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Spark plug Heat sink paste
Changing plugs in my 2013 RT and shop manual calls for heat sink paste to be put on plug threads. So my local dealer has the paste, $38.99, enough to do 500 plugs. Have searched locally and no one carries it in small amounts. Radio Shack did but they have shut almost all stores. Question, is this paste really necessary and if so where can you get it locally. Probably on line but will be another week before I can get it going. Frustrated with this machine. Everything is difficult. TIA for any help.
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Contact BajaRon, one of our site sponsors. He includes a small packet of paste with the spark plug kits he sells. He might be able to mail you a small packet.
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Thank you JKM, I did look again in the package and you are right, it is the small pak. Didn't nitice it at first because they were together. But all is good again, and thanks again.
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check NAPA ,usually they have tiny tubes of that kind of thing for a couple of bucks.
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Originally Posted by rwyma
Thank you JKM, I did look again in the package and you are right, it is the small pak. Didn't nitice it at first because they were together. But all is good again, and thanks again.
Well, you beat me to it! Yes, I do include both Thermal Paste and Dielectric grease in my spark plug kits. They are important!
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Originally Posted by BajaRon
Well, you beat me to it! Yes, I do include both Thermal Paste and Dielectric grease in my spark plug kits. They are important!
Is this the same stuff they advertise as being for computer heat sinks? I'd like to get the right stuff.
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Originally Posted by rwyma
Changing plugs in my 2013 RT and shop manual calls for heat sink paste to be put on plug threads. So my local dealer has the paste, $38.99, enough to do 500 plugs. Have searched locally and no one carries it in small amounts. Radio Shack did but they have shut almost all stores. Question, is this paste really necessary and if so where can you get it locally. Probably on line but will be another week before I can get it going. Frustrated with this machine. Everything is difficult. TIA for any help.
For many years I have been putting dielectric grease on the top end and antisense on the bottom of the HD.
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Guys,
BRP probably means anti seize grease on the spark plug thread, not heat sink paste. You can get the anti seize grease in small package at auto stores for $1 or so. the grease prevents aluminum and steel from bonding to each other. It's a good idea to use that grease on anything that gets hot in an engine, spark plugs, O2 sensors, etc.
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NO, BRP DOES NOT MEAN ANTI-SEIZE GREASE ON SPARK PLUGS; THEY MEAN HEAT-SINK PASTE. Read a service manual.
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Originally Posted by JayBros
NO, BRP DOES NOT MEAN ANTI-SEIZE GREASE ON SPARK PLUGS; THEY MEAN HEAT-SINK PASTE. Read a service manual.
where can i buy the paste?
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Originally Posted by trong
Guys,
BRP probably means anti seize grease on the spark plug thread, not heat sink paste. You can get the anti seize grease in small package at auto stores for $1 or so. the grease prevents aluminum and steel from bonding to each other. It's a good idea to use that grease on anything that gets hot in an engine, spark plugs, O2 sensors, etc.
The heat sink paste is made to conduct heat. Anti-seize is not. You want to have the thread contact surface between the plug and engine head conduct as much heat as possible to keep the plug from overheating.
Oops, just noticed this is a nearly year old post, but the comment is still relevant nonetheless.
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Originally Posted by jerrell
where can i buy the paste?
Any parts store should carry it. I have seen it several in small quantities. Packaged similar to a catsup packet.
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