Re: [Chrysler300] blown porcelain

["Miklas" <ldmiklas@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Same thing happened to me two years ago cruising at the Mopar Nationals. I 
was really relieved to see it was just a spark plug; it sounded and felt 
much worse. Luckily there were plenty of plugs for sale on vendors row!

Jeff Miklas

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From: "Tom Bradshaw" <bradshaw.machine1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 8:13 PM
To: <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Chrysler300] blown porcelain

> When we left Carmel. Thursday morning,  we headed north,  up Hwy 1, to the
> Golden Gate Bridge, and then onto 101. We were roaring along just fine, 
> when
> suddenly the roar of the engine changed to a hissing sound. Upon lifting 
> the
> hood at the next wide spot, we discovered that the porcelain had blown out
> of the Champion spark plug on the #4 cylinder. It's the first time I've 
> ever
> had that happen in all of my many years driving, or even seen it happen.
> The K ran along with the traffic just fine on 7 cylinders for about 80
> miles, until we reached Fortuna, CA, a little town with a parts store that
> was open, where we were able to buy a replacement plug.
> Just wondering if any of the club members have had that happen to them.
>
> (Other that that, the K ran good for the 2130 miles, and we want to say
> thanks to  the Jetts for all of their hard work, putting on such a good
> meet)
> Tom and Lynn Bradshaw
> Snohomish ,WA
>
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