#63464, "help. oil on bottom of plug, good compression? (pics)" Nov-21-03 09:34 AM by grain
i was having a backfire when i was engine breaking. i would slow down w/out going into nutral, and it would backfire. so i took my plugs out. cyl 1,3,4 were fine. but cylinder 2 was soaking in oil. i mean, i took itout and oil drooled all over the place. mostly on the bottom of the plug. i checked the compression, and it was 210. i looked in the hole, and it looked as though my spark plug gasket was fine. i dunno.
#63466, "RE: help. oil on bottom of plug, good compression? (pics)" In response to Reply # 1
ya, spark plugs are good. ill get a new valve cover gasket and sp gaskets tommorrow and change them out. i dont need to engine to go out this early, i still have like 5 more weeks till my fty engine gets here . nice meeting you at the meet btw. i was the one with the bad clutch line. i think i parked next to you in the group photo also
#63513, "RE: help. oil on bottom of plug, good compression? (pics)" In response to Reply # 2
Had the same problem. Changed the gasket and it was fix. Dam gasket was $50 bucks at the dealership the little spark plug gasket were 7 dollars a pice hope you can find them cheaper than I did.
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#63576, "RE: help. oil on bottom of plug, good compression? (pics)" In response to Reply # 4
i dunno what the gap is, but i am turbo, so its a little different. i will replace the gasket tommorrow. hopfully this will last me till my fty block gets here.
#63577, "RE: help. oil on bottom of plug, good compression? (pics)" In response to Reply # 5
It's hard to tell, but for turbo it does look like the gap is big. You should be like .35 up to 12 psi anything above 12 psi run .29-.3. I run at .29 and get good spark at 20 psi.
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