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Old May 25, 2007 | 07:44 AM
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ok so im changing my spark plugs rite now and as soon as i take out the first wire its full of oil... is this a good thing? my cars been burning oil like crazy and i already know theres not supposed to be any oil in the cylinders.. so i took the wires out loosened the spark plug and its loose in there what should i use to get the plug out after its completely loose becuase i dont have one of those magnetic sockets
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Old May 25, 2007 | 07:53 AM
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somebody help me out so i can put my plugs in rite now i dont even want to take my current plugs out becuase the chamber is filled with oil so i dont want the oil to get into the cylinders... what should i do
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Old May 25, 2007 | 07:53 AM
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The spark plug socket with a long extension. Some thin log nosed pliers will also work. Yuor engine is toast and will continue to burn a lot of oil as you stated in your other post.
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Old May 25, 2007 | 07:55 AM
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yea but should i put the plugs back in or should i take them out??
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Old May 25, 2007 | 08:10 AM
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Need to get new gaskets for the sparkplug holes (rubber ones in the Valavecover) , also change your oil and add some STP stuff to try and slow the burning, that or Lucasoil, works great, new plugs as well. But that is kinda of alarming and you may need to replace your motor as a whole if its burning oil that bad.
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Old May 25, 2007 | 08:13 AM
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yea but should i put my new spark plugs in or what?? and yea its burning but replacing the motor is my last resort because it runs fine
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Old May 25, 2007 | 08:35 AM
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just change the gaskets and get new plugs. you only have to take the valve cover off.... not that hard.
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Old May 25, 2007 | 09:27 AM
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If its burning that bad and your looking to run it till it dies throw a can of Restore in there after you change your oil. If you have oil in the plug holes like said before change the seals. As far as changing the plugs do it after you run the restore per the can instructions
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Old May 25, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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I'd use Seafoam rather than Restore . . . . but I like to see my car smoke.

Just buy a new gasket kit for your valve cover (replaces the vc gasket and the plug gaskets) for about $30 and pick up a tube of HondaBond or Super Gray RTV (you'll need some to tack down the corners of your vc seal near your cam gear(s) and distributer. For the spark plug gaskets, pry them out with a flathead and some needle noses, and then coat the outside edge of the new ones with urea grease and pound them in with a mallet.
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Old May 25, 2007 | 11:20 AM
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yea thats what im gonna have to do... but some guy called me cuz the car is on craigslist and he wants to buy it... what should i do?
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Old May 25, 2007 | 11:58 AM
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fix the oil prob and sell it.
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Old May 25, 2007 | 12:01 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Malakai &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">fix the oil prob and sell it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea thats what im gonna have to do... but damn i dont feel like fixing it
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Old May 25, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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Midori green's some good ****.

You ever mix it with mountain dew? Tastes hella good.

Kid down the hall from me made it up, it ownz, he posted it on some mixing site.

Not that code red or orange **** either - regular straight up mountain dew orig.

Iono, I didn't even read ur OP, maybe ur name shouldn't be as distracting .
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Old May 25, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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like 97Ej6mike said, you need to get the new gaskets for your valve cover, and then seafom it like Eran said, cause that junk is awesome and will entertain you and the neighbors for at least 10 mins!!!
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Old May 25, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by schpiel &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">like 97Ej6mike said, you need to get the new gaskets for your valve cover, and then seafom it like Eran said, cause that junk is awesome and will entertain you and the neighbors for at least 10 mins!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

why will it entertain the neighbors???? smoke??? why would it smoke?
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Old May 25, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Midori Green &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

why will it entertain the neighbors???? smoke??? why would it smoke?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, lol, when you seafoam it smokes like a bitch - just run it at 3-5k RPM until it stops smoking - then ur ready for the next round of sea foam - just don't over-do it as seafoam will also eat gaskets.

Usually the 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 deal is pretty good - 1/3 in the gas tank, 1/3 in the IM through the vacuum hose, and 1/3 in someplace else (forgot where that goes). Then change your oil when ur done b/c it ownz ur oil.
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