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Stephen
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by Stephen » Sun Jul 31, 2016 7:17 pm
Having had a few problems with water getting into the spark plug holes when the car is left outside I did a bit of lateral thinking and came up with the attached.
I cut a bit of the good lady's silicone baking sheet and hooked it over some very convenient lugs on the K Series block. I have just fitted this so I'll let you know how it fares.
Stephen

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campbell
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by campbell » Sun Jul 31, 2016 7:41 pm
Ingenious!
Nearly asked how well it deals with heat. Doh!
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Stephen
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by Stephen » Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:22 pm
Campbell,
I'm hoping the cam cover will not get too hot so the baking silicone should be fine. It also let me place the holes a little short to allow me to stretch it a little, so hopefully it will stay on. It's not to heavy so no weight gain and much cheaper than the £115 for an S2 cam cover.
I feel almost as much of a Tink as when Sanjoy posted up his Nescafe tin air filter filter housing.

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woody
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by woody » Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:31 pm
Bead is black silicone along the plug cover has always fixed the issue on mine : thumbsup Still occasionally get water in the dizzy cover though.
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campbell
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by campbell » Sun Jul 31, 2016 11:11 pm
Stephen, that tin is a blast from the past!
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BiggestNizzy
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by BiggestNizzy » Mon Aug 01, 2016 12:47 pm
I fitted Magnecor leads on mine, they have a nice little rubber skirt that seals off the top of the plug bores.
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by Ferg » Tue Aug 02, 2016 9:46 am

Magnecor leads are a good upgrade for other reasons too.
Top marks for the McGyver Inspired solution though.
