plugs out and clean before each use. Worked OK, but was a pain.

As I remember the instructions said not to put them on all 4 cylinders...

HTH

Cliff (VA)

 

[Cisco Pike]

They are in the HELP section of your parts store. The number is 42009

 

[Bill(Wis)]

I went to Fleet Farm to buy a new spark plug for a Kawasaki engine. NGK is what it came with but they didn't have the right one in stock. Saw one by Champion that was right for the engine called "EZ Start". The insulator was see through. The center shaft has a gap in it. Knowing that that will intensify spark but slightly skeptical due to my disdain for Champion, I bought it. It works great. I think if I had an oil burning, spark plug fowling N I might just try a set of them.

 

[gahorN]

Fine-wire spark plugs are specifically applicable to oil-fouling problems. That is what they do best by DESIGN. The wire burns off the oil. Othewise, use a hotter-range plug.