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Old 11-07-2009, 12:18 PM   #1
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Plug reading.

Any one able to see anything wrong with this?





This was from either #3 or #5, kinda grungy looking. Other plugs looked clean.
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really hard to tell from a photo.

So I'd guess:

but the groundstrap = Lean.

By the thread end = too cold.
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I think my mechanic found the problem.... I had the #5 injector plug on the #7 injector.
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and possibly bad valve seals
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Eh, no smoke.
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Old 11-07-2009, 08:09 PM   #6
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you had the injectors switched and it still ran good??
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Yea...?
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i would have thought it would misfire...
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My engine is just that cool.
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probably has a bad opti
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Oh noez.
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i would have thought it would misfire...
Like you could hear it misfire....
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Yea, thing hardly runs these days anyways...
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Yea, thing hardly runs these days anyways...
so it was more like my missfire then
 
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Yea... and thinking about it... can't imagine how those two pistons would have liked a 100/150 shot.....
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especially with the hairline crack in the fuel port
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Damn it! That combined with a sparking battery in the trunk woulda made some sweet marshmellows!
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If I deleted all the stuff that wasn't tech in this thread....

Well, there would be no thread!

Plus, I'll use this for reference to remind me to NEVER let any of you touch my car!
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