Anti-Seize on Spark Plugs...Don't!

[jayman]

DEWFPO previously said:

I've gone the route of sledgehammers, long crowbars and the like

I was ready to pour gas all over his car and set it on fire

[Mainfraim520]

Zeusmotorworks previously said:

Pay no mind to that silly ****... you should have put a "little dab" on the plugs threads, not a lot. I dare say that if you've already taken a trip to the store, whatever was in the combustion chamber burned off. More likely than not, your truck is running fine, right?

I did the plugs over 1000 miles ago and the truck runs like a champ! Its got a little over 63k on it right now and I could tell the plugs were original because 1) they were way out of gap, and 2) one side was all NGK and the other side was Denso. I have never used anti seize on any plugs in the past but happened to have some laying in the tool box and decided to try it. Maybe I should just pull them any way to clean that stuff off considering how much I used?

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[Zeus]

Don't sweat it. You're fine. Next time don't use any. On wheel studs I only treat them every once in a great while as the stuff lasts and lasts... but that's the same lugs going back on the same studs. If you used as liberal an amount as you think you did, enough will remain on the threads in the engine to do for the next set of plugs.

[Zeus]

Vegas_Nick previously said:

Right on! I manage a 757 fleet, all powered by RB211! That is one hell of a motor!

My acid etched stamp is probably in some of those birds. Can't remember what my number was as that was over 20 years ago!

[superstar555 [OP]]

Mainfraim520 previously said:

I did the plugs over 1000 miles ago and the truck runs like a champ! Its got a little over 63k on it right now and I could tell the plugs were original because 1) they were way out of gap, and 2) one side was all NGK and the other side was Denso. I have never used anti seize on any plugs in the past but happened to have some laying in the tool box and decided to try it. Maybe I should just pull them any way to clean that stuff off considering how much I used?

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Don't pull them now. Run them until they need to be replaced. If you screwed the pooch, it was by over-torquing them going in, but odds are they are fine. Don't sweat it.

[Zeus]

...and the chances of there being any damage if you adhered to THAT torque spec are about the same as possibly a golden gorilla shooting out of your ass holding a winning lotto ticket!

[Layonnn]

FJNewb previously said:

Interesting TRD's instructions specifically called for it when installing the supercharger if I recall.

Yup.
I am pretty sure the Toyota iridium OEM spark plugs i bought for my 100 series came with anti-sieze already on them as well.

The main problem with anti-sieze is that bolts take a reduced amount of torque if they have AZ on them.