I just did a valve adj. and sparkplug replacement and when I start the car, it smokes (black). Is this normal or did I do something wrong? Smokes come out of the exhaust pipe. When I remove the sparkplug, I did notice oil on the thread. Not on the tip of the plug though. Is this normal???? Why is it smoking? I'm scared to turn it back on to see if the smoke dissapates maybe it is the oil burning off.

My idle and throtttle respone seems to be fine btw.


Modified by david90 at 6:10 PM 3/27/2004


Modified by david90 at 6:29 PM 3/27/2004

 

have you done a valve readjustment before?

 

problem sloved. I didn't tighten the spark plug tight enough so the oil got into the cycl.. Should this happen though? I notice that for each spark plug, there is an o-ring. Is this to prevent oil splashing into the spark plug hole? Is it suppose to splash into the s.p hole? Right now i'm sure there is oil in the S.P tube but because i've tighten the spark plug, no oil could get into cycl. It is my first time doing it so it took me extra long.

 

there should be no oil at all in the sparkplug housing or on the sparkplug if there is somethings not right... black smokes sign of oil burning i believe? someone correct if im wrong.. recheck everything if it still continues..

 

everything is fix. I just tighten the plugs. I think there is still oil in the housing but because i have tighten the plugs, oil cannot get into the cycl.