Pulled my plugs today. Little bit of green on cyl1?
03-02-2004, 07:57 AM
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Pulled my plugs today. Little bit of green on cyl1?
Well I just pulled my plugs and fixed a blown charge pipe from last night. All the plugs were pretty much fine, except the usual farthest away from the entrance of the fuel rail is lighter. But anyway cyl1 something kinda bothered me. A little green on the tip of the arm on the plug you can see it a lil in this pic. Came out kinda blurry.
Im not sure if this could be from a slightly blown HG or maybe fuel injector cleaner I used a few weeks ago? I havent been experiencing any smoke, no noticable coolant loss, no signs of coolant in oil, no signs of oil in coolant. Heres a pic I took of my radiator open with a view of the coolant
Aside from minor particles in the coolant there seems to be nothing, and it is a bright green. Anyone got any ideas? Ima try a new plug in there and check it in a few days and see.
Im not sure if this could be from a slightly blown HG or maybe fuel injector cleaner I used a few weeks ago? I havent been experiencing any smoke, no noticable coolant loss, no signs of coolant in oil, no signs of oil in coolant. Heres a pic I took of my radiator open with a view of the coolant
Aside from minor particles in the coolant there seems to be nothing, and it is a bright green. Anyone got any ideas? Ima try a new plug in there and check it in a few days and see.
03-02-2004, 08:21 AM
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Re: (SOFLSOL)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SOFLSOL »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Whats the different gap actually do? I guess I'll go grab a plug gapper and see what I can do.</TD></TR></TABLE>
wow your car wasn't missing or anything with that huge gap? how much psi?
wow your car wasn't missing or anything with that huge gap? how much psi?
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03-02-2004, 08:24 AM
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Re: (SOFLSOL)
I really doubt you have a blown headgasket... Typically you'll see color changes from (red, green, etc.) from different fuel grades and inconsistencies within the fuel itself... As for the gap, it really just depends on how your motor is running... If your ignition is doing fine right now (i.e. your not blowing out your spark) then it's not hurting anything (I would bring it down tho)... If it were a headgasket you'd be seeing more of a white trace on the electrode... If you're really worried, leakdown the motor... My bet is that it was your injector/fuel system cleaner... Just my $0.02
03-02-2004, 08:44 AM
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I have never gapped plugs but i do have one of those round gapping measuring things you get at AutoZone, do i just put the plug a the .30 mark and bend that one piece down to it? Or is there a special tool that needs to be used? 
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Have no fear, you got grass sucked into your intake and your engine grinded it to mulch. If you hydrolock that #1 cylinder with water or Miracle-Gro and you're lucky, it'll start growing grass. Happens alllllll the time!
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