Ok...this one topic is comprised of two separate questions. I've been tearing down the engine in my '02 in preparation for the KB 2.1L that is going on it in a few weeks. Here are my questions:
1. When I changed the plugs to the TR-6's, I cleaned around the wells and vacuumed out the wells along with using compressed (canned) air. I don't have a compressor so that was the best I had. It cleared out a bunch of the oily stuff in the bottom of the wells, but there was still some little stuff left that couldn't be removed. There were no big chunks of anything in there though. I removed the old plugs and put the new ones in and torqued to 13 lb-ft. If a little of the stuff left in the well happened to fall in, am I completely screwed? I just don't see how to COMPLETELY clean them out before the change. It's just bugging me.
2. I'm in the process of removing the intake manifold and I pulled the fuel rail on the drivers side. Of course, fuel came out and I caught the majority of it. It looks like it went down two of the spark plug wells though. I soaked up with fuel with paper towel and the rest has seemed to evaporate. Do I now have to swap the two plugs that had the fuel in the wells? Or will that not really affect their function? I thought about trying to clean them with electrical contact cleaner, but I don't want to do something that will screw them up more.
Just need some opinions from people out there. With the amount of 2v's that were made, I'm sure this has happened to some people as well. Thanks!
1. When I changed the plugs to the TR-6's, I cleaned around the wells and vacuumed out the wells along with using compressed (canned) air. I don't have a compressor so that was the best I had. It cleared out a bunch of the oily stuff in the bottom of the wells, but there was still some little stuff left that couldn't be removed. There were no big chunks of anything in there though. I removed the old plugs and put the new ones in and torqued to 13 lb-ft. If a little of the stuff left in the well happened to fall in, am I completely screwed? I just don't see how to COMPLETELY clean them out before the change. It's just bugging me.
2. I'm in the process of removing the intake manifold and I pulled the fuel rail on the drivers side. Of course, fuel came out and I caught the majority of it. It looks like it went down two of the spark plug wells though. I soaked up with fuel with paper towel and the rest has seemed to evaporate. Do I now have to swap the two plugs that had the fuel in the wells? Or will that not really affect their function? I thought about trying to clean them with electrical contact cleaner, but I don't want to do something that will screw them up more.
Just need some opinions from people out there. With the amount of 2v's that were made, I'm sure this has happened to some people as well. Thanks!